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The Federal Government Announced a Notice for R$ 150 Million to Fund Reforestation Projects in Rural Settlements
The federal government announced the initiative for the recovery of native vegetation in rural settlements of the Amazon. With R$ 150 million from the Amazon Fund, the public call for the project “Restore Amazon” was launched, which will prioritize actions in the so-called “Restoration Arc” — a strip of territory marked by a high rate of deforestation, extending from Maranhão to Acre.
Recovery with Income Generation
The focus of the new call is to promote ecological and productive restoration in areas of land reform settlements.
The goal goes beyond planting trees. The idea is to recover 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 macroregions: Acre, Amazonas, and Rondônia (macroregion 1); Mato Grosso and Tocantins (macroregion 2); Pará and Maranhão (macroregion 3).
Each macroregion is expected to receive approximately R$ 46 million. With this amount, it will be possible to support up to 27 projects of R$ 5 million each, each covering about 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.
Proposals can also be presented in consortia.
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 executed. The first 24 months will be dedicated to implementing restoration actions, and the other 24 months for monitoring and maintaining the restored areas.
Priority Areas and Benefited Public
The majority of the resources will be allocated to land reform settlements.
However, eligible areas also include conservation units, permanent preservation areas, legal reserves, indigenous lands, quilombola territories, small properties, and undeclared public areas.
The only requirement is that at least half of the project area must be within settlements.
The priority settlements were chosen based on technical criteria, such as: degraded areas over 1,000 hectares, significant presence of native vegetation, high potential for natural regeneration, and presence of endangered species.
The recomposition 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 Agriculture (MDA).
This program is one of the pillars of the National Native Vegetation Recovery Plan (Planaveg), coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA).
Planaveg has ambitious goals: to recover 12 million hectares by 2030. It combines financial incentives, technical assistance, support for the restoration chain, and support for environmental regularization. All of this with the joint participation of the public sector, private sector, and civil society.
Support and Partnerships
The “Restore Amazon” project is led by the MMA in partnership with the MDA and BNDES, responsible for managing the resources of the Amazon Fund.
According to the president of BNDES, Aloizio Mercadante, it is a model of sustainable development that unites environmental preservation and social inclusion.
The Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, also emphasized 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 in it. This notice is a fundamental step to show that it is possible to restore ecosystems while ensuring development and quality of life for thousands of settled families,” she stated.
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