Funding type

Loans, Guarantees

Project size funding

US$ 50.001 - 150.000, US$ 150.001 - 300.000

Target region/countries

Brazil

Eligible Organisations for funding

Communities / Non-registered citizen groups, Private Entity

Ecosystem

Forest & Woodlands, Human-changed areas

Biodiversity Categories

Green Economy (incl. Ecotourism), Sustainable Use (of productive areas)

Sector Tags

Agriculture and Hunting, Finance, Social Inclusion and Sustainability, Environmental Protection and Conservation, Forests, Fishing

Funding Criteria

topics:
- improving sustainable land use
- preventing deforestation
- reducing pressures on natural resources

eligibility:
- extractive production units, Indigenous communities, fishers, and family farmers organized in cooperatives and socio-environmental economic associations
- small and medium-sized enterprises

Its objective is to improve the capacity of supported organizations to unlock funding from other sources with higher ticket sizes, using the financial support from Conexsus for debt recovery or as guarantee in other loan contracts.

Application process

Self-initiated process
https://www.conexsus.org/iniciativa/fundo-socioambiental-conexsus/

Application language

Portuguese

Particular consideration of

Indigenous Peoples (IP), Local Communities (LC)

Additional information

Conexsus also has other initiatives focused on business development, export promotion, among others. Further information is available here: https://www.conexsus.org/iniciativas/