Black Jaguar Foundation

Black Jaguar Foundation – Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor

The Black Jaguar Foundation is carrying out the most ambitious reforestation project in Brazil. The Black Jaguar Foundation has a clear goal: to plant native trees on a massive scale, resulting in the creation of the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor, the longest nature corridor on Earth: 2,600 km long and 40 km wide. In this way, they aim to restore the balance between nature and humankind.

1.7 billion native trees and plants are being planted to restore the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor. This corridor covers the catchment area of the Araguaia River. This river rises in the Brazilian Cerrado. This is an important ecosystem, but far less well known than the Amazon rainforest. Via the Amazon basin, the Araguaia River flows into the Tocantins River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Belém. The Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor is 2,600 kilometres long, averages 40 kilometres in width and runs through two unique ecosystems, which are of paramount importance for oxygen production on our planet and for combating global warming.

The project for 2021: preventing forest fires.

It is only in extreme circumstances, such as last year, that the forest fires in the Amazon region make the news in the Netherlands. But the reality is, unfortunately, even more serious, as every year a significant proportion of Brazil’s nature reserves is lost to forest fires. The Black Jaguar Foundation has launched an SOS Araguaia campaign to draw extra attention to this under-reported issue. A key part of this is a local approach in collaboration with local communities, as well as training programmes, to tackle the problem at its root. Such approaches have proved successful in the past, as you can read here.

Sapa Pana Travel supports the Black Jaguar Foundation (see below). You may wish to give them some extra, much-needed support and thereby contribute to the conservation of nature, which is under such pressure. You can do so; read on below for more information about the project and how you can donate.

Read more about the forest fires project           Donate directly to the BJF project

How does Sapa Pana Travel support the Black Jaguar Foundation?

To begin with, Sapa Pana Travel will, from now on, invest at least 1% of its turnover in the Black Jaguar Foundation’s reforestation programme. We believe that offsetting our ecological footprint and that of the trips we organise is, first and foremost, our responsibility as Sapa Pana Travel.

We’ll also keep you regularly updated on the Black Jaguar Foundation and the reforestation of the Araguia Biodiversity Corridor. We cover this in our newsletter, our magazines, on our website and via our social media channels. In this way, we can provide everyone with a clear understanding of how the money invested is being used, and we also hope to inspire you to make a contribution to this project yourself.