Acknowledgements

This is a long list because this project was made by many hands.

I'd like to start by thanking everyone who donated their personal time to be part of this study — our entire team, and our partners, supporters, and all the 350 interviewees.

I am particularly grateful to Graciela Selaimen (Graci), former programme director at the Ford Foundation, and currently Regional Lead for Latin America at IRIS — International Resource for Impact and Storytelling. This project was conceived and matured through my many exchanges with her. I would also like to say a big 'thank you' to Fátima Mello, Érika Yamada, and Gleice Sanches from Ford Foundation Brazil for all their support along the way.

Many thanks also to the whole team at the Getulio Vargas Foundation's Department of Public Policy Analysis (FGV DAPP) for their patience in answering my countless questions, in my attempt to better understand their findings, clarify some points, and offer new perspectives to our readers; and to the Ipsos team, in particular Priscilla Branco and Marta Capacla, for our fruitful exchanges, and for their dedication and persistence to ensure that we had the best sample possible, and for helping me to navigate lesser known waters, and understand some views and findings that were less familiar to me — but no less important. Without the non-engaged-audience component, this study would not be the same.

This project would not exist without our talented and tireless team, who worked against very tight deadlines, in particular when we were finalising and reviewing the reports. I am particularly grateful to journalist Maura Campanili, who believed and participated in our project from the very beginning, and researcher Arminda Jardim. Both worked with me through long nights and weekends, and never failed to show their enormous enthusiasm and devotion; and my thanks to Luiz Hargreaves too, for this impeccable translation.

My praise also goes to Aislan Pankararu, who hosted the “Abá Pukuá: Sky Man” exhibition in 2020, and took part in “A Breath of Fury and Hope” in 2021, at the Brazilian Sculpture and Ecology Museum (MuBE). He has presented us with the beauty and ancestral strength of his work.

Many thanks to the team at Disarme Gráfico and Café Art, responsible for the cohesion, sophistication, and beauty of this website — in particular, my thanks to Bruno Ventura.

Special thanks to Niki Mardas, Global Canopy Executive Director, for allowing me to reduce my workload and take some additional leave in 2021. This special and exceptional flexibility was key for the completion of this project.

To Nilo D'Avila, my partner, and Théo and Joaquim, my children, I apologise for my long absences while I was working on this project. For all your patience and support, I could never thank you enough!

Cristiane Fontes, Krika