The coordination for issuing official documents, such as Sustainable Use Authorization Terms (TAUS) and Real Right of Use Concession Contracts (CCDRU), or for signing terms of commitment between local communities and Conservation Units (UC), must be carried out in accordance with the specific reality of each location. The objective is to establish clear rules for coexistence and permanence, balancing traditional ways of life with environmental conservation and promoting socio-environmental justice.

The actions of Fiocruz and FCT, through the OTSS, aim to provide technical and legal advice through knowledge exchange and dissemination of rights, allowing the appropriation of norms and laws by the directly affected traditional peoples. In addition to knowledge exchange, there is strategic, judicial and administrative litigation, with direct action in the Judiciary and in the administrative spheres to defend the rights of traditional peoples and communities. In the process, dialogue round tables may be held to promote socio-environmental justice, which are temporary mechanisms for citizen participation, providing a space for interaction between representatives of organized civil society and municipal authorities. These round tables seek to promote discussions and agreements on strategic issues that affect the day-to-day life of the PCTs and directly impact their conflicts.

A working group that brings together fishermen and women, acting politically in the analysis, debate and promotion of public policies related to fishing, as well as in coastal and marine management initiatives. This group builds strategies for collective action to defend fishing and marine territories.

The Traditional Communities Forum (FCT) is a tool for coordinating social movements that bring together indigenous, quilombola and caiçaras communities from Angra dos Reis, Paraty and Ubatuba. This movement jointly articulates the agendas and demands for the promotion of rights and the defense of traditional territories of the three cultural groups, strengthening their political influence far beyond what each group could achieve on its own. Its re-applicability is relevant for the empowerment and strengthening of traditional communities in the design of territorialized public policies that promote socio-environmental sustainability.

The Territorialized and Participatory Governance and Management model of the Observatory of Sustainable and Healthy Territories of Bocaina (OTSS) represents an innovative approach in social technology. It focuses on establishing governance processes that are participatory and focused on territories, challenging conventional practices to strengthen the organizations of traditional peoples and communities. Through groups formed by academic and community researchers, the model promotes a dialogue between different types of knowledge. This ongoing dialogue enhances the management and governance capacity of these peoples, valuing their traditional lifestyles through the development of public policies and social technologies adapted to their specific realities.

A space for interaction promoted by the Traditional Communities Forum between researchers, representatives of traditional communities, federal prosecutors, public defenders and other justice actors, managers of conservation units and environmental agencies, with a focus on promoting the social development of traditional communities associated with environmental preservation and the strengthening of rights to transform conflicts. It promotes the integration of socio-biodiversity and socio-environmental justice.

The process of characterizing traditional Caiçara, Quilombola and indigenous territories is carried out through social cartography of these communities, using the methodology of the New Insurgent Social Cartography and action research. This process is deepened and complemented by other participatory methodologies, with the objective of producing materials that reflect the socioeconomic, environmental and cultural reality experienced by these communities. In addition, it aims to map the conflicts that threaten these communities and to explain the traditional practices that constitute their collective identity. Insurgent social cartography allows the delimitation of the occupied territory from the perspective of those who truly understand this reality, promoting a faithful and authentic representation of traditional territories.

Created from a partnership between the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and the Forum of Traditional Communities of Angra dos Reis, Paraty and Ubatuba (FCT), the Observatory of Sustainable and Healthy Territories (OTSS) is a technopolitical space for generating critical knowledge, based on the dialogue between traditional and scientific knowledge, for the development of strategies that promote sustainability, health and rights for the well-being of traditional communities in their territories.

Social cartography of fishing is a mapping process carried out by residents of the fishing community, with technical support from OTSS researchers. This process allows the identification of traditional artisanal fishing practices that constitute the collective identity of the community, as well as conflicts that threaten the territory. The construction of social cartography provides an opportunity for the community to reflect on the historical use and occupation of its territory and habitat, in addition to planning sociopolitical strategies for the sustainable use of its natural resources.

Innovative tool that maps the locations of coastal communities affected by various projects and activities. This digital map details the impacts caused by the oil and gas chain, real estate expansion and large-scale tourism, in addition to including areas designated as conservation units, among other factors. The platform allows for the visualization and collaborative analysis of data, facilitating the understanding of the challenges faced by these communities and promoting transparency and active participation in territorial and environmental management.