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Grantee: Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV)
Subgrantee: Centro de Inteligência Territorial (CIT), Trase
Geographic Focus Brazil, Amazon Basin
Duration: May 2025 – December 2026
The project aims to enhance data transparency and traceability in the beef and soy supply chains, which are critical for addressing environmental concerns linked to deforestation and land-use change in Brazil. It seeks to provide key stakeholders, including consumer markets, investors, civil society and enforcement agencies in both Brazil and importing countries, with improved access to actionable information that supports better decision-making and enforcement.
The project focuses on three main objectives. First, it aims to strengthen the information-enabling environment for environmental compliance by incorporating new and relevant data into Trase’s existing platform. These improvements will help users better understand the supply chains and identify connections between sourcing regions, companies, and deforestation risks. Second, the project will support more targeted risk assessments related to compliance with Brazil’s Forest Code. Finally, the project will deliver key recommendations to promote deforestation and conversion free supply chains that comply with Brazilian environmental regulations. These recommendations will be informed by the project’s analysis and findings, offering practical guidance for policymakers, companies, and civil society actors.
About ICV: The Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV) is a civil society organisation based in the state of Mato Grosso, with over 34 years of experience. With a mission to build shared solutions for the sustainable use of land and natural resources, ICV works to strengthen environmental governance, combat deforestation and promote policies and initiatives that support more sustainable and resilient food systems.
About Trase: Trase is a global science-based partnership of non-profit organisations providing open access data and intelligence on the sustainability of forest-risk commodity production, trade and consumption. Trase was founded in 2015 by the Stockholm Environment Institute and Global Canopy, as a platform to prioritise action to curb deforestation by revolutionising the transparency of global trade in agricultural commodities linked to deforestation.
About CIT: The Centro de Inteligência Territorial (CIT) is an innovative non-profit academic spin-off from the Centre for Remote Sensing at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), established in 2018 to bridge cutting-edge university research into societal impact through territorial intelligence and technology transfer. As a Scientific, Technological, and Innovation Institution, CIT builds on decades of expertise in spatially explicit modelling and big geospatial data analysis to support policymaking and promote sustainable territorial governance.
Jacobs Futura Foundation is a registered charity in the UK with charity number 1208303. Jacobs Futura Trustee Limited, a company limited by guarantee, is the trustee of the Jacobs Futura Foundation and is registered in England and Wales with company number 14775871.
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