Connecting Landscapes

Living Forest Connecting Landscapes FASB

The Floresta Viva Conectando Paisagens FASB (Living Forest Connecting Landscapes FASB) project is being carried out with funding from iNovaland ® Investment Limited and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), with a contribution of around €3 million – divided into two calls – to support ecological restoration and strengthen the restoration production chain for the formation of ecological corridors in the Hileia Baiana. 

Origination

FASB is a project origination and acceleration program from iNovaland® that works directly with project developers and investors, providing technical assistance from the initial stages through to full implementation and monitoring results using well-established indicators presented in periodic reports. This approach reduces risk, ensures high quality, and accelerates expansion.

 FASB Origination

Technical assistance

FASB's technical assistance to projects covers the following areas:

• Technical support for filling out the form to properly comply with the Call for projects.
• assistance in preparing the proposal, clarifying doubts and technical analysis of proposals.
• Technical recommendations for resolving problems faced by contracted projects.
• Technical field visits, aiming to guide the development team.
• Strengthening and improving the relationship network between project executing institutions.

Call for projects

Connecting Landscapes is executed by Public Call, with FUNBIO being the operational manager and responsible for its conduct. The Call aims to select projects for the implementation of ecological restoration actions aiming at the formation of ecological corridors in the south of Bahia and north of Espírito Santo. 

The 2nd call for project submissions took place during the period from May 27 to August 29, 2025. Eight projects focused on ecological restoration and strengthening the production chain in the Atlantic Forest were selected during the second round of proposal submissions for the “Connecting Landscapes” public call for proposals.


Training Cycle – Floresta Viva Call for Proposals: Connecting Landscapes.

Three online meetings were held. with the FUNBIO team and project proponents to clarify questions about the documentation and procedures for submitting proposals.
For the projects in the second call for proposals, the in-person meeting on June 2 marked the start of development for each one.

Read the full announcement for the second call:

 FUNBIO Call

In the first call for proposals, issued in 2024, Conectando Paisagens selected seven proposals, which were awarded contracts between March and April of last year, for a total amount of R$ 8.2 million. Of this total, approximately R$ 2.3 million has already been disbursed to the projects.

In the second round, the projects will receive total funding of up to R$ 8.2 million to restore 388 hectares of Atlantic Forest, with the aim of creating ecological corridors between Bahia and northern Espírito Santo.

Results of the first call for applications  
The The announcement was made on February 28, 2025:

1 - “Building a Sustainable Future”
Proposer: Association of Rural Producers of the Pedra Bonita Settlement (BA) Area: 6.83 hectares 
Investment: R$ 199.278,00;

2 - “Sowing Atlantic Forest”
Proposer: Marine Institute for Socio-Environmental Balance (ES) 
Area: 6 hectares 
Investment: R$ 199.405,00;

3 - “Harvesting to Sow”
Proposer: Sociedade Amigos por Itaúnas – SAPI (ES) 
Area: 7 hectars 
Investment: R$ 200.000,00;

4 - “Integrated Forests: Maturembá Ethnoecological Corridor”
Proposer: Fundação José Silveira/Programa Arboretum (ES e BA) 
Area: 70 hectars 
Investiment: R$ 2.077.579,18;

5 - “IMAMAKÃ TANARA”
Proposer: Instituto Mãe Terra (BA) 
Area: 64,5 hectars 
Investment: R$ 1.819.675,76;

6 - “Reconnecting Forests”
Proposer: Institute for Sustainability and Citizenship Cycles (BA) 
Area: 52.7 hectares 
Investment: R$ 1.660.803,02;

7 - “Reconnecting Forests: Imbirema Upâ Maturēbá”
Proposer: Grupo Ambiental Natureza Bela (BA) 
Area: 278 hectares 
Investment: R$ 1.998.462,00.

Results of the Second Call for Applications


8 –“Kãdawê`re iē tokoutka: Agroforestry in the Quatis Reserve”
Proposer: Muvuka Institute (BA)
Area: 8 hectars

9 –““Hileia Baiana: Ancestral Knowledge, Flavors, and Essences in Forest Restoration”
Proposer: Association of Rural Producers of the Ribeirão Community – APRUCR (BA)
Area: 8 hectars

10 – “Roots That Connect: Women Farmers Working to Restore the Atlantic Forest in Conceição da Barra (ES)”
Proposer: Association of Women Farmers (AMAG) (ES)
Area: 10,137 hectares

11 – “Brazil’s Regeneration – Integrated Actions for Conservation, Connectivity, Carbon, and Citizenship”
Proposer: Natureza Bela Environmental Group (BA)
Area: 75.4 hectares

12 – “Eñetopne Txô’a Kàmi - Living Corridors: Ecological Restoration and Community Empowerment in the Far South of Bahia”
Proposer: Instituto Ciclo da Terra (BA)
Area: 181,12 hectars

13 – “Memory, Youth, and Nature: A Path to Restoration—Description”
Proponent: Association of Rural Producers of the Pau Brasil Settlement Project (BA)
Area: 5 hectars

14 – “Sowing the Atlantic Forest – Phase 2: Forging Participatory Paths Toward Ecological Restoration in Northern Espírito Santo”
Proposer: Marine Institute for Socio-Environmental Balance (BA)
Area: 51 hectares

15 – “Long Live the Forest”
Proposer: Mixed Labor Cooperative: Services and Production – Canteiros (BA)
Area: 50 hectars