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The Federal Government announced a call for proposals worth R$150 million to finance reforestation projects in rural settlements
The federal government announced an initiative to restore native vegetation in rural settlements in the Amazon. With R$150 million from the Amazon Fund, a public call for the project was launched:Restore Amazon”, which will prioritize actions in the so-called “Restoration Archo” — a strip of territory marked by a high rate of deforestation, which extends from Maranhão to Acre.
Recovery with income generation
The focus of the new call is to promote ecological restoration and CHAIN in areas of agrarian reform settlements.
The goal goes beyond planting trees. The idea is to restore forests, generate income, ensure food security and improve the socioeconomic conditions of settled families.
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The initiative can reach up to 945 settlements in 210 municipalities, benefiting more than 200 thousand families.
These locations are distributed across three strategic macro-regions: Acre, Amazonas and Rondônia (macro-region 1); Mato Grosso and Tocantins (macro-region 2); Pará and Maranhão (macro-region 3).
Each macro-region should receive approximately R$46 million. With this amount, it will be possible to support up to 27 projects of R$5 million, each covering approximately 200 hectares.
Selection and criteria
Non-profit entities, such as associations, foundations, cooperatives and institutes, with at least two years of existence in Brazil can participate in the selection.
It will also be possible to submit proposals in a consortium.
The public call will be open until June 21, 2025. Interested entities will receive training through workshops organized by BNDES, responsible for managing the Amazon Fund.
Once selected, projects will have up to 48 months to be implemented. The first 24 months will be dedicated to implementing restoration actions, and the remaining 24 months will be dedicated to monitoring and maintaining the restored areas.
Priority areas and target audience
Most of the resources will be allocated to agrarian reform settlements.
However, eligible areas also include conservation units, permanent preservation areas, legal reserves, indigenous lands, quilombola territories, small properties and non-designated public areas.
The only requirement is that at least half of the project area is within settlements.
Priority settlements were chosen based on technical criteria, such as: degraded areas above 1.000 hectares, significant presence of native vegetation, high potential for natural regeneration, and presence of endangered species.
The restoration of APPs and RLs and the recovery of degraded pastures are also priorities.
The new public call is aligned with the Productive Forests Program, of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA).
This program is one of the pillars of the National Plan for the Recovery of Native Vegetation (Planaveg), coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA).
Planaveg sets ambitious goals: to restore 12 million hectares by 2030. It combines financial incentives, technical assistance, promotion of the restoration chain and support for environmental regularization. All this with the joint participation of the public, private and civil society sectors.
Support and partnerships
The “Restoring the Amazon” project is led by the MMA in partnership with the MDA and the BNDES, responsible for managing the resources of the Amazon Fund.
According to the president of BNDES, Aloizio Mercadante, it is a sustainable development model that combines environmental preservation and social inclusion.
The Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, also highlighted the transformative nature of the initiative. “Brazil has a historic commitment to preserving the Amazon and improving the living conditions of the communities that live there. This call for proposals is a fundamental step in demonstrating that it is possible to restore ecosystems and, at the same time, guarantee development and quality of life for thousands of settled families.”, He stated.
