Cultivators: Maria Tereza Jorge Pàdua
Womanica
Acast Creative Studios
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Maria Tereza Jorge Pàdua (1943 - present) is a Brazilian ecologist, conservationist and biologist who is celebrated as the "Mother of Brazilian National Parks.” Maria has had a lifelong dedication to preserving the biodiversity of Brazil, and she has helped establish and manage dozens of national parks across the country. Her conservation efforts have been particularly impactful in the Amazon rainforest.
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| 1:18.4 | This Earth Month, we're talking about cultivators. Women who nurtured, cross-pollinated, experimented, or went to great lengths to better understand and protect the natural world. |
| 1:29.7 | The Amazon rainforest has today's womanican to thank for much of its preservation. |
| 1:34.5 | This woman has been a stalwart advocate for the natural world in Brazil and beyond. |
| 1:39.6 | During her impactful career, she uplifted local communities and saved millions of acres of land from harmful resource extraction. |
| 1:46.0 | Today, her fight continues. |
| 1:48.0 | Let's talk about the mother of Brazil's national parks. |
| 1:51.0 | Maria Teresa Jorge Padua. |
| 1:58.0 | Maria was born in 1943 in Brazil. From a young age, it was clear she had a green thumb. |
| 2:04.6 | As a child, she loved going on nature walks with her grandparents and having outdoor picnics with her parents. |
| 2:10.6 | As she grew older, her love of the world around her only increased. |
| 2:15.6 | In 1968, Maria joined Brazil's newly founded National Park System to follow her passion. |
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