The initiative presents a Commitment Letter with eight proposals for the protection of water, territories, biodiversity, and the rights of the peoples of the Cerrado.
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.
Quilombola technicians participated in training and mapped 52 communities in Pará.
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.
“Funding for restoration needs to be based on listening to the local population. It needs to serve the audiences that are directly on the front lines of restoration,” emphasizes Jéssica Pedreira, socio-environmental analyst at ISPN.
Learn about the project that aims to create a productive forest restoration model to help communities restore 400 hectares of degraded forest in Maranhão.
Inaugurated at the Family Agricultural School of Porto Nacional (TO), the new space was improved to strengthen practical activities, stimulate experiences with food and value socio-biodiversity.
Resolution No. 11/2026 will expand opportunities for food produced in the territories to be served in schools.
Project submissions are open until August 31, 2026, at 18 PM Brasília time.
The proposals address biodiversity conservation, agroecology, strengthening traditional ways of life, and empowering women and young people.
