Rioterra, Rondonia, Brazil

The Amazon

The forest that cools the world, replanted tree by tree.

Rondonia sits on the southern edge of the Amazon, where cattle pasture meets standing rainforest. Our members plant here with the Rioterra nursery team, on land that was cleared decades ago and left to harden in the sun. Every tree is placed by hand, mapped, and monitored.

What was lost

Rondonia has lost more than a third of its forest cover since 1985. What was continuous canopy is now pasture, and the rivers that ran clear now silt over in the dry season.

What comes back

Mixed native planting brings back shade, then soil, then water. Within three years the first fruit arrives, families harvest from the land again, and animals move back through the corridors we reconnect.

Amazon rainforest canopy at sunrise with mist between the trees — Standing forest in Rondonia, the reference for everything we replant.

Farmer walking through a young agroforestry plot with saplings and banana plants — A food forest plot in its second year, planted with local families.

Hands placing a native seedling into dark forest soil — Five trees and shrubs go in together, so each one shelters the next.

Native species

The trees your membership plants here

Seeds are collected nearby and raised in local nurseries, so what grows back belongs to this place.

Brazil nut tree

Endangered

Bertholletia excelsa

Can live over 500 years and only fruits in intact forest, so a Brazil nut tree is a sign the ecosystem is whole again.

Mahogany

Endangered

Swietenia macrophylla

Logged almost to disappearance across Rondonia. Every one we plant is a return.

Acai palm

Euterpe oleracea

Feeds families through the year and gives the young forest its first economic value.

Cumaru

Endangered

Dipteryx odorata

Deep-rooted and drought-resistant, it holds the soil together while the canopy closes.

Ipe amarelo

Handroanthus serratifolius

Flowers gold across the whole crown, visible from the air when the forest is coming back.

From the field

Updates from the people on the ground

Nursery workers preparing native seedlings

28 July 2026

First rains on the new plots

The wet season arrived early. The seedlings planted six weeks ago have taken, and the team has started the second round of mapping so every new tree gets its coordinates.

Marcelo Argenton, Field coordinator, Rioterra

Restore The Amazon with us

Join the cooperative and your trees are planted in the region our partners are working in. Each cluster of five trees and shrubs gets its own coordinates.

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