Building the Evidence Base for Nature Projects to Enhance Agricultural Resilience
This platform is a central hub for evidence on the value and benefits of integrating nature recovery with productive agriculture, based on studies in the Upper Paranapanema Basin.
This platform is underpinned by world-leading research from the Center for Studies in Spatial Ecology and Sustainable Development (NEEDS) at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR).
The platform has been developed through the
Farming for a Nature Positive Future initiative.
Why is this region so significant?
The Upper Paranapanema Basin is a major farming region, with X% of land used for agriculture.
Farmers face a variety of pressures including:
- increasing enforcement of environmental laws alongside uneven Forest Code compliance
- pressure to increase productivity, driving land-use intensification
- increasing competition for limited water resources
- climate change disrupting crop cycles and threatening future yields
The region is also one of Brazil’s most important landscapes for biodiversity and water security supporting many endangered species.
Nature-based projects can strengthen farm resilience while protecting rivers, soils and pollinators.
With the right support, the basin could become a scaleable model for integrating productive agriculture and nature across Brazil and beyond.
The data platform is built on research that is relevant to the Upper Paranapanema Basin, a 22,500 km² watershed located in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil.
Data platform structure
The data platform synthesises research and evidence relating to the following themes. Click on the links to explore each theme in more detail.
Socio-economic context
Agriculture percentage
Environmental context
The Upper Paranapanema basin. is located in the heart of the Atlantic Forest biome, one of the world's most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems. The Atlantic Forest ecoregion is home to 70 % of the Brazilian population and has only 28 % of native vegetation cover remaining.
Strategic nature restoration
Projects that restore nature can directly respond to local priorities such as securing water availability, supporting crop pollination, and conserving threatened species. The Upper Paranapanema basin’s forests, farms, and rivers create an opportunity for strategic, landscape-scale restoration that benefits both people and nature.
