Mining threatens honey production

This year, Julio Kilombo is based in Lagos and is part of the Mel do Certo Cooperative in the Serra da Capivara, one of the main honey-producing regions in the Northeast.

“I started beekeeping because it was very profitable, and I no longer work in farming,” says Julio.

Dear America, $16.50 per pound; all the spring water is good for breathing the fresh air of the Kilombo region.

There are more than 140 beehives in Lagos, and in terms of average annual production, the Serra da Capivara is the largest macro-region for honey production.

About 500 tons, covering 119 hectares and villages in six municipalities: San Raimundo Nonato, Dirceu Arcoverde, Bonfim do Piauí, San Lorenzo do Piauí, and Fortura do Bauracoi.

“Animals are the thirteenth salary for the people,” says Claudio Tenorio, responsible for the Kilomola project.

Large Quantity of Honey

“They produce a lot of honey, and the whole world needs honey to make medicines and cosmetics.”

“If a mining company comes in and contaminates our organic honey, we lose our certification and can’t export it.”

In 2009, the Kilombo Identity Card issued by the Zumbi dos Palmares Foundation did not include the quilombola area.

It surprised the public by concealing the land transfer process with INCRA (the national body for colonialism and land reform).

The Technical Report on Identification and Prevention (RTID) was published in 2010, and work on this subject is ongoing at the Institute Terrace du Peau.

SRN Mining wants to extract 300 tons of iron ore per year from the Kilombo land, “there is no doubt that this place will collapse.”

According to him, the elevation difference is more than 1 kilometer.

A Difficult Debate

Julio de Castro said, “This may annoy others, but it creates problems for us.”

He added, “They come here to prevent the situation from worsening if they investigate.

It’s a suffocating machine. It was difficult for me to leave the place where I was born and where I live.

According to the president, more than 3,000 people work with bees in the Mel do Certo Cooperative, Mr. Henrique Neri, Quilombo Lagos.

Serra da Capivara will generate up to 35 million reais for the economy.

Flavia Fernandez, an incorporator at SRN, said in an interview with Noticias de Mineracao Brasil that the construction of the iron mine is expected to create 25 direct jobs.

Source of information: brasil.mongabay.com

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