FASB is an incubation and acceleration program that follows the project cycle through its various stages, providing technical assistance from inception to full implementation, supporting the evolution of projects from the initial stages until they are ready. This approach reduces risk, enables high quality and accelerates expansion.
Starting its activities in April 2021, FASB invested 3 million euros in 45 socio-environmental projects in southern Bahia with 34 different institutions, benefiting the environment and families in 23 municipalities located in the South and Far South of Bahia, Brazil.
FASB's main focus is on working with traditional communities to transform the landscape through the development of projects. Its actions are based on mobilizing local communities with the aim of building resilient and biodiverse ecosystems with people as the central element, driving local actions focused on sustainable development to connect fragments of the Atlantic Forest.
In this way, FASB has become a multistakeholder platform, formed by its project developers: indigenous communities, quilombos, settlements, family farmers and regional NGOs, resulting in the formation of a network aimed at exchanging knowledge, inputs and labor. FASB has local and remote teams specializing in socio-environmental projects, which operate strongly in the regions where the projects are located.
The primary goal for FASB is to collaborate with local communities to restore and expand the Atlantic Forest in Southern Bahia.
The Fund mobilizes family farmers, producers, cooperatives, local associations and organizations of traditional and non-traditional peoples, together proposing solutions to the environmental, landscape and social-economic challenges.
FASB supports projects such as forest restoration, agroforestry, sustainable land use and climate-resilient food production at a landscape scale and through a systems approach. The activities include: planting trees to restore riparian forests zones, environmental and climate change education, capacity building and implementation of best practices for sustainable timber production.
FASB supports projects such as forest restoration, agroforestry, sustainable land use and climate-resilient food production at a landscape scale and through a systems approach. The activities include: planting trees to restore riparian forests zones, environmental and climate change education, capacity building and implementation of best practices for sustainable timber production.
The year 2023 was a milestone for FASB. The project has consolidated itself in the territory and has become a recognized brand with a total of 45 projects implemented by 34 different institutions.
Below are the indicators (2021-23) taken from the monitoring reports delivered for the project categories totaling 330ha currently executed against the 1,229ha contracted (27%).
With a total investment of €2,600,000 in funds received, €1,392,850 has already been invested and €1,567,150 remains to be allocated to complete the first investment cycle for all the projects approved in the six calls for proposals that began in April 2021.
The projects are carried out in one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the planet: the Atlantic Rainforest.
We support a future in which people and nature live in harmony by promoting sustainable land use to improve food security for vulnerable communities.
We put communities at the center of our work. As a result, several families and workers have been involved in the project's actions, both directly and indirectly (by taking part in training and learning from examples). Both in the implementation of the project and in the improvement of actions, training, courses and meetings.
During this period, 224,789 trees of 190 different species were planted, of which ~170 were native and ~20 exotic.
In the first 2 years, the FASB invested 1,180,000 Euros in 23 different projects. These projects cover a range of activities, supporting forest recovery and sustainable agriculture:
The projects are carried out in one of the most important biodiversity hotspots on the planet: the Atlantic Rainforest.
We support a future in which people and nature live in harmony by promoting sustainable land use to improve food security for vulnerable communities.
FASB has also supported other projects to access financing from third parties. This additional funding has delivered:
FASB also operates through operational, local and advisory committees. Frequent meetings are held with all partners in a participatory way to ensure the smooth running of the Fund and projects thereof.
FASB also participates in NGP study tours including one in 2021 and one in 2022 where we highlight the progress, lessons and solutions to challenges in implementation and monitoring.
Local, Traditional and non-traditional communities, associations and organisations are the main stakeholders of FASB mobilised through the Forestry Forum of Bahia. NGPTA is a technical facilitator and supporter, while KIRKBI, a Danish investor provides the financing.
The Bahia Forestry Forum (FFBA) is a multi-stakeholder platform that promotes dialogues between local and indigenous communities, local and regional government agencies, universities and the private sector since 2005. The FFBA strategic plan will help classify and prioritize the proposed projects according to regional importance, considering social and environmental aspects. The FFBA will ensure that local landscape stakeholders are fully engaged in the identification, development and monitoring of the projects the Fund supports.
NGPTA is the responsible for providing technical assistance to the projects financed by FASB. NGPTA is a company dedicated to projects implementation, providing coordination and technical support to communities, organizations and other land users, to originate and implement forest landscape projects towards a circular bioeconomy.
KIRKBI A/S is the Kirk Kristiansen family’s private holding and investment company, which owns 75% of the LEGO Group. KIRKBI is committed to a long term and responsible investment strategy to ensure a sound financial foundation for the owner family’s activities as well as contributing to a sustainable development in the world.
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