This November, Colansa participated in the curatorial committee of the Food Roots and Routes Pavilion, located in the official zone of COP 30, a United Nations (UN) event to discuss climate change, which took place between November 10 and 21, 2025, in Belém do Pará, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.
In addition to curating, Colansa held a panel discussion on November 13 in partnership with Vital Strategies.
“Perceptions of food among traditional peoples and communities in the Legal Amazon” addressed the survey “More Data, More Health: Climate and Health in the Legal Amazon,” conducted by Umane and Vital Strategies. This survey presents an unprecedented portrait of the perceptions of traditional peoples and communities—such as indigenous peoples, quilombolas, riverine communities, extractivists, rubber tappers, and artisanal fishermen, among others—about food, climate, and health in the region.
The environmental impact is evident, according to those who are part of traditional peoples and communities: 53.8% reported concern about food shortages due to droughts or floods, and 8 out of 10 believe that global warming has increased food prices in the region where they live. In the last two years, 21.4% said they had faced problems in food production, and 24.1% noticed a deterioration in water quality.
Colansa’s executive director, Elisa Mendonça, opened the panel discussions: “This pavilion is a great partnership, it has everything to do with the way we work, and disseminating this data was very important,” she remarked.
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