Between August 18th and 20th, an event in Brasília (DF) was attended by 98 representatives from 50 projects approved in the 38th and 39th calls for proposals of the Ecos Fund.
The institute presented the Restaura Maranhão Project, promoted discussion about experiences developed in the Quilombo Cariongo and in the Rio Pindaré and Caru Indigenous Lands, and provided support to the Indigenous Handicraft Stall.
Learn about the project that aims to create a productive forest restoration model to help communities restore 400 hectares of degraded forest in Maranhão.
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Project submissions are open until August 31, 2026, at 18 PM Brasília time.
The training, which began as an in-person workshop in Belém, continues online with group classes and individual mentoring, culminating in August with the delivery of a project by each organization.
The initiative combines ecological restoration and agroforestry systems in 12 agrarian reform settlements and a quilombola community.
The project is expected to directly benefit more than 26 families and contribute to the protection of over 1,6 million hectares of forests and waterways in the region.
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