In Amazônia Acelerada, we wanted to portray the last 50 years of transformation of the Amazon territory. And there were decades of major deforestation, we saw this rate of about 20% of the degraded forest, arising from different actions, such as food production, opening of roads, livestock itself, illegal logging… But also due to the illegal mining, which take place in the Amazon region and which is generating not only environmental consequences (such as mercury pollution), but also affecting traditional populations, especially indigenous peoples, who are suffering a lot of violence. At the same time, we wanted to place a large river in the center of this space that would symbolize these transformations. This river, which starts clean, receives water from three affluents. And these affluents bring both these negative consequences, such as deforestation for food production, through the planting of soy and livestock, as well as the opening of roads, the impact of the disorderly growth of cities, through the lack of sanitation, and large infrastructure works, such as large hydroelectric plants that have a great socio-environmental impact. But at the same time, we also wanted to show solutions: how, through regeneration and reforestation, the forest can recover its ecosystem capabilities.
