Amazon communities in northern Brazil experience severe isolation from urban centers, limiting political participation and economic opportunity. Poor connectivity manifests as limited coverage, slow and unstable service, or complete absence, with high costs where service exists. Connectivity gaps create scarcity of reliable information and hinder validation of rumors, reducing media expression and civic participation. Floresta Digital establishes self-governed, sustainable Internet access and interconnected digital spaces to showcase local production and handicrafts, supporting local economies while preserving the rainforest. The initiative integrates journalists as mentors, targets indigenous, Afro-Brazilian quilombos and riverine communities, and includes training for environmental journalism and COP coverage. Funding is provided by the European Union.
Communities in northern Brazil are far from large urban centers and often isolated, severely limiting their ability to participate in political processes that directly concern and affect them. They also miss out on important economic opportunities, unable to offer their local products to wider markets. Their isolation is closely linked to a lack of connectivity. Internet access in the area is marked by poor connection quality, limited coverage and exorbitant prices.
Much of the region has no connection at all and, where it does exist, is slow and unstable. This in turn leads to a scarcity of reliable information and difficulties for people to validate rumors or dubious news. Inhabitants of the Amazon region also have fewer opportunities to express themselves in the media, participate in public life and fully exercise their civil rights.
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