Regnskogsföreningen
Stockholm, Sweden
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Regnskogsföreningen is a non-profit association based in Stockholm, Sweden working on nature & wildlife conservation, environment & climate, human rights +1 more.
Regnskogsföreningen is a Swedish non-profit association based in Stockholm that works to protect rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon. It supports Indigenous peoples, traditional communities and local organisations, focusing on the Karib corridor in northern Amazonas and the southern part of the Amazonas state. Its work includes project support, advocacy against cattle-driven deforestation, transparency efforts in the beef and finance sectors, and membership-based engagement in Sweden.
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Karib corridor project
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Brazil
Supports forest-dwelling peoples, quilombolas and Indigenous communities in the Karib corridor of northern Amazonas to strengthen their rights, land protection and capacity to work with authorities, and promotes sustainable cattle ranching practices.
Southern Amazonas deforestation front (Tapauá)
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Brazil
Works with local organisations and Indigenous peoples in the Tapauá region and the Apurinã territories to resist deforestation, strengthen community organisations and support sustainable local livelihoods.
Protect Giant Trees
Nature & Wildlife conservation · Brazil
Campaign to protect the giant trees of the Amazon, including legal protection in Pará and Amapá, through research, advocacy and public awareness.
Radar Verde
Environment & Climate · Brazil
Independent public reference point for transparency in the beef industry in the Brazilian Amazon, assessing traceability and supplier control of slaughterhouses and retailers.
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Idesam, ARQMO, O Mundo Que Queremos, AIKATUK, Fair Finance Guide, Sida
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