Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas, Brazil

Regenerating the Amazon, one hectare at a time.

Regenerando a Amazônia, um hectare de cada vez.

CO2BRA is a regenerative bioeconomy and forest-carbon program combining native-species agroforestry, forest conservation and internationally certified carbon credits — across a 3,500-hectare project area, including preserved standing forest.

CO2BRA é um programa de bioeconomia regenerativa e carbono florestal que combina agrofloresta com espécies nativas, conservação florestal e créditos de carbono com certificação internacional — em uma área de projeto de 3.500 hectares, incluindo floresta preservada.

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The Challenge

Standing forest keeps losing to cleared land — unless it can pay for itself.

A floresta em pé continua perdendo para a terra desmatada — a menos que consiga se pagar.

Across the Amazonas region, native forest is routinely cleared and burned to make way for pasture and short-cycle agriculture. Once cleared, land like this takes decades to recover on its own — and the economic pressure to clear the next plot never lets up. Rio Preto da Eva, just outside Manaus, is no exception.

CO2BRA exists because conservation only holds when it is also a viable livelihood: a working farm that earns more from standing, productive forest than from clearing it.

Cleared and burned forest land near Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas Aerial view of recently cleared Amazon forest edge
Our Approach

A working model, not a proposal on paper.

Um modelo em operação, não uma proposta no papel.

CO2BRA is built on an existing, already-operating agroforestry base at Fazenda Leiliano / Fazenda Banco Florestal — not a greenfield concept — set within a 3,500-hectare project area that also includes preserved standing forest. Native species are propagated in our own nursery, developed in technical partnership with Embrapa, then planted into dense, multi-species agroforestry blocks designed to restore canopy cover while producing real, sellable crops from year one.

Worker tending native seedlings under shade netting in the CO2BRA nursery
Rows of cacao seedlings in the nursery Young native seedlings ready for planting
The Land

Five native species, one integrated system.

Cinco espécies nativas, um sistema integrado.

Instead of a single-crop monoculture, CO2BRA intercrops complementary native species across the same land — spreading risk, diversifying income, and mimicking the structure of a natural Amazon forest far more closely than conventional agriculture does.

Theobroma cacao

Native Cacau

Cacau Nativo

Fine-flavor cacao for the domestic and export chocolate market, grown under partial canopy shade.

Cacau fino, para o mercado nacional e de exportação de chocolate, cultivado sob sombra parcial de copa.

Aniba rosaeodora

Pau-Rosa

A historically over-exploited Amazon species, reintroduced here for sustainable essential-oil production with Embrapa.

Espécie amazônica historicamente sobre-explorada, reintroduzida aqui para produção sustentável de óleo essencial, em parceria com a Embrapa.

Carapa guianensis

Andiroba

Oil-producing native tree used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, planted at high density across the project area.

Árvore nativa produtora de óleo, usada em cosméticos e farmácia, plantada em alta densidade em toda a área do projeto.

Dipteryx odorata

Cumaru

A high-value native tonka-bean species for the perfumery and fragrance market, intercropped with cacao and andiroba.

Espécie nativa de alto valor (fava tonka), para o mercado de perfumaria e fragrâncias, consorciada com cacau e andiroba.

Theobroma grandiflorum

Cupuaçu

A native companion crop to cacao, adding further income diversification and canopy density to the system.

Cultura nativa companheira do cacau, ampliando a diversificação de renda e a densidade de copa do sistema.

Newly planted agroforestry rows at the edge of standing forest
A harpy eagle observed on the CO2BRA property — a strong indicator of forest health
Carbon & Biodiversity

Standing forest has measurable value.

A floresta em pé tem valor mensurável.

CO2BRA's carbon strategy follows an independent, internationally recognized certification pathway, covering both avoided-emissions and removal-based crediting, anchored by a long-term carbon offtake agreement with Oceanwide.

A resident harpy eagle — one of the Amazon's largest apex predators and a species highly sensitive to forest disturbance — was recently observed on the property: a strong, direct sign that the surrounding forest is healthy enough to support top-level wildlife.

3,500 ha
Total project area, incl. preservation
International
Carbon certification pathway
Looking up through the Amazon rainforest canopy on the CO2BRA property
A hand resting against the trunk of a large native Amazon tree View across the CO2BRA agroforestry field toward standing rainforest
"3,500 hectares of forest and farmland. A model for the Amazon tomorrow." "3.500 hectares de floresta e lavoura. Um modelo para a Amazônia amanhã." Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas Rio Preto da Eva, Amazonas
Team & Partners

Built with Amazonas' leading research institutions.

Construído com as principais instituições de pesquisa do Amazonas.

CO2BRA is developed by two sister companies based in Manaus, working in direct technical partnership with public research and extension institutions across Amazonas.

Embrapa CEPLAC UFAM INPA IDAM Prefeitura de Rio Preto da Eva
Amazon Carbon Projetos Sustentáveis LTDA Native forest conservation, forestry support and environmental asset management. Manaus, AM. Conservação de florestas nativas, apoio à produção florestal e gestão de ativos ambientais. Manaus, AM.
CO2BRA LTDA — Hub de Ativos Naturais da Amazônia Management of intangible natural assets, native-species cultivation and forest conservation. Manaus, AM. Gestão de ativos intangíveis naturais, cultivo de espécies nativas e conservação florestal. Manaus, AM.
Team members reviewing young cacao trees in the field
Get in Touch

Let's talk about the Amazon.

Vamos falar sobre a Amazônia.

Whether you're a potential partner, investor, funding consultant or researcher — we'd like to hear from you.

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Amazon Carbon Projetos Sustentáveis LTDA
CO2BRA LTDA
Condomínio do Edifício Manaus Shopping Center
R. Saldanha Marinho, 520 — Sala 1911, Centro
Manaus, AM — 69010-040, Brazil