Julia Silveira

Guilherme (landowner) and Heroito (farm manager), Caseara, Brazil

Guilherme is not only a partner in the BJF pilot project, but also an ecotourism entrepreneur. With the foresight and desire towards sustainable farming, Mr. Tiezzi will truly set an example for all other cattle-farmers in the Araguaia Corridor.

Those will include seedling donations, capacity building and consulting to the landowners. Once we have raised the required funding, we will start the replanting of the first batch of infant trees immediately.

Another extensive article on the work of the BJF was published just last week in Spain’s largest newspaper El País. The science department of this newspaper has even created a BJF video-compilation! The article has raised positive awareness for us in Spain and a new group of donors.

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As a result of our presentations at the IUCN Congress, a major article about the BJF and the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor was published in one of Brazil’s leading newspaper O Estado de São Paulo. The positive involvement of this nationwide (quality) newspaper has already given us access to a number of landowners who have become ‘pearls’ of the Araguaia Corridor!

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You have certainly heard, at some point in your life, about the importance of the Amazon Rainforest for humankind, correct? Still there is another vital ecosystem to all of us that is less known and has been suffering for decades: the Cerrado Savannah.

The Cerrado tropical savannah covers 20% of Brazilian territory (over 2.000.000 km2!) and is recognized as the richest Savannah in the world in terms of biodiversity. Moreover, the sources of three of the most important water basins in South-America are located in the Cerrado. This extreme value contrasts with a devastating degradation record: more than 50% of this biome has already been deforested.  The BJF works to restore these degraded areas back to its original rich habitat. After all 60% of the Araguaia Corridor Zone is located in the Cerrado.

DataVard, headquartered in Germany with offices across Europe and the USA,  helps its clients to run their SAP landscape smarter and better.

CEO of DataVard Gregor Stoeckler:  ”The richness of the Western world has been realized while the planet was suffering. We should make up for the shortcomings of previous generations. That’s why our team of DataVardians proudly support the Black Jaguar Foundation.”

Meet Hans Hagen. As an energetic businessman Hans leads his insurance-brokerage company based in Munich. With a passion for preserving our planet, Hans donates his valuable time to organize fundraising-events and to establish partnerships for the BJF in Germany and beyond.