Aligned with the UN’s call for the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, the Luz Alliance Fund, led by model and philanthropist Gisele Bündchen, in partnership with BrazilFoundation, will support civil society organizations working towards the restoration and preservation of different ecosystems for the benefit of people and nature. Brazil has the highest biodiversity on the planet, and each of its biomes hosts a wide variety of vegetation and fauna.
With support for these organizations, the aim is to provide financial and technical assistance for project execution, as well as to spread a message of awareness about the importance of maintaining ecosystems in balance, preserving our natural resources and biodiversity, both for our generation and for those to come.
The restoration of ecosystems improves people’s quality of life, brings economic benefits, and is essential for helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals that impact society as a whole.
The organizations selected in this partnership contribute to biodiversity conservation through the protection and restoration of ecosystems, species, and springs, as well as promoting more sustainable livelihoods.
Learn about the selected initiatives:
Biome: PANTANAL
Associação Onçafari | Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul
Mission of the Organization: To conserve Brazilian wildlife and natural habitats through ecotourism, science, environmental education, forming partnerships for the acquisition and protection of natural areas, rehabilitation and reintroduction of wildlife, engagement, and socioeconomic development of local communities.
Project: The goal is to reduce retaliatory and “preventive” hunting of jaguars in cattle ranching areas through a replicable and financially viable protocol of practices for small and large rural producers.
Biome: CERRADO
Instituto das Águas da Serra da Bodoquena – IASB | Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul
Mission of the Organization: To conserve the waters of the Serra da Bodoquena.
Project: To develop joint actions between productive and environmental sectors for the protection of springs, forest recovery of riparian forests, and raising awareness among rural producers about the importance of soil and water resource conservation.
Biome: AMAZON
Associação de Defesa Etnoambiental Kanindé | Terra Indígena Uru-eu-wau-wau – Rondônia, RO
Mission of the Organization: To promote harmony between humans and the environment, working towards fair and responsible development.
Project: To implement 2 hectares of Agroforestry System in the Uru-eu-wau-wau Indigenous Land to serve 30 indigenous families, generating food security, income, and protection of indigenous territory.
Biome: PAMPA
Sociedade para a Conservação das Aves do Brasil – SAVE Brasil | Rio Grande do Sul
Mission of the Organization: To conserve birds and their environments, connecting people to nature.
Project: To reduce biodiversity loss in the native fields of the Pampa biome through monitoring, assessing the impact of management on livestock properties, and disseminating good sustainable production practices.
Biome: CAATINGA
Aquasis – Associação de Pesquisa e Preservação de Ecossistemas Aquáticos | Caucaia, Ceará
Mission of the Organization: To promote biodiversity conservation actions, encouraging attitude changes for building a sustainable society.
Project: Preservation of the endangered fauna of the Caatinga through water and environmental management – technologies and policies for water storage and distribution – in the Chapada do Araripe.
Biome: ATLANTIC FOREST
Amigos de Iracambi | Serra do Brigadeiro, MG
Mission of the Organization: To save forests, transform lives!
Project: To provide a healthy and balanced water dynamic in the Muriaé River Watershed, increasing forest cover in recharge areas, springs, and riparian forests, in partnership with communities located in the Buffer Zone of the Serra do Brigadeiro State Park.
Biome: COASTAL – MARINE
Fundação Projeto Tamar | Praia do Forte, Bahia
Mission of the Organization: Active on the Brazilian coast since the 1980s with the mission of promoting the recovery of sea turtles, developing research, conservation, and social inclusion actions.
Project: Maintenance and improvement of environmental awareness actions, research, and conservation of sea turtles at Praia do Forte. Contributing to the development of research and conservation actions with sea turtles through the creation of an app for monitoring and protecting sea turtle nests, as well as promoting improvements at the Fundação Projeto Tamar Visitor Center in Praia do Forte.
Source: www.brazilfoundation.org