Category: Mato Grosso
Municipality of Alta Floresta
The municipality of Alta Floresta in the state of Mato Grosso
Olhos d'água da Amazônia
The project "Olhos d'água da Amazônia", which is based in the municipality of Alta Floresta, in the extreme north of Mato Grosso, has as its objective to support the strengthening of environmental management in the municipality. The project aims to achieve this goal through an environmental diagnosis of the municipality, promotion of the registration of rural properties in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and restoration of degraded areas next to water springs.Alta Foresta lies at 830 km...
REDD+ Pilot Project in Cotriguaçu
Following efforts to assess the opportunities and challenges for implementing REDD in Mato Grosso and a feasibility study led by TNC, the Northwest region of Mato Grosso has been pointed out as a top-priority area for curbing deforestation through a large-scale, multi-stakeholder REDD experiment. During a first phase of project design and implementation, a pilot project has been carried out in Cotriguaçu While the REDD pilot project represents in itself an...
Portal Seeds Project
The objective of the project is to guarantee access to natural resources and sustainable development through family agricultural practices. The activities include the diffusion of agroforestry systems which combine the sustainable use of the forest with income generation. The project also includes a component on capacity building for the indigenous communities to collect the seeds that will be used in the agroforestry systems.The scope of the project are the seven municipalities that make up...
TNC project (Brazil)
This project implemented by The Nature Conservancy will invest in mobilizing communities (associations, syndicates, rural producers and also state and federal government) in 12 municipalities, 7 in Mato Grosso and 5 in Pará, that are interested in participating in the CAR - Cadastro Ambiental Rural (Rural Environmental Registry) and and carrying out deforestation monitoring through satellite imagery.The project will incentivize the environmental regulation of the wood, cattle and soy beans...
Suruí REDD+ Project
The project consists of protecting an indigenous territory which is currently under great threat of deforestation from land grabbing, illegal logging and the conversion of forest land into cattle and agricultural land. The project is located in the Indigenous Territory Sete de Setembro, located in the municipalities of Cacoal and Espigão d’Oeste in Rondonia State and Rondolândia in Mato Grosso State.The project design was funded by donations from philanthropic
organizations. The Project is...
Plan for Prevention and Control of Deforestation and Forest Fires in Mato Grosso
The plan aims to promote reduction in deforestation rates through a set of integrated actions that are divided into 4 main axes: (i) territorial and tenure planning, (ii) monitoring and environmental control, (iii) incentives to sustainable productive activities and (iv) governance and executive management. The plan also sets the deforestation reduction target as 87% by 2020.The plan aims to promote reduction in deforestation rates through a set of integrated actions that are divided into 4...
Secretariat of the Environment for the state of Mato Grosso
The Secretariat of the Environment for the state of Mato Grosso (Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente (SEMA), is responsible for the environmental policy of the state.
Instituto Centro e Vida
ICV's mission is to promote sustainability and quality of life. In this context they work to build sustainable solutions, based on studies and analysis, as well as practical experiences, and disseminate these solutions through communication, education and empowerment of society.
