Projects supported

Swiss Church Aid HEKS/EPER

Blossoming biodiversity through local flower-collecting communities

Blossoming biodiversity through local flower-collecting communities

February 2024 - January 2027 / 3 years

The biome Cerrado (savannah) and Atlantic Forest are typical of the southern Serra do Espinhaço mountains, in Minas Gerais state. Rupestrian fields with plant endemism with 80% of the native evergreen flower species of Brazil and 40% of the endangered plant species in Minas Gerais can be found…

In progress
Biodiversity Protection in the Upper Jurua of the Amazon Rainforest

Biodiversity Protection in the Upper Jurua of the Amazon Rainforest

January 2023 - December 2025 / 3 years

The Yorenka Tasorentsi Institute, founded by Ashaninka leader Benki Piyãko, is a pioneering force in the recovery of degraded land in the Amazon. Guided by the millennia-old connection the Ashaninka people share with the Amazon Rainforest, the Institute employs a holistic, Indigenous-led approach…

Completed