Brazil

Introduction The Xukurú Ororubá forest restoration embodies this ethos. Nestled in Brazil's Caatinga biome, the Xukurú lands are a battleground against deforestation, species extinction, and climate vulnerability. Since 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)'s Indigenous Peoples Unit has partnered with the Xukurú do Ororubá through the Jupago Kreká Collective on the Ororubá forest restoration project, part of the Global...

Introduction The Amazon Biosphere Reserves Project, a collaboration between UNESCO and partners like LVMH, targets resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Greater Amazon Basin . Encompassing eight key reserves—such as Bolivia's Pilón Lajas and Beni, Brazil's Central Amazon, Ecuador's Yasuní, Sumaco, and Podocarpus–El Cóndor, and Peru's Manu and Oxapampa–Asháninka–Yánesha—it integrates 86 protected areas facing cross-border threats like deforestation and fires...