COOPAVAM: Untapping the green power of Brazil nuts Supporting the sustainable collection and commercialisation of Brazil nuts to protect forests and improve livelihoods in the Amazon <span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> Resources Coopavam: Untapping the green power of Brazil nuts This video takes a look at how Brazilian cooperative Coopavam is working closely with indigenous communities to protect forests and improve livelihoods in the Amazon, with support from Partnerships for Forests. Latin America Latin America is home to 22% of the forested areas globally. Brazil alone contains the largest forest area in the world; 62% of its land area is covered by forest, a great part of it situated in the Amazon basin, which is the largest continuous mass of the world’s tropical forests. Our Portfolio Our projects work across all forest landscape types and entire market systems because there is no one-size-fits all solution to deforestation and forest degradation…
