Mindelo, May 30 (Inforpress) - The Neve Insular collective will present the new Matriz Téxtil Insular project on June 4 in Madeiral, São Vicente. Over the next three years, the project aims to continue the agricultural and artistic production of cotton.

As the project's coordinator, Ângelo Lopes, explained to Inforpress, this is a new cycle in the work that the collective has been doing for several years at the Madeiral Agroecological Center, based on aspects such as cotton planting, education, agroecology and artisan-based artistic training.

According to the same source, “Matriz Téxtil Insular - Gestão da soberania comunitária e o desenho de novos futuros” (- Management of Community Sovereignty and the Design of New Futures) was made possible thanks to funding from the Camões Institute, which will allow the activities to be expanded.

The package of interventions, which will take place over the next three years, includes workshops, ateliers, training in cotton processing, as well as publications and the making of documentaries.

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Porto Novo, May 30 (Inforpress) – The Palmeira and Sal Rei teams will play on Saturday, at 3 pm, at the Porto Novo Municipal Stadium, the final of the Cabo Verde Cup, in football, with their respective coaches betting on winning the title.

The Palmeira team is playing in its third consecutive Cabo Verde Cup final and, in the preview of the game, coach Toca Leite said that he wants to win the title, the only one missing from his club's list of achievements.

"It's a final and we have to win. With all due respect to Sal Rei, we want to leave the game with the trophy. We've come a long way so far and we want to finish on a high note. That's why we're going to do our utmost to win this trophy, the only one Palmeira are missing," said Toca Leite.

Djak, the Sal Rei coach, also declared that his team “is only thinking about winning the game and taking the title to Boa Vista”, foreseeing “a well-fought final between two great teams”, who had already met in the national championship.

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Praia, May 29 (Inforpress) - Maria Ruiz Villar, the representative of the FAO in Cabo Verde, said today in Praia that the community plays a key role in protecting and restoring forests as a way of combating climate change.

The closing of the workshop “South-South Knowledge Exchange on Community Forestry: from West Africa to the World”, held between May 26 and 29, was marked by the presentation of the final declaration which celebrates the advances made by community forests and highlights the essential role of communities in protecting and restoring these vital ecosystems.

In a statement to the press, the representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) stressed that the final declaration values the progress made globally in terms of community forests, recognizing the efforts of local communities to conserve forests while improving their living conditions.

“There will be no forests if the communities living in each territory are not involved,” she said.

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Praia, May 30 (Inforpress) - The focal point of the project to support the maritime economy sector in Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Carlos Pires, announced today that Porto Mosquito will receive equipment, training and infrastructure as part of a project financed by Morocco.

A technical diagnostic mission for the project, financed by the African Fund for International Decentralized Development (FACDI), is in Cabo Verde from 25 to 31 May, focusing on the fishing community of Porto Mosquito, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santiago.

Speaking to Inforpress, Carlos Pires pointed out that this mission, promoted by a delegation from the Kingdom of Morocco, aims to deepen institutional partnerships, agree strategies for the development of the local maritime economy and listen to the main community players, namely fishermen and fishmongers.

“This is a project with total funding of around 25,000 escudos, 10% of which is provided by the Ribeira Grande de Santiago City Council, and the rest is guaranteed by Morocco,” said Carlos Pires.

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