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News

Cover story for Brazilian ‘fishing for plastic’ initiative


Posted on 23/05/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: Circular Economy, Circular Action programme, Circular Action, KOLEKT, Ogyre, ocean plastic

BVRio's project in partnership with the Italian social enterprise Ogyre featured on the cover of O Globo, a mainstream newspaper in Brazil, over the weekend. The reporter Ludmilla Lima went to meet the fishers, who are now earning a salary collecting waste from Guanabara Bay through the project, after seeing the fish almost disappear in less than two decades from their coastline very much in part because of pollution.[...]

Circular Action Team Expanded


Posted on 23/05/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: Circular Economy, Circular Action, Circular Action Hub

BVRio’s circular action team has expanded this month with the addition of two new members of staff, who will increase capacity and help further develop services for both producers looking for ways to meet EPR and CSER commitments and local waste management initiatives.[...]

BVRio coordinates media workshop to mark the Brazilian Forest Code 10th Anniversary


Posted on 06/05/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: Forest Code, ocf, Codigo Florestal

Between 23 May and 2 June, the Forest Code Observatory (OCF), of which BVRio is a member, is promoting ‘Forest Code +10’, a week of debates to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of the law that protects native vegetation in Brazil, the ‘New Forest Code’. The event opens on 23 May with a workshop aimed at journalists, ‘(Un)covering the Forest Code’, organised by BVRio.[...]

Ocean plastic recovery project involving Brazilian fishers enters second phase


Posted on 04/05/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: ocean plastic, waste management, plastic, recycling, Circular Economy, KOLEKT

After a successful trial, the second phase of our project in partnership with Italian social enterprise, Ogyre, to manage the removal of solid waste from Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, by local fishers, is now underway.[...]

BVRio partnership sees certified wood trophy included in Brazilian football championship


Posted on 04/04/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: Design & Sustainable Wood, FSC Brasil, futebol, troféu, cbf, copadonordeste

BVRio in partnership with the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) secured the inclusion of a trophy made from sustainable and certified wood in one of Brazil's biggest regional football championships, the Nordeste Cup 2022.[...]

Renewed appointment for BVRio as executing partner for Climate Governance in Rondônia


Posted on 01/04/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: climate governance, Governança climática, clima, Rondônia, Amazon, norad, pnud, fas, gcftarskforce

BVRio has again been designated as the executing partner for the local work of the Climate Governance for Rondônia project, formally appointed by the State Government of Rondônia in a letter sent to the executive secretariat of the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF). After successfully concluding the first phase, carried out between 2018 and 2020, the second phase of the project is to develop public agendas and participatory instruments for state climate governance.[...]

BVRio contributes to the debate on the Voluntary Carbon Market at the Annual Meeting of the GCF Task Force in Manaus


Posted on 21/03/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: VCM, gcftarskforce, Manaus, Amazônia, Rondônia, Carbon markets

BVRio's Director of Forestry and Public Policy, Beto Mesquita, was at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF Task Force), on March 18, in Manaus, and made contributions to the discussions related to the voluntary carbon markets.[...]

BVRio follows-up on project ‘Entreamigos’ in Mexico, funded by PREVENT Waste Alliance


Posted on 15/03/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: Circular Action Hub, Circular Economy, PREVENT Waste Alliance, Mexico, entreamigos

BVRio was in Mexico last month to support a circular economy network registered in the Hub’s project directory, accompanying the proceedings of SGS Audit to the project coordinated by the NGO Entreamigos, under the umbrella of ‘Bahia Circular - Community plastics recycling in Mexico’.[...]

Championing the role of women in the green economy


Posted on 08/03/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: IWD, greeneconomy, women, wastepickers, artisans, bioeconomy, circulareconomy, amazoniativa, sorority, bvrio

For the past decade, BVRio has worked to develop and promote market mechanisms in support of the green economy, with social inclusion a core BVRio value. We believe everyone should benefit from the green economy and we seek to support the most vulnerable people working in the sectors we focus on.[...]

BVRio supports actions that promote climate resilience


Posted on 22/02/2022  by UK Comms Team
Tagged: forests, sustainableagriculture, coallition, livestock

BVRio has followed the dialogue forums and strategic committees regarding actions aimed at the adoption of good practices for the implementation of the Forestry Code and sustainable agriculture.[...]

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