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Director of International Communications (UK)
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Communications Officer (UK)
Latest news
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Capacity building project expands its impact to benefit nine waste cooperatives in Rio and recycle five metric tonnes of plastic waste
Funded by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, the project is expanding its scope to benefit more waste pickers, with the target to collect and recycle 5000+ metric tons of plastic waste.
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New resources added to soy deforestation checker
Three new user resources have been added to the SojaCheck website, BVRio’s free soy production map and tool for assessing deforestation and conversion of native vegetation at the farm level.
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Project Update: Fishing for… tyres
A campaign by the Fishing for Litter project has empowered local fishers to remove over 2,080 waste tyres —totalling 18 tons— from Rio's Guanabara Bay.
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Project Update: "Cooperate to Recycle"
Since its launch in October 2023, the ‘Cooperate to Recycle’ project has achieved key milestones.
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PlanaFlor: new index highlights challenges and strategies to strengthen smallholder farming in Brazil
PlanaFlor has conducted a targeted study to identify municipalities with high levels of smallholder farming in Brazil vulnerability, proposing a comprehensive set of actions to support them.
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RCF contributes over 180,000 tonnes of vDCF soy in its second year
With investment from Santander Brasil, Rabobank, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose & Partners and AGRI3 Fund, the Responsible Commodities Facility has contributed to over 180,000 tonnes of vDCF soy.
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BVRio on the search for 2025 Earthshot Prize solutions
BVRio is in the privileged position to be able to submit nominations for The Earthshot Prize 2025.
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World Clean-up Day effort removes 1.5 tonnes of waste from Guanabara Bay with technological innovation
The initiative underscores the urgency of collective action and the role of innovative technologies in tackling waste pollution and promoting a circular economy.
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2024 Oxford Seminar Discusses Critical Issues in Advance of COP 29 in Baku
The 2024 Oxford Seminar, ecbi’s annual flagship event, took place from 28-30 August with seminar topics included that will be central to the discussions the COP 29.
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Fishing for Litter: Campaign removes 2,000 tyres from Guanabara Bay, in Rio, for recycling
The Fishing for Litter project, run by BVRio in partnership with Ogyre, has launched a special initiative to remove tyres from Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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10 million kgs of waste traded through innovative app helping informal waste pickers in developing countries
The KOLEKT waste management app has just surpassed 10 million kgs of waste traded. The free App provides a way for informal waste pickers to connect and trade with waste generators and buyers.
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BVRio initiative removes 5.3 tonnes of waste from Raimundo Island in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro
In five days of collection, 5,349.43 kg of waste was removed from the uninhabited island, with the participation of 22 artisanal fishers from Guanabara Bay, supported by BVRio’s circular economy team.
Opinion and Expertise
Our vision is to deliver positive impacts for the economy, environment and people through our work focusing on sustainable land use, agriculture and forests, waste management in support of the circular economy, and the bioeconomy.
We have experts available to discuss the following topics with the media:
Market-based solutions for the green economy, including;
- Credit schemes for carbon, plastic and forests
- The Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM)
- Payment for environment/ecosystem services (PES)
- Reverse Logistics
- Nature-based solutions
Environmental policy and legislation, including;
- Brazilian Forest Code
- Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade EU FLEGT
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Sustainable land use, agriculture and forests, including;
- Legal timber trade and timber due diligence
- Sustainable agriculture including timber, cocoa, soy and rice
- Deforestation and Conversion Free (DCF) supply chains
Waste management in support of the circular economy, including;
- Plastic recycling cooperatives and informal waste pickers (worldwide)
- Solid waste legislation
- Zero plastic waste leadership
- Chemical recycling inc Pyrolysis
Climate Change and the bioeconomy, including;
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation measures
- Standing forests value, management and timber products
- Natural products from the Amazon
- Supporting indigenous communities and enterprises
Media Opportunities
Opinion: 10 years on, has the Brazilian Forest Code been effective?
In May 2022 it was ten years since the introduction of the Brazilian Forest Code, but the destruction of the Amazon shows no signs of slowing down. What’s next? What went wrong? Is there any hope? For the past decade BVRio has worked to support the implementation of this legislation.
Comment available in English and Portuguese.
Opinion: Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM)
BVRio’s Pedro Moura Costa has been involved in all aspects of climate policy, carbon finance and GHG mitigation projects since 1991, when he developed and ran the first carbon-funded projects worldwide involving nature-based solutions. He is a VCMI Steering Committee member and frequent contributor to papers and articles regarding VCM’s.
Comment available in English and Portuguese.
Opinion, Case Studies: Plastic Recycling in developing countries
For nearly a decade BVRio has worked with informal waste collection and recycling cooperatives, creating market mechanisms to increase wages and improve working conditions. We work with large producers to address their waste footprint solutions, and small local informal solutions from all over the world.
Comment available in English, Portuguese and Dutch. Case studies from 30+ countries.
Opinion: Deforestation and responsible timber trading in the Amazon and other tropical forests
BVRio has been at the forefront of tropical forest management and protection for the past decade, creating tools and initiatives in support of responsible timber trading, and forest conservation.
Comment available in English and Portuguese.
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