Preservation
of the Samaúma, a campaign of Novo Encanto.
Removed
from the forest on a large scale by the logging industry which uses it to make
particleboard and plywood, the Samaúma is a tree of symbolic
and medicinal
importance for forest people.
With the
objective of preserving the species, Novo Encanto is promoting the "Samaúma
Alive Forever" campaign, requesting that the Brazilian environmental protection
agency (IBAMA) pass a law to make the Samaúma "immune to cutting.
