THE NEW SHORT BJF DOCUMENTARY

Our organisation was honoured to win a Nikon camera kit and storytelling training from Waterbear to make a short film, directed by our Communications Coordinator, Ana Paula Ferreira Mendes, that gives you a glimpse of the inspiring people working at the frontline of The Black Jaguar Foundation.

“A Lens on the Ground” zooms into the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor and showcases the stories of our team – making it clear that ecological restoration starts with the communities on the ground! Through a visual story, we showed the faces behind our restoration processes, emphasizing the motivation of the BJF team to create positive change in their communities and the incredible progress made so far.

The documentary highlights the benefits that come with ecological restoration, focusing on local communities and Santana do Araguaia’s economy. As our Field Coordinator, Carlos Eduardo Oliveira, explains in the documentary, prior to the BJF starting its operations in Santana do Araguaia, the city did not have such a vast job market in ecological restoration.

Now, environmental engineers, forest engineers, and field professionals living in the region are able to work there whereas before they may have considered relocating to a different city to find employment.