{"id":290805,"date":"2019-06-24T16:12:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/?p=290805"},"modified":"2019-06-26T16:49:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T19:49:23","slug":"secrets-of-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/secrets-of-the-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of the forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the first \u201cscientific\u201d expedition to the largest tropical forest in the world having been registered in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century, the Amazon is shrouded in mysteries. But if we consider its size, this could not be any different. It measures about 7,000,000 km<sup>2<\/sup>, covering land that belongs to nine countries. With 60% of the forest in Brazilian territory, the biome is located in the North, Northeast and Central-West regions of the country. While science is still not able to describe or explain a significant part of what exists there, there is considerable accumulated knowledge about the forest, as indicated by the library collection at the Em\u00edlio Goeldi Museum of Par\u00e1. This is where library technician Ol\u00edmpia Reis Resque hunted for treasures that comprise <em>Amaz\u00f4nia ex\u00f3tica: Curiosidades da floresta <\/em>(Exotic Amazon: Rarities of the forest; Emp\u00edreo), which allows for a somewhat better understanding of the region that in 2000 was named a Natural Heritage Site by the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO).<\/p>\n<p>According to a book from a trilogy initiated in 2011, the 57 entries that comprise the book are the result of the efforts of the researcher of Amazonian history to reveal details about the species most used by the local population. \u201cIt was a way I could communicate not only about our fauna and flora, but also our collection,\u201d she says. As the librarian of the institution for 35 years, Resque began her professional career in the museum itself, as an intern, when she was still studying at the Federal University of Par\u00e1. It did not take her long to realize that there was no lack of information for her there. With 300,000 volumes, including magazines and books available to the public, and more than 3,000 rare works, the Domingo Soares Ferreira Penna Library, founded in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, holds the country\u2019s largest collection on the Amazon. \u201cAfter 40 years visiting the museum on a daily basis, I am still surprised by the collection, which is extremely diverse. 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With the selected species organized in alphabetical order, they reveal the etymology of the words, prioritize naturalist reports, and share legends and treasures of the forest inhabitants. In addition to a literature review, which includes rarities such as <em>P\u00e1tria selvagem, a floresta e a vida, mythos amaz\u00f4nicos: Os escravos vermelhos<\/em> (Wild homeland, the forest and life, Amazon myths: The red slaves), published at the beginning of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century by Alexandre de Mello Moraes Filho (1844\u20131919), the book includes a glossary of regional terms, such as <em>caruana<\/em> (good character) and <em>paul<\/em> (bog), and a short biography of about 50 travelers who have passed through the region, with a focus on a particular woman. Reading the book, one discovers that the English botanical artist Margaret Mee (1909\u20131988) started her first expedition to the Amazon at age 47 and maintained contact with the local population for the following three decades.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the images that illustrate the book were taken from the museum\u2019s archive and from her own collection of rare works. Some of the watercolors were painted by local contemporary artists and there are illustrations from websites, such as Plant Illustrations. Thrilled with the space reserved for the feminine in the minds of the indigenous peoples and riverside communities, in the last volume of the trilogy, Resque attempts to explore the mother figure. \u201cIn the Amazon, there is a mother for everything,\u201d she says. \u201cJaci is the mother of the moon, Coaraci, the mother of the sun. 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