From Fair Trade to Political-institutional Reorganization: Socio-environmental Repercussions of the Sateré-mawé Producers' Consortium Experience
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article analyzes the political-institutional and socio-environmental repercussions associated with the experience of the Sateré-Mawé Producers' Consortium (CPSM), focusing on the socio-productive reorganization process undertaken by the Sateré-Mawé people. This process is grounded in the valorization of *waraná*, fair trade, certifications, and institutional partnerships established since the 1980s and 1990s. The study is based on the hypothesis that the entry of *waraná* trade into specialized markets not only expanded the communities' economic opportunities but also contributed to strengthening their forms of political organization, territorial management, and community governance. Methodologically, this is an exploratory qualitative study based on a literature review and document analysis of secondary sources—specifically institutional documents from the General Council of the Sateré-Mawé Tribe (CGTSM) and the CPSM, as well as records available on the *Filhos do Waraná* (Nusoken) portal. Given the absence of studies based on specific protocols for measuring socio-environmental impacts, the work adopts the category of "socio-environmental repercussions," understood as effects inferred from bibliographic, documentary, and political-institutional evidence. The analysis integrates the historical reconstruction of the economic exploitation of the Sateré-Mawé, the consolidation of the *Waraná* Project, a review of academic literature on the subject, and the systematization of documentary indicators related to territorial governance, productive diversification, food security, community capacity-building, and institutional responses developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is argued that the political-institutional strengthening fostered by the CPSM constitutes the most empirically observable dimension of this process and offers significant insights for understanding the socio-environmental repercussions resulting from the Sateré-Mawé people's socio-productive reorganization.
Source: Artefactum
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7168104281