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Our registry for indigenous agricultural producers is a step to strengthen sustainable agriculture and uphold traditional cultures.
National indigenous cooperative · Since 2021
Social justice and sustainability for indigenous peoples.
Coopaibra is the first national indigenous cooperative in Brazil — 24 founding members from 20 indigenous peoples, active in 7 Brazilian states and the four major biomes.
"The standing forest is our shared heritage — Coopaibra is the institutional structure that protects it."
Cooperative at a glance
- Founding members
- 24
- Indigenous peoples
- 20
- People represented
- 20,000+
- Traditional lands
- 15M+ ha
- States · 4 biomes
- 7
Biomes covered: Amazon, Cerrado, Caatinga and Pantanal.
About the cooperative
The first national indigenous cooperative in Brazil
Coopaibra is the first national indigenous cooperative in Brazil. Founded on 1 May 2021, with 24 founding members representing 20 indigenous peoples — a population of approximately 20,000 people and more than 15 million hectares of traditional lands. We are active in 7 Brazilian states and across the four major biomes — Amazon, Cerrado, Caatinga and Pantanal. Our mission is the sustainable development and institutional empowerment of Brazil's indigenous peoples.
Our programs
How Coopaibra works
Two institutional programs deliver the cooperative's mission — conservation of the standing forest, and strengthening of indigenous family agriculture.
Program 01
Coopaibra Carbon
Carbon-credit program on indigenous lands, certified under Verra REDD+ and the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standard. Featured project: TI Baú REDD+ (VCS 5426), in partnership with the Mantinó Indigenous Association.
Program 02
Indigenous Family Agriculture
Strengthening agricultural, agro-industrial and livestock production by indigenous cooperative members — connecting production, processing, logistics and market access across seven states and the four major biomes.
Areas of activity
Services
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Steward
Carbon projects on indigenous lands to safeguard biodiversity and recognise communities' role in environmental conservation.
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Partner
Connection to ecosystems through partnerships committed to sustainable agriculture and the protection of standing forests.
Geographic footprint
Where we operate
Cooperative members in 7 Brazilian states across the four major biomes — Amazon, Cerrado, Caatinga and Pantanal.
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Pará
Biomes: Amazônia
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Amazonas
Biomes: Amazônia
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Rondônia
Biomes: Amazônia
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Roraima
Biomes: Amazônia
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Mato Grosso
Biomes: Amazônia · Cerrado · Pantanal
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Mato Grosso do Sul
Biomes: Cerrado · Pantanal
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Pernambuco
Biomes: Caatinga
Institutional pillar
The Consultation Protocol
The Consultation Protocol is the document, built by the indigenous community itself, that defines how it must be consulted — by whom, when, and through which procedures — before any decision is taken about its territory.
It is the instrument that gives effect to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), guaranteed by ILO Convention 169 and recognised by the Brazilian Constitution. Each people has its own — and each protocol must be respected.
At Coopaibra, no project begins until the protocol of the community involved is finalised, published, and duly followed. That is what separates legitimate partnership from extractive initiatives.
In video
Coopaibra in the field
Records of consultations with communities, field teams and the cooperative's history.
Featured
About Coopaibra
Get to know the history and mission of the cooperative.
Coopaibra Carbon — TI Baú Consultation Protocol
TI Baú Consultation Protocol — Field Teams
TI Kayabi — Building the Consultation Protocol
Voices of the cooperative
Testimonials
We are leadership, so we are observing and following at the same time the approach and the method that Coopaibra is bringing to our community — an innovative one, which has been respectful of our culture.
Elenildo Kayabi
General Chief
The consultation protocol is essential so that we, women, are also heard — so that our community is heard, because we are the ones living in it.
Denilza Kayabi
Women's leader
We approved the consultation protocol and we are very happy, bringing together the chiefs, the leaders and the communities.
Bariu Bepmoroti
Chief · Ronko village, TI Baú
Frequently asked
Questions
How can we access carbon credits?
Email contato@coopaibra.com.br or call +55 65 99967-0205. We will meet to align on approach and then sit with indigenous leadership.
What is required to partner with indigenous peoples?
Respect for the consultation protocol — the document that guides how any external party must engage with each community.
Where can we work?
In any indigenous community that has a finalised and published Consultation Protocol, operating lawfully and respectfully under the rules of each people.
Work with Coopaibra
We seek institutional, technical and financial partners committed to indigenous peoples and the standing forest.
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