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Join us for this inspiring lunch lecture on: how reforestation can restore nature while simultaneously creating a strong social impact.

Time

12:00 – 13:30 CEST

Location

Digital via Teams

Programme

We are happy to introduce you to two experts who will shed light on reforestation from practical and scientific experience.

  • Mr. Ben Valks, Founder of the Black Jaguar Foundation, will take us along his ambitious journey to reforest one of the largest reforestation projects on earth: the Araguaia Corridor in Brazil. He will show us how reforestation can restore nature while simultaneously creating a strong social impact.
  • Prof. Marielos Peña Claros – Prof in the Ecology of Managed Tropical Forests at Wageningen University, will highlight the main recommendations of the Science Panel on the Amazon and share lessons about Biodiversity & Sustainable Development.

The Black Jaguar Foundation (BJF) is a Dutch-Brazilian NGO which works to establish a biodiversity corridor along the full length of the Araguaia river in Brazil. Stretching over 2,600 kilometers and up to 40 kilometers wide, the project will create the longest nature corridor on Earth, connecting two crucial biomes: the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado savanna.

Reforestation of Araguaia Corridor is both an environmental and a social project: through ecological restoration, the project is combatting deforestation and biodiversity loss, while simultaneously empowering local communities by creating jobs and local opportunities. BJF has a nature and social inclusive approach, working with farmers, landowners and local communities, as well as a wide range of private and public sector partners. It follows the 17 steps of reforestation, connected over four pillars: Community – Science – Planting – Care.

The Science Panel on the Amazon is the world’s first regional high-level science initiative dedicated to the Amazon. Officially launched in July 2020 and comprising over 300 scientists, the SPA integrates Indigenous and local knowledge with Western science to develop evidence-based solutions for sustainable development. The Panel released the 2021 Amazon Assessment Report at COP26, which provides a scientific review of the past and present of the Amazon, and explore possible solutions to current threats, and has released policy briefs about current challenges for the conservation and sustainable development of the Amazon. The SPA is convened under the auspices of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). Learn more at Science Panel for the Amazon.

 

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