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The Amazon rainforest holds one of the largest collections of biodiversity available to humankind, making a significant contribution to the planet’s climate stability.
Brazil holds:
Of the total Amazon rainforest area
Through the past decades, the Amazon has been receiving national and international investments, however, these resources are not having a positive impact on socioeconomic and environmental indicators, making such contributions questionable.
0
sq mi of deforested area by 2017
With an unfavorable indicator scenario for the Amazon, initiatives have emerged to discuss alternatives to the region's degradation process.
A broad alliance for the Amazon is forming between owners and executives of large companies and banks, economists, military, politicians and environmentalists. Named A Concert by the Amazon, an initiative aims to discuss how to develop the potential of the region’s ecosystem without cutting down the forest and improving the quality of life of the local population.
According to Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourão, who heads the Legal Amazon Council, the private sector will be the protagonist of sustainable development in the Amazon and sustainable businesses must be involved in building a different Amazon.
It is the largest multi-sectoral articulation in Brazil, dedicated to promoting a low-carbon economy. Formed by over 190 members, it brings together entities from agribusiness, environmental NGOs, academic representatives, sector associations and companies from multiple sectors. The coalition’s purpose is to influence the creation of public policies and economic incentives dedicated to sustainable land use.
BSA BIO acknowledges the intellectual effort promoted by existing initiatives around the Amazon theme, and presents a development route through the bioeconomy.
Bioeconomics: BSA’s proposal is to identify and transform bioactives into sustainable businesses, ensuring the preservation of the area’s natural heritage, especially the maintenance of its standing forest, which, in all cases, is an alternative more promising than any of the short-term gains resulting from its degradation.
In practical terms, according to the Nova-Institute, located in Germany, the volume of sales and employment levels of workers in different segments of the European bioeconomy, indicated that the value of sales of bioeconomics in the European Union (EU) reached € 2.1 trillion in 2013, employing 18.3 million people. (2)
ANNUAL BIOECONOMY SALES IN THE EU IN 2013
ANNUAL BIOECONOMY SALES IN THE EU IN 2013
The Bioeconomy potential in Brazil
The bioeconomy has extraordinary potential in Brazil. There are 42.730 plant species distributed in their different biomes: Amazon, Cerrado (Tropical Savanna), Atlantic Forest, Pampa (Lowlands), Caatinga (Desert) and Pantanal (Tropical Wetland).
This variety is an important source for obtaining several products, such as:
Biofuels;
Dyes;
Vegetable oils;
Fats;
Phytotherapic drugs;
Antioxidants;
Essential oils for the productive sector, which are raw materials in industries as diverse as hygiene and cleaning, food sector, beverages, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
PROFILE OF THE PROJECTS WE SEEK
We support projects and develop innovative business models with a high social, economic and environmental impact for the Amazon rainforest.
To identify, select and invest in innovative projects that are aligned with our culture, BSA BIO provides the electronic form “PAT” (Project Analysis Term).
PROFILE OF THE PROJECTS WE SEEK
We support projects and develop innovative business models with a high social, economic and environmental impact for the Amazon rainforest.
To identify, select and invest in innovative projects that are aligned with our culture, BSA BIO provides the electronic form “PAT” (Project Analysis Term).