Together, we are restoring the balance between nature and humankind
..and realize the longest Biodiversity Corridor on Earth in the heart of Brazil
Positive impact on all MSC Cruises stakeholders, when working together with the Black Jaguar Foundation in realizing the longest biodiversity corridor on earth!
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Before starting the presentation, an overview of all BJF 17 required steps to bring back healthy forests
Year 1
The 17 quality steps to bring back Healthy forests
Each 1 Step = 1 unique Impact Project to support
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The 17 quality steps to bring back Healthy forests
Each 1 Step = 1 unique Impact Project to support
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Working together with local communities, schools, technical partners and other non-profits.
Helping famers with restoration and complicance with the Forest Code.
Trainings to prevent and control fires and providing fire brigade tools
EDUCATION
Lecturing on the importance of ecologically restoration.
MAPPING & VALIDATION
Assessment of the land, to map the areas that need to be restored.
BIODIVERSITY PLANNING
Evaluating the right combination of native trees to select the methods of restoration.
SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIPS
Making sure we follow the highest possible standards of restoration.
8 Experience, research and knowledge, in close collaboration with leading institutions and partners.
EVIDENCE BASED RESTORATION
1 LANDOWNER PARTNERSHIPS 2 3 FIRE BRIGADE
The 17 quality steps to bring back Healthy forests
Each 1 Step = 1 unique Impact Project to support
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We build, develop and operate our own tree nurseries to grow local tree species.
In cooperation with local seed collectors, specific seeds are collected.
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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.
howLandowners: the protagonists of this story
We offer technical and financial support for environmental regulation and restoration of APPs and Legal Reserves
And they protect the Forests.
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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
Cross Pollination
Protection of
Water Resources
Rain cycle Regulation
Planting seedlings in areas where regeneration is not expressed.
Planting seeds of native species directly on the site to be restored.
Complementation with seedlings and seeds when natural regeneration is not fully expressed on site.
Biodiversity enrichment where natural regeneration is poor in species due to degradation.
ASSISTED NATURAL REGENERATION
Removal of degradation factors and conduction of already established seedlings.
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Opened in 2022, our nursery will produce 500,000 seedlings a year and will become a vector for local development, income and employment generation and environmental education.
Area: 3,6 hectares
Capacity 500.000 seedlings per cycle
Species : 60 + different native species
Ready to restore!
Drone view taken in Jan 2023
73+ different native tree species!
• 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
4 Training Modules containing:
ü Collection planning: When and How much to collect from each species
ü How to extract, benefit and dry the seeds
ü Collection and storage techniques
ü Safety during collection
ü Ecological restoration, planting seedlings and muvuca
ü Cooperativism and Associativism
• 150 Participants (69% women)
• Active Collectors: 24 women and 11 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
55 active collectors
BJF core strategy to realize the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor is the partnership with the farmers making them protagonists of this story of hope.
Video testimonials with farmers showcased in our website, newsletter and social media
• Supporting farmers to create a story of hope
• Growing our team of articulators
• Meeting various farmers organisations & sendicates
• Visiting leading farmer’s fairs
De Heus Brazil teams visits BJF new office in Santana do Araguaia
Participating in 2 major Agro fairs – Expanding Community of BJF Partner farmers
Year 2023
122 full time employed BJF field team 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
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.
Launched by HRH Prince William
the The Earthshot Prize selects innovative solutions to restore our planet.
BJF was officially nominated in January ’24 for the Earthshot Prize 2024 by Restor.eco
• Logistics challenge: operating 17+ farmer sites simultaneously.
• Change in the agro scenario: unexpected come-back of cows at farms, hence increase in costs / fences.
• 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.
• Thanks part to the support of our sponsor partners, BJF is building its reputation as one of the leading restoration organizations in Brazil!
• BJF is expanding now from 2 to 7 municipalities!
• BJF Impact Projects are making real positive impacts (Biodiversity – Social – Economic )
• With your support, ready to scale up our model of making impacts and setting an example to revive other dying drying rivers.
• Logistics challenge: operating 17+ farmer sites simultaneously.
• Improving Farmers mentality & support for restoration.
• Change in the agro scenario: unexpected come-back of cows at farms, hence increase in costs / fences.
• 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 (2023) for all 17 Steps of Restoration.
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• Thanks part to the support of our sponsor partners, BJF is building its reputation as one of the leading restoration organizations in Brazil!
• BJF’s focus and investment in Quality Restoration starts to pay off among all stakeholders in the field.
• BJF is expanding now from 2 to 7 municipalities!
• New government is more environment conscious and might become stricter about farmers compliance to the Forest Code.
• BJF Impact Projects are making real win-win-win impacts (Biodiversity – Social – Economic )
• High probability that, in May 2023, another long term ‘Mission Funding - BJF partnership’ will be signed.
Honored to annnounce our new BJF Ambassador in Davos 2024: Earth Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Carlos Nobre
HUMBERTO TAN Dutch TV personality
‘28 – ‘32
‘26 – ‘28
10 MILLION TREES
Restore 6.000 ha
‘24 – ‘26
DA BIODIVERSIDADE
Consolidation
2nd MILLION TREES
‘17 – ‘20
˜100K TREES
’21 -‘24
1st MILLION TREES
Further Expansion
Expansion
Sponsors:
+120 individuals and companies
from 14 countries (The First 600)
100 MILLION TREES
Further consolidation
Scale up repeat
Consolidation
Restore 6.000 ha
30% of funding already committed ! Mitigate the environmental deficit at Santana do Araguaia cluster
Deliver strong Impact Metrics
Reach Financial Sustainability
Corporate partnerships
+ philantropy
‘17 – ‘20
˜100K TREES
100 MILLION TREES
Further consolidation
Scale up repeat
Total budget € 735 Million
Request for funding: € 696 Million
Implementing all 17 steps of Restoration
‘26 – ‘28
10 MILLION TREES
DA BIODIVERSIDADE
‘24 – ‘26
2nd MILLION TREES
’21 -‘24
1st MILLION TREES
Sponsors:
+120 individuals and companies
from 14 countries (The First 600)
Consolidation
Total budget € 64 Million
Request for funding: € 56 Million
Implementing all 17 steps of Restoration
Further Expansion
Total budget € 16 Million
Request for funding: € 5,6 Million
2017 - 2020 ˜100K TREES
Funding partners:
+100 individuals and companies
from 9 countries (The First 600)
YOU
2024 - 2026
2021 - 2024
Further Expansion
Expansion
Accelerator funds needed to complete the 2 million trees barrier.
Total budget: € 16 Million
Still needed to SCALE: € 5,6 Million
2024 : € 1,6 million
2025 : € 2 million
2026 : € 2 million
90% survival rate of all planted trees!
2026 - 2028
Consolidation
Restore 6.000 ha 15% of funding already committed
Total budget: € 64 million
Implementing all 17 steps of Restoration
Mitigate environmental deficit Santana do Araguaia cluster
Deliver strong Impact Metrics
Corporate partnerships + philanthropy + grants
+ others
Pilot ProjectRights to communicate your sponsor/partnership with the BJF and its projects in PR campaigns, marketing & media to strengthen corporate / brand reputation and involve clients.
• Full sponsor rights to communicate BJF partnership
• Non-exclusivity in your country and industry in your sector
• Use of BJF Sponsor Partner Logo on your website and brochures
• 1 Participant package TheFirst600 campaign:
- 1 PR window on TheFirst600 campaign
- 1 Profile page with your video testimonial to demonstrate our social responsibility, share with your clients
- Brochure A’4 – print & online – to share your partnership
- 1 jaguar sculpture (head) - Size nr 2. – by Chris Tap
- Field trip to the Araguaia Corridor in the heart of Brazil
CORPORATE FRIEND GOLD
€ 50.000,-- DONATION PER YEAR
DURATION: 3 YEARS
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