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promote the revitalization of rubber in the Amazon

Promoting the revitalization of rubber in the Amazon, generating income with inclusion, avoiding deforestation and rescuing the rubber tree identity is what drives Seringô's work.

Through the sustainable organic extraction of native latex, using social technology and involving indigenous peoples, rubber tappers, riverside dwellers, quilombolas and agrarian reform settlers, organic slippers of native rubber and vegetable fibers are produced, as well as utensils, bio-jewels, accessories and packaging.

“We managed to make the rubber tappers be entrepreneurs and produce, at field level, an improved rubber. Thus, in the Cooperative we eliminate the most expensive and polluting part of the rubber production chain, which is machining. To clean each kilo of rubber, a processing plant uses 10 liters of water. We don't use water. The rubber tapper produces clean rubber with little moisture, which arrives at the cooperative and goes straight to production."points out Francisco Samonek, founder of Seringô

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City State

Chestnut - PA

Foundation

1994

nature of business

Cooperative

Model

B2B2C

Founders:

Francisco Samonek and Maria Zelia Machado Damasceno

Team Size:

84 employees

Patent

Yes

business phase

pre-scale

Year of entry into the program:

2019

Total amount raised

R$300,000.00

what solves

Revitalization of rubber in the Amazon, generating income, inclusion and autonomy for family producers, in addition to avoiding deforestation.

impact

Income generation (01 to 02 minimum wages per family). Improved quality of life. Diversification of income source (complementary to açaí). Qualifications and training. For each kilo of rubber produced, 01 hectare of forest is preserved.

product/market

Home accessories, bio-jewels, sandals and sneakers.

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