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2025 Black Jaguar Foundation Annual Report

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A year of growth, meaningful milestones and collective action – discover what we achieved together in 2025!

We’re excited to share the Black Jaguar Foundation’s 2025 Annual Report, looking back on a year of progress, learning and important steps towards realizing the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor.

From planting a record number of native trees to strengthening our nursery infrastructure and expanding our seedling production capacity, 2025 was a year of turning collective commitment into tangible impact.

And there’s much more to celebrate!

During the 2024/2025 planting season, we planted a record 611,400 native trees and restored more than 244 hectares of degraded land. We expanded our operations to 24 partner farms, strengthened our network of native seed collectors and took important steps towards monitoring biodiversity recovery in our restoration areas.

These achievements reflect the dedication of our field teams, the knowledge and leadership of local communities, and the commitment of the partners and supporters who make our work possible.

Ready to discover the highlights of our year?

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LOOKING AHEAD

2025 laid important foundations for the next stage of our journey. In 2026, we are ready to build on them – scaling our restoration efforts while continuing to learn, adapt and restore with care.

We are planning our second restoration hub in Lagoa da Confusão, Tocantins, strengthening our partnerships and preparing for our most ambitious planting season yet: 450 hectares restored and nearly 900,000 native trees planted. At the same time, we will continue investing in our nursery, with the goal of reaching a production capacity of up to 1.2 million seedlings per planting season, and launch our fauna monitoring programme to better understand and measure ecosystem recovery.

As our work grows, we are also strengthening our governance, processes and accountability – ensuring that the Black Jaguar Foundation is prepared for long-term impact.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS JOURNEY!

None of this would be possible without the people and organisations who support our work. To our partners, supporters, seed collectors, landowners, field teams, communities and everyone who contributed in 2025: thank you.

Together, we are restoring ecosystems, strengthening local livelihoods and creating the conditions for biodiversity to thrive again along the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor.

There is still a long way to go. But every restored hectare, every native seed collected and every tree growing in the corridor brings us one step closer.

2025 BJF Annual Report

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The Black Jaguar Foundation’s Annual Report 2025 is finally ready! Have a look at all that we achieved together in 2025: 

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INDEPENDENT AUDIT DONE BY BAKERTILLY 

The 2025 BJF Annual Report also includes combined, consolidated finances for Black Jaguar Foundation’s branches in Brazil and The Netherlands. These finances are audited by Bakertilly.

The Dutch and Brazilian entities are separate legal entities and administer their finances in two separate systems. Although we are not legally an integrated organisation, we act as such and have therefore decided to present you our combined financial statements.

Join the Black Jaguar Foundation & Ma Earth crowdfunding campaign to restore the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor

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We’re excited to launch our 21-day crowdfunding campaign with Ma Earth, inviting our global community to help restore the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor – one of the world’s largest ecological restoration initiatives.

For years, the Black Jaguar Foundation has been working alongside landowners, local communities, seed collectors, and partners to reconnect the Amazon and the Cerrado through large-scale ecological restoration. Together, we’ve already restored hundreds of hectares of degraded land, planted more than one million native trees, and created new opportunities for local communities through initiatives such as our Ressemear seed network.

Now, we’re ready to take the next step – and we’d love for you to be part of it.

This campaign is hosted on Ma Earth, a crowdfunding platform designed to support nature restoration projects around the world. What makes it unique is that it doesn’t simply reward the projects that raise the most money. Through its collective matching fund, Ma Earth also recognizes the projects that inspire the greatest number of people to take action.

That means every donation matters, regardless of its size. And every person who joins the campaign helps increase its impact.

Here’s how you can help:

🌱 Make a donation: Every contribution helps restore forests, reconnect wildlife habitats, and strengthen local livelihoods.

📣 Share the campaign: Tell your friends, family, and colleagues. The more people who support our campaign, the greater the matching funds we can unlock for the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor.

🌍 Be part of the movement: Every supporter brings us one step closer to restoring one of the world’s most important ecological corridors.

Together, we can restore forests, protect biodiversity, strengthen communities, and leave a lasting legacy for future generations.

Support the campaign here

Rituals Global Impact day for Hike4Nature: a global success!

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On June 1, Rituals, the global wellbeing and cosmetics brand, demonstrated the power of collective action by supporting Hike4Nature during their Global Impact Day.

While team Hike4Nature embarked on its extraordinary 2,600 km journey from Amsterdam to Shanghai to Lisbon, Rituals HR employees across 10 cities around the world took thousands of steps of their own in support of the very same mission.

Rituals team taking action for Hike4Nature

Together, they walked the symbolic distance of 2,600 kilometers — the exact length of the Black Jaguar Foundation’s Biodiversity Corridor and the same distance team Hike4Nature will cover during its inspiring journey across Europe.

One day. One distance. One shared purpose.

From Amsterdam, London, Dublin, Paris and Shanghai to five other cities around the world, Rituals employees came together to walk, fundraise, and support nature restoration.

More than 200 Rituals employees even created their own fundraising campaigns for Hike4Nature, mobilizing colleagues, friends, and family members around a shared purpose.

As one Rituals employee beautifully expressed:

“I am hiking with my amazing Rituals HR teams in support of a greener planet! Every kilometer walked contributes directly to the reforestation efforts of the Black Jaguar Foundation.”

The enthusiasm, energy, and commitment shown by the Rituals teams demonstrated how companies can unite employees around a common purpose and create meaningful impact for nature.

We extend our sincere gratitude to Anne Jaakke, CHRO of Rituals, and everyone involved across the globe for making this inspiring initiative such a great success.

Together, you have shown that every step truly counts.

Join Hike4Nature with your company

Interested in joining Hike4Nature with your company?

Simply send an email to m.scottini@black-jaguar.org or info@hike4nature.nl and discover how your teams can contribute to realizing the longest biodiversity corridor on Earth.

BJF at COP30: Connecting people, seeds, and landscapes

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The Black Jaguar Foundation took an active role at COP30 in Belém, reinforcing the importance of ecological restoration and community leadership in transforming the landscapes where we work. Our participation included workshops, presentations, and a dedicated stand featuring the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor.

Seeds of tomorrow: ecological restoration and community leadership in the Amazon

One of the highlights was the “Sementes do Amanhã” workshop, held at the Goeldi Museum. The event brought together the BJF Araguaia Seed Network, the Redário — an initiative of the Socio-Environmental Institute that connects seed networks across Brazil — and Sementes Paraíso. The central theme was the role of communities in ecological restoration. Diogo Ferraz e Castro presented the Black Jaguar Foundation’s work in the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor, while Laís, BJF’s Community Engagement Coordinator, shared ongoing initiatives developed with the BJF Araguaia Seed Network groups. Other participants also contributed their experiences, enriching the exchange between different seed networks.

Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor: restoring landscapes and empowering communities

We also led a workshop in the Blue Zone, where we presented the importance of the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor for helping Brazil reach its restoration targets and ensuring more resilient, connected landscapes.

In addition to the workshops, BJF was present for five days at the Pará Pavilion stand, in partnership with the Municipal Secretariat of the Environment (SEMMA) of Santana do Araguaia. The space served as a meeting point for potential partners, institutions, and supporters — including scientist Carlos Nobre — who had the opportunity to learn more about our restoration efforts in the Amazon and Cerrado.

Our participation in COP30 was a valuable opportunity to strengthen networks, showcase our impact, and expand the alliances that drive ecological restoration and sustainable development across the regions where we work.

Treelove donates water truck to help address water shortages and forest fires

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During the last dry season, when forest fires become frequent in the Araguaia region, the newly donated 20,000-liter water truck from Treelove was extensively used to address water shortages and contain fires spreading across the area.

We would like to thank Treelove, our long-term partner, for this donation and emphasize that this new addition is and will continue to be essential for the successful implementation of the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor.

From seed to forest: The journey of our native seedlings

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Have you ever wondered how a seedling ends up in a restoration site? In our new video, we show the step-by-step process of seedling production at the Black Jaguar Foundation’s nursery – from sowing the seeds to planting them in the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor.

You’ll get a close look at each stage: sowing, transplanting, hardening off, and finally, planting in the restoration areas!

Discover the careful and essential work that takes place before ecological restoration begins:

Would you like to join us in realizing one of the longest biodiversity corridors on Earth? Become one of the First 600 to join our mission of hope and action HERE.