WELCOME FRIENDS IN DAVOS
INTRO BLACK JAGUAR FOUNDATION 15.JAN.2024
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN REALIZING THE LONGEST BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR ON EARTH! TOGETHER WITH YOU, WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Together, we can restore the balance between nature and humankind
..and realize the longest Biodiversity Corridor on Earth in the heart of Brazil
Together, we can restore the balance between nature and humankind
..and realize the longest Biodiversity Corridor on Earth in the heart of Brazil
THE ARAGUAIA BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR THE LONGEST BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR ON EARTH
Positive impact on all your stakeholders, when working together with the Black Jaguar Foundation in realizing the longest biodiversity corridor on earth!
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CONTEXT: THE BRAZILIAN FOREST CODE The Brazilian law determines that all rural owners must preserve the native vegetation in 20% - 35% - 80 % OF THEIR LANDS – these areas are called LEGAL RESERVES (RL) and PERMANENT PROTECTION AREAS (APP).
BIODIVERSITY CORRIDORS: MOSAIC OF RESTORED AREAS CONNECTING POCKETS OF PRISTINE NATIVE VEGETATION ALONG THE RIVER BASINS
PROJECTION EXPANSION PLANTING (in ha)
Learnings to bring back healthy forests Before starting the presentation, an overview of all BJF 17 required steps to bring back healthy forests
Year 1
Year 2
The 17 quality steps to bring back Healthy forests
Each 1 Step = 1 unique Impact Project to support
1 Community Engagement 2 Landowner Partnerships 3 Fire Brigade
15 Three year maintenance & care 16 Up to 20 years of monitoring 17 Fire prevention
4 Environmental education
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Seedling production
10 Seed collection 5 Mapping
11 Soil preparation and recovery
6 Biodiversity Planning
12 Fence construction
7 Scientific Partnerships
13 Logistics
8 Evidence based restoration
14 Planting trees & seeds
The 17 quality steps to bring back Healthy forests
Each 1 Step = 1 unique Impact Project to support COMMUNITY
SCIENCE
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
LANDOWNER PARTNERSHIPS
FIRE BRIGADE
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
MAPPING & VALIDATION
Working together with local communities, schools, technical partners and other non-profits.
Helping famers with restoration and complicance with the Forest Code.
Lecturing on the importance of ecologically restoration.
Assessment of the land, to map the areas that need to be restored.
Trainings to prevent and control fires and providing fire brigade tools
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BIODIVERSITY PLANNING
SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIPS
EVIDENCE BASED RESTORATION
Evaluating the right combination of native trees to select the methods of restoration.
Making sure we follow the highest possible standards of restoration.
Experience, research and knowledge, in close collaboration with leading institutions and partners.
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The 17 quality steps to bring back Healthy forests
Each 1 Step = 1 unique Impact Project to support 3 YEAR CARE
PLANTING
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OUR OWN TREE NURSERIES
SEED COLLECTION
SOIL PREPARATION AND RECOVERY
FENCE CONSTRUCTION
LOGISTICS
PLANTING TREES AND SEEDS
3 YEAR MAINTENANCE
UP TO 20 YEARS OF MONITORING
FIRE PREVENTION
In cooperation with local seed collectors, specific seeds are collected.
Equalizing the land and removing rocks/stones/ trunks.
Fences to protect our growing trees where they are vulnerable to cattle.
Our restoration sites are dispersed in remote areas with long distances in between.
Restoration, with love and care: on average 1,667 trees per hectare, planted by hand by our local team.
The first 3 years we must grow our seedlings in the right mix and remove invasive species.
Monitoring growth to make sure a self-sustaining ecosystem will come back.
We make sure that natural barriers and fire lookouts are created.
We build, develop and operate our own tree nurseries to grow local tree species.
OUR NEW NURSERY - FULLY OPERATING SINCE JULY 2022
73+ different native tree species!
Ready to restore! Drone view taken in Jan 2023
Planting Season
2022/2023 in action
LOOK WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVE SO FAR ! THANK YOU BJF PARTNERS FOR YOUR VITAL SUPPORT .
Field impact project
Farmers partnerships & Technology BJF core strategy to realize the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor is the partnership with the farmers, making them protagonists of our story of hope.
Video testimonials with farmers showcased in our website, newsletter and social media
Win for the agro economy partnering with BJF
Environmental Regulation
Natural Pollination
Protection of Water Resources
Rain cycle Regulation
Field impact project
BJF Araguaia Seed Collective 2023 Results 4 Training Modules containing: ü ü ü ü ü ü
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Collection planning: When and How much to collect from each species How to extract, benefit and dry the seeds Collection and storage techniques Safety during collection Ecological restoration, planting seedlings and muvuca Cooperativism and Associativism
150 Participants (69% women) Active Collectors: 48 women and 17 men +600 kg of seeds purchased from 20 native species, like baru, embaúba, ingá, ipê-amarelo, jatobá, jenipapo, pequi
130,000 native seedling produced for the restoration +50 ha
65 active collectors
Social Impact
By the words of our seed collectors
Field impact project
Fire Fighting & Prevention Volunteer Fire Brigades • •
Fire prevention and control training, and support with firefighting equipment: 30 people trained in May 2022. Prevention of fires with barriers and other early care.
Training and equipping the Volunteer Fire Brigades in Santana do Araguaia (PA), Caseara and Marianópolis (TO)
De Heus Brazil team visits the Fire Brigade in Caseara (TO), also responsible for protection of Cantão National Park
Fast growth of our trees
Quality restoration results the return of rich biodiversity
Organization Growth
Operations & Team at BJF Brazil & NL Year 2023
122 full time employed BJF field team & 65 BJF seed collectors people from local communities hired for BJF Restoration Cycle activities: Production of seedlings in a nursery, Construction of firebreaks, Maintenance, Seedling Planting, Direct Seeding. . . and much more
Link to articles: https://www.black-jaguar.org/press/
Link to articles: https://www.black-jaguar.org/press/
Influential & Inspiring Ambassadors
Honored to annnounce our new BJF Ambassador during this presentation @ ClimateHub Davos.
HUMBERTO TAN Dutch TV personality
Community of partnerships
100+ Sponsor Partners
Rural, Technical and Institutional Partners
BJF selected among 10 Mega-Eco projects in the world
In October 2023, BJF was invited by the university of Pennsylvania to present our mission to realize the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor among the 10 Mega-Eco Projects in the world.
BJF nominated for the Earthshot Prize (2024) Launched by HRH Prince William, the The Earthshot Prize exists to discover, spotlight and help grow innovative solutions that are working to restore and regenerate our planet.
BJF was officially nominated in January ’24 for the Earthshot Prize 2024 by Restor.eco
In 2022 we signed a € 4M partnership with CAIXA Social Environmental Fund (FSA) to support 70% of the funding for planting of 1 million trees in the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor! Caixa Econômica Federal, referred to in Brazil as CAIXA, is one of the two federal banks in Brazil and the fourth largest financial institute in Latin America.
Article in FEED magazine about BJF & DH partnership and positive role of farmers in Brazil and beyond.
Field Challenges and Exciting Future Developments Field Challenges •
Logistics challenge: operating 17+ farmer sites simultaneously.
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Change in the agro scenario: unexpected come-back of cows at farms, hence increase in costs / fences.
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Restoration infrastructure: BJF is building this new economic model from scratch in South Pará and Tocantins. Inflation and demand: Drastic increase of costs in the past years - from € 4 (2020) to € 8 per tree (2024) for all 17 Steps of Restoration.
Future Developments •
Thanks part to the support of our sponsor partners, BJF is building its reputation as one of the leading restoration organizations in Brazil!
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BJF is expanding now from 2 to 7 municipalities!
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BJF Impact Projects are making real positive impacts (Biodiversity – Social – Economic )
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With your support, ready to scale up our model of making impacts and setting an example to revive other dying drying rivers.
GOING
‘28 – ‘32 100 MILLION TREES Further consolidation Scale up repeat
‘26 – ‘28 10 MILLION TREES
‘17 – ‘20
˜100K TREES
’21 -‘24
FOMENTO À ECONOMIA DA BIODIVERSIDADE ‘24 – ‘26 Consolidation 2nd MILLION TREES
1st MILLION TREES Further Expansion
Pilot Project
Expansion
Sponsors: +120 individuals and companies from 14 countries (The First 600)
Corporate partnerships + philantropy + grants + others
‘28 – ‘32
HAPPEN
100 MILLION TREES Further consolidation Scale up repeat Total budget € 735 Million
‘26 – ‘28
Request for funding: € 696 Million Implementing all 17 steps of Restoration
10 MILLION TREES
‘17 – ‘20
˜100K TREES
’21 -‘24
FOMENTO À ECONOMIA DA BIODIVERSIDADE ‘24 – ‘26 Consolidation 2nd MILLION TREES Total budget € 64 Million
Request for funding: € 56 Million Implementing all 17 steps of Restoration
1st MILLION TREES Further Expansion
Pilot Project
Expansion
Sponsors: +120 individuals and companies from 14 countries (The First 600)
Total budget € 16 Million Request for funding: € 5,8 Million Corporate partnerships + philantropy + grants + others
YOU
2026 - 2028
Consolidation Restore 6.000 ha 15% of funding committed
2024 - 2026 2017 - 2020 ˜100K TREES
Pilot Project
2021 - 2024 Further Expansion
FOMENTO À ECONOMIA Accelerator funds to complete Expansion DA BIODIVERSIDADE the 2 million trees barrier.
Total budget: € 16 Million Still needed to SCALE: € 5,8 Million
Total budget: € 64 million Request for funding: € 56 Million Implementing all 17 steps of Restoration
Mitigate environmental deficit Santana do Araguaia cluster Deliver strong Impact Metrics
2023/2024 : € 1,8 million 2024/2025 : € 2 million 2025/2026 : € 2 million
90% survival rate of all planted trees! Funding partners: +100 individuals and companies from 9 countries (The First 600)
Corporate partnerships + philanthropy + grants + others
Building Partnerships with Contribute to shared Sustainable Development Goals.
Support the planting 10M native trees Aligning your business purpose & nature restorarion
Implement your Environmental, Social & Governance plan to make real impact.
Launch PR & marketing campaign to share your Core Values which match values of BJF
Baker Tilly audits the BJF financial reports and processes of both ‘Stichting Black Jaguar (NL) and Instituto Black Jaguar (BR).
THANK YOU TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS Ben Valks bvalks@black-jaguar.org www.black-jaguar.org
WELCOMING PROF. CARLOS NOBRE TO BECOME OUR OFFICIAL AMBASSADOR THANK YOU CARLOS WE ARE HONORED YOU ACCEPT TO JOIN OUR MISSION OF HOPE & ACTION. TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING THE DIFFERENCE FOR ALL OUR FUTURE