September 2022

Connecting community forest management with markets that value sustainability

September 27, 2022 10:49 am

Project dates: 2017 – 31/12/2020 Funders: Good Energies Foundation, Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Conservation International Partners: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Brasil, Cooperativa Mista da Flona Tapajós (Coomflona), Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Sebrae) Type of initiative: Advocacy The problem Members of the Mixed […]

Flip-flop mountains: the polluted ocean is a picture of reverse logistics challenges

September 20, 2022 2:37 pm

In six months, Fishers have collected 3.6 tons of flip-flops and sandals from Guanabara Bay. Picture a 7.2-kilometre line made up of 25,000 flip-flops that have ended up in the ocean. BVRio’s team has been making weekly visits to oversee the collection of waste removed from Guanabara Bay, in the project run in partnership with […]

Circular Action presents solutions to waste collection in two global circularity events

12:32 pm

“It is time to increase collection in a socially inclusive way.” –Thierry Sanders Last week, the Circular Action team, Director Thierry Sanders and Circular Economy specialist, Maria Accioly, flew to participate in two brilliant circularity events taking place in Berlin, Germany, and in Quito, Ecuador, run by PREVENT Waste Alliance and Sustainable Challenge LATAM. They […]

Development of Brazilian soy Due Diligence system underway

September 15, 2022 2:13 pm

BVRio is using its extensive experience of creating and managing its successful timber due diligence software, to create a new Big Data based service for imports of Brazilian Soy into the UK and EU. The development project, funded by the Waterloo Foundation, aims to address a key cause of deforestation in Brazil; soy production. Brazil […]

Sofas bogged down in the mangroves of Guanabara Bay; a look at Rio’s seacoast swamped with mattresses and upholstered furniture

September 6, 2022 7:11 am

Fishers are pulling an astonishing amount of upholstered furniture from the mud as they look for recyclable materials.

Floresta Hub takes over the AmazoniAtiva platform

September 5, 2022 12:58 pm

Today, on Amazon Day, we are pleased to announce that the AmazoniAtiva platform will be taken forward by a new organisation.

Archive - Month: September 2022

Connecting community forest management with markets that value sustainability

Flip-flop mountains: the polluted ocean is a picture of reverse logistics challenges

Circular Action presents solutions to waste collection in two global circularity events

Development of Brazilian soy Due Diligence system underway

Sofas bogged down in the mangroves of Guanabara Bay; a look at Rio’s seacoast swamped with mattresses and upholstered furniture

Floresta Hub takes over the AmazoniAtiva platform

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