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Avoiding deforestation in Apuí

Engaging local farmers in regenerative agroforestry

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Location

The Rio Juma settlement in the Apuí municipality, Amazonas

Project partners

Instituto de Conservação e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia (IDESAM)

Restoration approaches

Phase 1: agroforestry. Phase 2: agroforestry, silvopasture and conservation

Species

Coffee and native trees, including jatoba and mahogany

Participants

22 landowners (2021-22 planting season)

The project is focused on delivering sustainable and profitable agroforestry and cattle farming that will recover degraded land and avoid further deforestation.

In the first phase, we will establish 175 hectares of regenerative organic coffee agroforestry, with a long-term goal to restore 3200 ha of degraded pasture through regenerative agriculture and avoid the deforestation of around 1800 ha.

Why and how we’re working here

It is estimated that 20% of the Amazon has already been lost. If the current rate of deforestation continues, it is estimated that over one quarter of the Amazon biome will be without any trees by 2030 – an irreversible ecological disaster.

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The project's impact on

people

Low incomes mean farmers need to farm more land to earn a living, and do not have sufficient funding or motivation to restore native forests. The project will improve cattle ranching productivity and develop coffee agroforestry to support local livelihoods and avoid further deforestation. Forests on farmland will be restored with native trees.

Apuí is the second most deforested municipality in Amazonas State, and has the highest rate of fire outbreaks in the Amazon. While some fires can be caused naturally, most are started by farmers and loggers clearing land for crops or grazing. In 2019 and again in 2020, parts of the Amazon burned at a rate not seen in years. © IDESAM
Apuí is the second most deforested municipality in Amazonas State, and has the highest rate of fire outbreaks in the Amazon. While some fires can be caused naturally, most are started by farmers and loggers clearing land for crops or grazing. In 2019 and again in 2020, parts of the Amazon burned at a rate not seen in years. © IDESAM
Farmers will receive technical support and training throughout the project to establish silvopastoral and agroforestry systems, as well as strengthening local expertise on forest restoration and sustainable farming. The signed landowners agree to halt fire and/or deforestation activities. © IDESAM
Farmers will receive technical support and training throughout the project to establish silvopastoral and agroforestry systems, as well as strengthening local expertise on forest restoration and sustainable farming. The signed landowners agree to halt fire and/or deforestation activities. © IDESAM
Apuí Agroforestry Coffee is available in “boutique” shops in the major cities of Brazil. Farmers that develop agroforestry systems in this project will be included in this commercial venture, benefiting from higher prices for their produce and increasing the chance that they will continue the forest-based systems developed in the project. © IDESAM
Apuí Agroforestry Coffee is available in “boutique” shops in the major cities of Brazil. Farmers that develop agroforestry systems in this project will be included in this commercial venture, benefiting from higher prices for their produce and increasing the chance that they will continue the forest-based systems developed in the project. © IDESAM
As well as agroforestry, some farms will be transformed into silvopastoral systems that integrate trees on pasture with cattle, using a pasture rotation technique that allows for an increase in production using less land. Cattle ranching is responsible for 80% of the deforestation throughout the Amazon forest. © IDESAM
As well as agroforestry, some farms will be transformed into silvopastoral systems that integrate trees on pasture with cattle, using a pasture rotation technique that allows for an increase in production using less land. Cattle ranching is responsible for 80% of the deforestation throughout the Amazon forest. © IDESAM
Despite being highly deforested, Apuí supports 150 mammal species (of which 9 are threatened), almost 500 bird species (of which 14 are threatened) and 80 amphibian species. By avoiding further deforestation and restoring native forests, the project will conserve and support the biodiversity here by protecting and restoring habitats. © IDESAM
Despite being highly deforested, Apuí supports 150 mammal species (of which 9 are threatened), almost 500 bird species (of which 14 are threatened) and 80 amphibian species. By avoiding further deforestation and restoring native forests, the project will conserve and support the biodiversity here by protecting and restoring habitats. © IDESAM

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