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Pasto Vivo, Brazil

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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: India
Regions: Cauvery River, India
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Climate Resilience and Adaptation (SDG 13.1)
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Dairy and Livestock
Progress to Date: NA Creating a showcase for environmentally sustainable, financially viable cattle ranching in Brazil.
Services Needed: Communications & outreach
Desired Partner: City
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 2021  »  Dec. 2025
Project Website: www.renature.co/projects/pasto-vivo-brazil
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Declining water quality
Additional Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created
Beneficiaries: Ecosystems
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Not enough participants
Project Source: Admin
Profile Completion: 92%

Project Overview

When we think about cattle ranching in Brazil, we usually donÕt tend to relate it to sustainability. The Pasto Vivo project serves to demonstrate it can be done differently, and will create knowledge and raise awareness on how integrating regenerative practices can transform cattle farming to the benefit of both farmers and the planet. With an all-star team, we bundle expertise in research, impact assessment, investments, business, holistic cattle management and agroforestry…

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When we think about cattle ranching in Brazil, we usually donÕt tend to relate it to sustainability. The Pasto Vivo project serves to demonstrate it can be done differently, and will create knowledge and raise awareness on how integrating regenerative practices can transform cattle farming to the benefit of both farmers and the planet. With an all-star team, we bundle expertise in research, impact assessment, investments, business, holistic cattle management and agroforestry. Together, we will create a financially viable regenerative project with quantifiable impact. Traditional cattle ranching: Not particularly sustainable nor resilient In Brazil Ð the largest beef exporter in the world Ð cattle ranching has been identified as a major driver of deforestation, land degradation, and a threat to the countryÕs precious biodiversity and ecosystems. Cattle ranching also threatens the Cerrado ecoregion, a vast tropical savanna partly located within the Mato Grosso state. Continuing traditional cattle ranching could contribute to the loss of 15 million hectares of forest by 2030. Traditional cattle ranching is inefficient in terms of land use, whilst forest reserve (a mandatory percentage of 35% of native coverage on farms under the Brazilian forest code) is underenforced. Further, cattle ranchers face the challenges of global warming whilst increasingly high temperatures and severe dry seasons hinder cattle growth rates. In the worst case, global warming could increase the production cost of Brazilian beef by as much as 160%. Our solution: Promoting regenerative cattle ranching We want to show that cattle ranching can become economically and ecologically sustainable by transitioning to regenerative practices. To do so, the Pasto Vivo project consists of three major components: 1) Developing agroforestry: the development of a productive agroforestry model for the 35% of mandatory forest 2) Implementing silvopastures: the implementation of an integrated silvopasture system (integrating cattle and trees) by adding more trees to the grassland 3) Applying holistic management: the application of holistic, regenerative managed grazing practices for the cattle

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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Declining water quality
Project Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Ecosystems
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Not enough participants

Project Narrative

OBJECTIVES 1. Establish the interactions and trade-offs between users and sectors in representative zones of the Bhavani and Noyyal river basin (2019) 2. Demonstrate pilots in key sites to strengthen the positive interactions leading to healthy river ecosystems and water security (2022) 3. Influence sectoral, local, regional and national policies that deliver on a shared vision and outcomes for sustainable river basin management (2025) Objective 1 has already been achieved and the programme is moving into the demonstration model implementation phase. All the final research outcomes and clear implementation strategy (consulted with stakeholders) would be shared by Jun-2020.

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We support farmers &amp; corporates in the transition to Regenerative Agriculture. We believe that nature and agriculture can cooperate instead of compete. We also believe that farmers and local communities across the globe deserves a long-term profitable future. That’s why … Learn More

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