you've spent eight months on a BNDES proposal stuck in interministerial review. the GEF needs a government co-signature nobody will give. the european foundation "pivoted to africa this cycle."
meanwhile, another fazendeiro clears forest while you chase signatures in brasília.
você não está falhando. o sistema está falhando com você.
the pattern you know
- 6-12 months on editais
- 70%+ rejection rate
- when you win, 40% disappears into overhead
- government changes, program cancelled
this isn't conservation funding. it's bureaucracy that occasionally involves trees.
what if funding was infrastructure?
ensurance is protocol infrastructure for perpetual nature funding.
- create instruments — coins and certificates representing your work
- people participate — trading, holding, engaging
- proceeds flow — every transaction funds agents you designate
- perpetual — as long as there's activity, there's funding
no editais. no permission. no performing gratitude.
what you could create
use portuguese, tupi, your terms. any unicode works.
coins (place-based)
| coin | what |
|---|---|
| $XINGU | xingu watershed — 26 peoples, cerrado-amazon transition |
| $TAPAJÓS | tapajós basin — hydroelectric, gold mining, the next fight |
| $NEGRO | rio negro — blackwater rivers, igapó forests |
| $JURUÁ | juruá — most preserved western amazon, ribeirinho heartland |
| $CRISTALINO | cristalino reserve — arc of deforestation, 800+ bird species |
| $MAMIRAUÁ | mamirauá — largest protected várzea |
coins (ecological)
| coin | concept |
|---|---|
| $VÁRZEA | seasonally flooded forest — amazon's pulse |
| $IGAPÓ | permanently flooded blackwater forest |
| $IGARAPÉ | small streams (tupi) — watershed capillaries |
| $PIRACEMA | fish spawning migration — protein economy foundation |
| $CASTANHEIRA | brazil nut trees — 500-year-old standing forest value |
coins (the crises)
| coin | what |
|---|---|
| $QUEIMADA | fund fire prevention, not fire response |
| $GARIMPO | fund mining monitoring, not cleanup |
| $RIOS-VOADORES | flying rivers — são paulo's water supply |
certificates
specific sites, specific prices, direct funding:
- xingu-cabeceiras — xingu headwaters
- tapajós-itaituba — munduruku territory monitoring
- mamirauá-flutuante — floating house community
agents
wallets that receive proceeds and execute work:
restauração.arco— arc restoration coordinationvigilância.xingu— xingu monitoringcomunidade.tapajós— tapajós community coordination
rios voadores
the amazon generates 20 billion tons of water vapor daily. "flying rivers" water são paulo.
when paulistanos complain about rationing, they're complaining about deforestation 2,000km away.
$RIOS-VOADORES lets them fund the solution directly. you care about your water? fund the forest that makes it.
how it changes things
old way: 8 months BNDES → 12 months waiting → partial funding with 53 conditions → government changes → cancelled
ensurance: create agent (1 hour) → create coin (1 hour) → share → proceeds flow perpetually
you're not begging. you're building infrastructure anyone can fund.
the network
your project connects globally. when someone in indonesia trades peat coins, your amazon project benefits through shared agents. when someone trades $VÁRZEA, indonesian wetland projects benefit.
every project strengthens every other project.
what you gain
- soberania — sovereignty. no more aligning with donor priorities
- financiamento perpétuo — perpetual funding. markets don't end like grants
- transparência — everything onchain. no hidden fees
- visibilidade — global network, not just foundations you can reach
the real question
you've been writing editais for years. how's that working?
the arc advances every dry season. the garimpo spreads. not because you're not working hard — because the system wasn't designed to win.
sua várzea. seu igapó. seus termos. sua infraestrutura.
start
- explore instruments at ensurance.app/general
- see proceeds at ensurance.app/proceeds
- look at agents at ensurance.app/agents
ready to create? reach out. we'll help you set up.
related
- indonesian project developer guide — companion guide, same principles
- explore general ensurance
- understand proceeds