The agreement establishes a collaboration framework to promote innovative actions that generate economic, social, and environmental benefits in the communities where they operate.
Representing MADES, Minister Rolando de Barros Barreto signed the document. He explained that the agreement will allow capacity building and that the initiatives to be presented will benefit the country and boost investments. He also emphasized that this agreement demonstrates the government’s support for private initiatives that promote economic, social, and environmental development.
On behalf of Investancia, Marcel van Heesewijk, CEO, thanked MADES for the support and the efforts to strengthen the carbon market, and the opportunity to create spaces for collaboration between the private and public sectors.
The signing ceremony took place at the MADES headquarters in Asunción, Paraguay. As part of the framework agreement, it is established that Investancia will work together with MADES to design and execute actions that align with the mission of each entity and that contribute to sustainable development.
Investancia is a company that aims to reforest degraded lands in the Paraguayan Chaco, for the generation of high-quality carbon credits, oil, and vegetable protein, and, at the same time, conserve biodiversity and local social conditions.