Sociobiodiversity Program

Strengthens community production chains, encouraging the inclusion of sociobiodiversity products in the food market.

Management of the gueroba. Buriti de Goiás (GO). Photo: Bento Viana/ISPN Collection

Pequi. Photo: Bento Viana/ISPN Collection

Extractivists peel fruit under Pequi trees. Photo: Bento Viana/ISPN Archives

ÓSocioBio meeting in 2025, in Brasília. Photo: Amanda Guedes

The Sociobiodiversity Program strengthens community production chains and initiatives, encouraging the inclusion of sociobiodiversity products in different markets. Launched in 2024, it recognizes how Indigenous peoples, traditional peoples and communities, and family farmers (PIPCTAFs) use the resources of their territories and knowledge to produce products and services that generate income and improve quality of life.

With the purpose of promoting biodiversity conservation through the use, economies, and sustainable ways of life of indigenous peoples, traditional peoples and communities, and family farmers, it works on capacity development; political dialogues articulated in civil society networks; knowledge management and communication; and support for community businesses.
This strategy promotes environmental conservation, cultural appreciation, food security and sovereignty, as well as income generation and social justice, which are fundamental to implementing solutions to the climate crises, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity.

Who supports us

CLUA

European Union

International Climate Initiative – IKI

External Joints

Sociobio

Catrapovos Tocantins and Maranhão

Voices of Tocantins Coalition for Climate Justice

Babaçu Dialogue Table

Projects

Project status

Well-being and Bioeconomy

In progress

Financier(s): European Union

In partnership with WWF-Brazil and Conexsus, the project aims to strengthen sociobiodiversity value chains in the Brazilian Amazon. Focusing on natural resource conservation and community well-being, the initiative promotes sustainable actions for natural resource conservation, income generation, and combating social and political exclusion. To this end, it promotes initiatives in the areas of productive inclusion, market expansion, access to credit, political advocacy, and communication strategies.

Validity Period: January/25 to April/27

CAP4Bio – Promoting Capacities and Structures for the Implementation of the National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy

In progress

Financier(s): International Climate Initiative - IKI

Currently in its preparatory phase and led by CIFOR-ICRAF, the project involves Peru, Brazil, and Colombia. It aims to strengthen the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework in these countries. As the national leader, ISPN will implement training activities for public administrators and community leaders, in addition to supporting initiatives that contribute to achieving Brazil's biodiversity conservation goals.

Validity Period: July/25 to January/26

Strengthening Sociobiodiversity

In progress

Financier(s): Climate and Land Use Alliance

The project strengthens the network articulation of the Observatory of Sociobiodiversity Economies (ÓSocioBio), which brings together 42 civil society organizations, social movements, socio-environmental NGOs, community-based enterprises and cooperatives, which work to build and strengthen public policies aimed at the development of sociobiodiversity economies.

Validity Period: November/24 to February/26

Alliance between civil society organizations strengthens socio-diversity value chains in Tocantins.

The first meeting brought together representatives from various national and local organizations to build synergies in a joint action plan focused on promoting the socio-biodiversity economies of the state.

14 May 2026

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The Pequi Law turns one year old without regulation.

The law was published on January 7, 2025, but it is still awaiting the decree that will allow its implementation.

January 21, 2026

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