THE EXPERIENCE OF STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNANCE OF TICCAS TERRITORIES IN BRAZIL THROUGH PROJECTS/ A EXPERIENCIA DE FORTALECIMENTO DA GOVERNANCA DE TERRITORIOS TICCAS NO BRASIL POR MEIO DE PROJETOS/ LA EXPERIENCIA DE FORTALECER LA GOBERNANZA DE LOS TERRITORIOS TICCAS EN BRASIL A TRAVES DE PROYECTOS

This account of experience gathered the learning and experiences of 18 Territories and Areas Conserved by Indigenous Peoples and Traditional and Local Communities (TICCAs) projects. The projects were implemented by community associations, labor unions/rural workers and advisory organizations between the years 2020 to 2023, in several municipalities of the Cerrado biome. The projects sought diverse solutions for strengthening community governance in the TICCAs territories and recovering the impacts generated by the COVID 19 pandemic. The main impacts of the pandemic reported by communities relate to territorial and food insecurity and lack of access to health services. PPP-ECOS has prioritized support for a range of actions proposed by communities to build resilience in their territories. The main difficulty faced by the communities is the protection of their territories. Internal conflicts also generate territorial and land insecurity. The main results achieved by the projects were 322,000 ha of Cerrado conserved by means of sustainable management; 119 strengthened communities and 2,091 families benefited; besides 98 training processes promoted for 1.203 persons. Keywords: Cerrado; environmental and territorial management; conflicts; ethnoknowledge; local communities; traditional peoples and communities. Este relato de experiencia colheu os aprendizados e experiencias de 18 projetos de Territorios e Areas Conservadas por Povos Indigenas e Comunidades Tradicionais e Locais (TICCAs). Os projetos foram implementados por associacoes comunitarias, sindicatos de trabalhadores/as rurais e organizacoes de assessoria entre os anos de 2020 a 2023, em diversos municipios do bioma Cerrado. Os projetos buscaram solucoes diversas para o fortalecimento da governanca comunitaria nos territorios TICCAs e a recuperacao dos impactos gerados pela pandemia de COVID 19. Os principais impactos da pandemia reportados pelas comunidades se relacionam a inseguranca territorial e alimentar e a falta de acesso a servicos de saude. O PPP-ECOS priorizou o apoio a uma gama de acoes propostas pelas comunidades visando ampliar a resiliencia de seus territorios. A principal dificuldade enfrentada pelas comunidades e a protecao de seus territorios. Conflitos internos tambem geram inseguranca territorial e fundiaria. Os principais resultados alcancados pelos projetos foram 322 mil ha de Cerrado conservados por meio de manejo sustentavel; 119 comunidades fortalecidas e 2.091 familias beneficia