Instituto Ekos Brasil
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Founded in 2001, Instituto Ekos Brasil is a non-governmental organisation based in São Paulo, Brazil working on environment & climate, nature & wildlife conservation, community development +1 more.
Instituto Ekos Brasil is a non-profit institution founded in August 2001 by Swiss-Brazilian geologist Ernesto Moeri. Based in São Paulo, it works on socio-environmental solutions in Brazil, including biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration, climate and carbon projects, management support for protected areas such as the Parque Nacional Cavernas do Peruaçu and the Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, socio-environmental diagnostics and impact assessment, and water security. It also advises companies on sustainability and ESG strategies and manages the Rede NICOLE Latin America on contaminated site management.
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Floresta Viva
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Brazil
Ecological restoration of 200 hectares of degraded Cerrado and Caatinga land in the Vale do Peruaçu, northern Minas Gerais, with agroforestry systems that support income generation, food security and local knowledge alongside traditional communities.
Programa Peruaçu
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Brazil
Supports management, consolidation and sustainable use of the Parque Nacional Cavernas do Peruaçu, its surrounding APA and buffer zone, in partnership with ICMBio, focusing on territorial governance, biodiversity conservation and community engagement.
Programa Compromisso com o Clima
Environment & Climate · Brazil
Initiative connecting companies with socio-environmental projects to responsibly compensate greenhouse gas emissions, mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity.
Programa PERD
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Brazil
Supports consolidation of the Parque Estadual do Rio Doce under a partnership agreement with the Instituto Estadual de Florestas (IEF).
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ICMBio, Instituto Estadual de Florestas (IEF), Fundação Renova
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