The resilience of the forest is the resilience of the communities around it
A forest only endures when it is valuable to those who live near it.
re.green’s social department is a fundamental part of the method: it is the first to arrive in a territory and the last to leave. And it builds, together with the communities, the conditions that make restoration permanent.
The social dimension is part of restoration
We do not do our work for the communities, we do it with them.
The permanence of a restored forest depends on those who live around it. A forest that generates income, food and identity for neighboring communities grows stronger as a fundamental part of the territory’s dynamics, and is valued and protected.
That is why our social team is usually the first to enter a new area and the last to leave. Before planting, we map the territory, listen to the communities, identify risks and opportunities. During the operation, we mediate the relationship between the field and the neighbors, and we work on training and capacity-building focused on the socio-bioeconomy. Afterwards, we follow the income-generation projects that remain, because the forest needs to keep generating value for those who live near it.
This is social work applied to the logic of the business and to strengthening the value chains of regenerative enterprises. The resilience of communities is the resilience of forests.
Social impact in numbers
Our programs
Amazon – Maracaçumé (MA)
Social work in the Amazon cluster centers on Fazenda Entre Rios, in Maracaçumé, in Maranhão. There are 22 communities mapped and engaged, more than 400 families directly impacted and an estimated impact of 3.5% of the region’s GDP.
Active projects include: the SEMEAR Association (seed collection and processing), CoopVera (honey producers’ cooperative), açaí and bacaba harvesting, and the organization of local women fishers.
Atlantic Forest — Eunápolis and Potiraguá (BA)
In the Atlantic Forest cluster, social work is concentrated in Southern Bahia, with more than 500 families impacted and R million in income generation for local communities in 2025.
Active projects include: the Mulheres da Mata Collective (meliponiculture and nursery work), the Primaflora Nursery (native seedling production), and partnerships with settlements for beekeeping and meliponiculture.
Their voice
Listen first
When we arrive in a new area, the first step is to get to know it and to listen.
Our social team conducts a structured process of listening and diagnosis: we map the surrounding communities, understand local dynamics, identify risks and opportunities, and build the relationship with transparency about what re.green is, what it can offer and what its limits are.
No action begins without this process. In territories with traditional communities — Indigenous, Quilombola, extractivist — we apply the principles of FPIC (Free, Prior and Informed Consent), ensuring that any interaction is based on clear information, adequate time for deliberation and the complete absence of coercion.
Do you live near a re.green project?
If you live in the region of one of our projects and want to understand how to take part, ask a question or make a request, get in touch with our team:
Amazon team: (98) 9160-4435
Atlantic Forest team: (73) 99983-5431
Reporting line: 0800 000 5363
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