De un vistazo

Location: Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Impact Areas: Sustainable Income, Environmental Conservation, Indigenous Inclusion

People Supported:
Indigenous Peoples and local communities, Rural Settlers, Women

Se unió a NESsT Portafolio :
2024

www.coopavam.org.br 

Visión general

In the northwest of the Mato Grosso region in Brazil, the Amazon forest faces great pressures. This area, known as the “Arco do Desmatamento” (or Arc of Deforestation), is one of the most rapidly deforested parts of the Brazilian Amazon, sitting at a critical frontier between the rainforest and expanding areas of agriculture.  

NESsT Inversión

NESsT’s investment will support COOPAVAM to purchase more raw Brazil nuts from Indigenous communities through a revolving credit line over two years, reaching up to 500 Indigenous collectors. Access to these funds will ensure COOPAVAM can meet the demands of its international and local clients, which include Natura and Carrefour, who are eager to expand their purchases. 

NESsT will provide COOPAVAM with business and technical assistance involving financial management support and operational guidance. NESsT will work alongside other ecosystem partners, such as Conexsus and Sitawi, to strengthen COOPAVAM’s financial capacity and internal controls, and to support cooperative members and Indigenous communities in supply chain management.  

Additionally, NESsT will help COOPAVAM improve quality control, increase processing efficiency and productivity, and track its impact metrics (including income, employment, gender, and forest conservation) in line with NESsT’s social and environmental standards.