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May 20 2024
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Fabiano Thompson
Big Bet: Build the world's first Great Amazon Reef biodiversity map to set a foundation for the development of a marine bioeconomy. Project: Develop a baseline of biodiversity for several bioeconomy …
May 20 2024
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Erika Berenguer
Big Bet: Fireproof the Amazon in 25 years to avoid the forest collapse. Project: Fireproof the Amazon by halting forest fires in the next 25 years. To date 125,000 km2 of …
May 20 2024
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Elena Martínez
Big Bet: Prevent biodiversity and livelihood adaptation challenges by harvesting harmful sargassum nearshore Project: Expand the deployment of sargassum harvesting systems throughout the Caribbean to address the severe sargassum crisis in …
May 20 2024
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Daniela Orofino
Big Bet: Legally turn 57 million hectares of Brazil’s undesignated public lands into indigenous territories, national parks and conservation units. Project: This project, originally incubated within the Brazilian non-profit NOSSAS, evolved …
May 20 2024
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Carlos Magno
Big Bet: Ensure water rights for equitable adaptation as land gets drier Project: Regional initiative, encompassing 16 institutions from 10 Latin American countries, aimed at developing collective strategies to ensure access …
May 20 2024
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Avriel Díaz
Big Bet: Save lives by predicting the spread of climate-sensitive diseases and securing budgets for adaptation   Project: Produce a scalable climate-informed budget forecasting system for vector borne diseases. This system will …