Mamirauá Institute

Instituto Mamirauá is a research institute headquartered in Tefé (AM), Brazil, describing itself as a research institute in the heart of the Amazon. Its work spans science, research and monitoring, and bioeconomy focused on the sustainable management and use of natural resources. It operates the Henry Walter Bates Library in Tefé, which since the 1990s has gathered a specialized collection on Amazonian science and research, and it runs community-oriented programs such as community water management seminars.

According to the librarian Graciete Rolim, the origin of the Henry Walter Bates Library is directly linked to the research that began the Projeto Mamirauá and later the Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá. The library, located at the Instituto Mamirauá in Tefé (AM), has since the 1990s gathered one of the most important specialized collections on Amazonian science and research, with more than 28,000 catalogued titles.

A research institute in the heart of the Amazon focused on sustainable development.

1. 1Instituto Mamirauá | Desenvolvimento Sustentável na Amazôniamamiraua.org.br
2. 2Seminário sobre água fortalece a gestão comunitária da água e o saneamento na Amazônia - Instituto Mamirauámamiraua.org.br
3. 3Às margens do Lago Tefé (AM), biblioteca reúne valioso acervo científico sobre a Amazônia - Instituto Mamirauámamiraua.org.br
4. 4Wikidata Q136384434wikidata.org