TRANSLATION (Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Pantanal)
Campo Grande, May 8th, 2009
Subject: GEF Indigenous Project - Catalyzing the contribution of Indigenous Lands to the conservation of Brazil’s Forest Ecosystems (Full Size).
The ARPIPAN – (Pantanal’s Indigenous People’s Coordination) – Indigenous organization representative of the indigenous people from Pantanal and Cerrado of Mato Grosso do Sul, manifests its commitment in working together with the Ministry of Environment and the National Indigenous People Foundation to develop the GEF Indigenous Project - Catalyzing the contribution of Indigenous Lands to the conservation of Brazil’s Forest Ecosystems.
Since the beginning of the discussions about the GEF Indigenous Project, the ARPIPAN demonstrates its support and availability to participate in the above-mentioned project, which is really important for the construction and consolidation of effective policies for the sustainable environmental management in indigenous lands, as well as for the conservation of biodiversity
existing in the Brazilian biomes.
Therefore, through this letter, the ARPIPAN commits itself to provide in-kind contribution to the referred project, that is, through provision of the organization’s personnel, and also counting on the support, participation and structure of the local communities in which the project will be developed.
Besides the personnel, ARPIPAN will provide equipments and structure, such as: 1computer, 1 printer, 1 telephone and a provisional office at Campo Grande.
ARPIPAN and its associate entities in almost all the Indigenous lands from the Mato Grosso do Sul region are ready to provide the time of its associates to support the coordination and the execution of the project in it’s totality.
Sincerely,
Ramão de Souza
ARPIPAN’s Coordinator
TRANSLATION (Articulação dos Povos e Organizações Indígenas do Nordeste, Minas
Gerais e Espírito Santo - APOINME)
Olinda, November 14th 2008.
REF: GEF Indigenous Project
Dear Madam,
The Coordination of the Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of the Northeast, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo (APOINME) hereby manifests its support and interest in acting as partner in the coordination of the project GEF/UNDP Catalyzing the contribution of Indigenous Lands to the conservation of Brazil’s Forest Ecosystem, which has a joint management and deliberative committee in technical cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme – UNDP.
The APOINME is based at Olinda, Pernambuco, and represents one of the most influent indigenous organizations in the country, maintaining many linguistic and cultural recovery programs and the fight for the recovery of the People’s rights over traditional territories. The indigenous organization is divided in eight small regions (Pernambuco, Paraíba, Ceará, Alagoas/Sergipe, North Bahia, South Bahia, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo), representing around 160 thousand Indigenous People, distributed in more than 64 ethnic groups in the region.
Among the activities planned for the GEF indigenous project, APOINME has special interest in effectively participating in the steering committee of the project as well as in supporting all the components of the project and their execution, for which it will contribute with in-kind cofinancing amounted to USD302.787, 00 during the five years of the project.
We thank you for your attention. Shall you need any further clarifications; do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Manoel Santos
General Coordinator
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