Who We Are

Carbon Securities is a conservation company working in the Brazilian amazon forest to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
Why we focus on the Amazon Tropical Forest? The reason is simple: healthy tropical forests are central to solving climate change. The clearing, logging and burning of tropical forests release about a fifth of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions that are caused by human activities. Roughly half of all of the carbon that leaks into the atmosphere when tropical trees are killed by bulldozers or chainsaws is absorbed again by living tropical trees that are growing and storing carbon in their wood. If we slow the loss of tropical forests while speeding their recovery, the chances of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change become considerably larger. Tropical forests can buy humanity precious time to make the much slower transition to low-emission energy systems.​
​We work hand and hand with locals, establishing alternative sources of income and employment opportunities. We invest in agricultural extension courses that would respect the environment and increase communities income. Our projects are granting many families land tenure, and the respect and all benefits to be a landowner.
Local communities depend on forests as a source of fuel, food, medicines and shelter. The loss of forests jeopardizes poverty alleviation. Indigenous and
forest-dependent peoples are stewards of their forests, providing the rest of humanity with vital ecosystem services.

“At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity.”
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​- Chico Mendes
Chico Mendes pioneered the world’s first tropical forest conservation initiative advanced by forest peoples themselves. His work led to the establishment of Brazil’s extractive reserves protected forest areas that are inhabited and managed by local communities. Chico Mendes became world-famous when he was gunned down for his work in 1988.
Today, Carbon Securities has partnered with the Chico Mendes Foundation that is managed and operated by Ilzamar Mendes and Elenira Mendes, Chico Mendes' wife and daughter. We are glad to keep alive Chico Mendes spirit and initiative and we will be always fighting to save the rainforest together. 
Elenira Mendes is one of our spokesperson in Brazil and has been directly engaged and responsable for the success of our projects. 

Please support our initiative!
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Community members of the Purus Project receiving their land tittle. After years as illegal squatters, our community members are now legal owners of the land that they live in and produce from.
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By choosing one of Carbon Securities project we will guarantee that you are helping the environment and also improving human life in these locations.