Vale dos Alecrins
{"title": "Comunidade Floresta da Jalapa", "logoImg": "bafkreidzpnexxeyksbbi4xma2av53a37uwlnh2eq2rt6l3phl4lgxudjne", "website": "https://app.charmverse.io/agroforestdao/comunidade-floresta-da-jalapa-7842050290798126", "bannerImg": "bafkreica4udzmveispbftslsvgn5fjlzzjo6s3wb3mdl4nojir3nt4du54", "createdAt": 1734044510202, "credentials": {}, "description": "![0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.webp](https://cdn.charmverse.io/user-content/75356753-bd83-40a8-987b-0f30b92f1b59/199ef301-22e3-4bb6-803f-3be980d3dfbc/0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.jpg)\n\nThe Floresta do Jalapa Community is a collective of eight families who share a property and wish to live in harmony with the ecosystem in which they are located, in the municipality of Rio Pomba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The land makes up one of the most significant areas of Atlantic forest in the region and was exploited as a charcoal factory in the past until it was inactive for approximately forty years, a period in which the forest could regenerate naturally. seeking sustainable life experiences based on regenerative and supportive economies. We are currently focused on establishing a basic infrastructure for the construction of the first houses and the first planting. In partnership with AgroforestDAO, it is expected to connect the project globally and locally, planning to expand its ecological, economic and social perspectives, regenerating a portion of the clarity opened in coal times, recovering the soil and adapting to the environment influenced by the surrounding forest.\n\nThe territorial morphology of the 30 hectares is defined by the two hills that form a valley where a spring flows. The property is mostly forest, except for approximately 5% of the area that was felled by charcoal. This area will be our main area for collective cultivation and reforestation. The occupation strategy is not based on subdivision into lots but rather on collectively agreed areas of housing potential. The 'zero zones', as they are called, must have their own access and sanitation and seek to minimize impacts on their occupation. In the long term, it is hoped to expand the community and its territory by reconnecting fragments of the neighboring forest.\n\n![0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.webp](https://cdn.charmverse.io/user-content/75356753-bd83-40a8-987b-0f30b92f1b59/55962a79-02e6-4250-98a4-c5fd1bacbf67/Captura-de-tela-2025-01-29-121123.jpg)\n\nThe property's infrastructure is a challenge in itself and can be summarized on four fronts; roads and trails, water, electricity and common use structures. The desire is to consolidate access to all active zero zones and pave some steep sections of the roads. Initially, it is more likely that the collective will use its own energy generation, as connection to the public grid implies costly and bureaucratic deforestation.  In relation to water management, the focus will be on ensuring the community's supply but also contributing to the irrigation of the water table in the territory. The land has a water line on one of its borders that comes from other parts of the forest outside its limits. In the central valley there is a water hole, which planting and reforestation will help to fill. From these points we will supply towers with five thousand liter tanks that are interconnected on each side of the valley, serving all zero zones. Provisionally, until the construction of the towers and pumping equipment, a tarpaulin is being erected to capture rainwater. Electricity generation must be diversified; solar, hydro and wind according to the potential of each area of ​​land and sized to minimize transmission costs and the use of batteries. Since 2015, the group has undergone renovations resulting in traces of old occupations. The main one is an unfinished construction with damage, made of concrete masonry and a wooden roof. Currently the consensus is that the house must become a collective structure capable of receiving people and hosting meetings. Furthermore, the water strategy culminates in water abundance, so that leisure areas can be imagined associated with the natural water paths. These are long-term goals, of course.\n\n![0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.webp](https://cdn.charmverse.io/user-content/75356753-bd83-40a8-987b-0f30b92f1b59/9d63d24a-0a82-4bf5-b7b6-6b3092b686ce/Captura-de-tela-2025-01-29-143300.jpg)\n\n![0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.webp](https://cdn.charmverse.io/user-content/75356753-bd83-40a8-987b-0f30b92f1b59/825a75c1-0351-444f-a33d-8dc8465fa0fc/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-18-at-19.07.13.jpeg)\n\n![0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.webp](https://cdn.charmverse.io/user-content/75356753-bd83-40a8-987b-0f30b92f1b59/1690925c-7ee9-482b-96fa-228b3b570479/IMG_3180.JPG)\n![0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.webp](https://cdn.charmverse.io/user-content/75356753-bd83-40a8-987b-0f30b92f1b59/8aa73a08-a35b-47f6-ab24-cf6477a2384b/int01.png)\n\nIn 2025, summer planting began with service species that will contribute to the production of biomass, soil cover, seeds and food for personal consumption. \n\n20 Chaya cuttings \n20 Turmeric rhizomes\n20 Red Justice stakes\n20 Margaridão cuttings\n15 pineapple seedlings\n15 cassava cuttings\n10 prickly pear palm seedlings\nMuvuca seeds (500g) with Loofah and Guandú Beans\n\n![0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.webp](https://cdn.charmverse.io/user-content/75356753-bd83-40a8-987b-0f30b92f1b59/9ab23a80-c3ee-4564-aab6-c1ef23c792fc/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-21.29.57.jpeg)\n\n![0d339eed-fa04-452f-b741-a5faf588c6da.webp](https://cdn.charmverse.io/user-content/75356753-bd83-40a8-987b-0f30b92f1b59/fd87f981-a11b-4053-a553-2e3e524f358b/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-15-at-21.29.58-(1).jpeg)\n\nFurthermore, construction of the first houses should return to work with the end of the rains. It is estimated that the first permanent inhabitants will move in by the end of 2025.", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}}