The Black Jaguar Foundation has been selected as one of the implementing organizations for the Forest for Well-Being project, an initiative led by Conservation International (CI-Brazil). Over the next 24 months, the project will restore 150 hectares of Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) and Legal Reserves on smallholder farms in southern Pará.
Implementation is already in progress, with planning activities, site assessments, community engagement, and restoration agreements laying the foundation for the work ahead.
Over the coming months, participating landowners will receive continuous technical support, including the development of tailored restoration plans, hands-on training, the application of restoration techniques best suited to each site, and ongoing monitoring of restored areas.
Funded by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) through the Amazon Fund, the Forest for Well-Being project aims to restore 1,500 hectares across the Amazon while strengthening local restoration supply chains and building the capacity of the people and organizations driving landscape recovery.
Beyond its environmental benefits, the initiative places local communities at the center of the restoration process. Participants receive training and technical assistance to actively contribute to restoring, maintaining, and monitoring degraded areas, while also creating economic opportunities through regional value chains such as native seed collection by the BJF Araguaia Seed Network and seedling production at the Black Jaguar Foundation nursery.
By bringing together ecological restoration, community engagement, and biodiversity conservation, this partnership with CI-Brazil marks another important milestone in strengthening the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor. Through the recovery of native vegetation and the protection of water resources, the project expands the positive impact of restoration in one of the most strategic landscapes connecting the Amazon and the Cerrado, helping build ecosystems that are more resilient to climate change.
These activities are carried out as part of the Forest for Well-Being project, led by Conservation International (CI-Brazil) and funded by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) through the Amazon Fund.
