What Ecam does

Ecam (Equipe de Conservação da Amazônia) is a Brazilian civil society organization of public interest (Oscip) founded around 2000 and headquartered in Brasília, with regional offices in Santarém (Pará) and Macapá (Amapá). The organization operates as a nonprofit consultancy and project implementer focused on Amazon conservation and the socioeconomic development of traditional communities, including quilombola, indigenous, extractivist, and riverside populations, as well as family farmers across the Amazon and adjacent biomes.

Its service portfolio centers on four integrated pillars: (i) Social Carbon / Carbono Social, a flagship program that builds carbon market access for traditional communities and smallholder farmers through methodology design, territorial mapping, capacity building, and intermediation with investors; (ii) Sustainable Livestock (Pecuária Sustentável), a technical advisory methodology combining pasture rotation, soil, water, and tree management that reduced deforestation from 5% to 0% across pilot farms in northwestern Pará; (iii) Territorial Mapping and Management using GIS, GPS, Open Data Kit (ODK), and collaborative / ethnic mapping tools; and (iv) Community Capacity Building, including park ranger training (Capacitar para Conservar), cooperative management courses, and 600+ trained quilombolas via the Sharing Worlds program. Ecam also published 10 Social Carbon and Bioeconomy operational manuals in partnership with SEBRAE.

Ecam's business model is entirely nonprofit and project-based: revenue flows through grants from institutional donors (Fundo Amazônia/BNDES, USAID, Fundo Vale, Regenwoud), technical cooperation agreements with partners such as Mineração Rio do Norte, SEBRAE, ReSeed, CONAQ, and ICMBio, and capacity-building contracts. The organization operates 40+ initiatives across Northern, Northeastern, and Central-West Brazil, supports 300+ territories/communities, and is increasingly positioned internationally through events such as COP30 in Belém and CIFB in London. A documented restructuring moved Ecam from direct implementation to a supporting role within the Sustainable Territories Program.

Name

Ecam

Legal name

Equipe de Conservação da Amazônia (Ecam)

Website

https://ecam.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ecam (Equipe de Conservação da Amazônia) is a Brazilian nonprofit Oscip that implements conservation and socioeconomic programs for traditional communities and family farmers across the Amazon, with core services spanning carbon market intermediation, sustainable livestock advisory, territorial mapping, and community training funded through grants and technical cooperation agreements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Project-based Funding and Grants: Ecam operates as a nonprofit organization (Oscip - Organização da Sociedade Civil de Interesse Público) that implements conservation and community development projects funded by grants, donations, and institutional partnerships.
2. Technical Cooperation Agreements: The organization enters into technical cooperation agreements with government agencies, international organizations, and private sector partners to implement specific projects in areas such as carbon markets, sustainable agriculture, and territorial management.
3. Capacity Building and Training Services: Ecam provides training programs, courses, and educational materials for communities, including the Course of Cooperativism for Rural Producers and the Social Carbon and Bioeconomy manuals developed with SebRAE.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ecam is a Brazilian socio-environmental nonprofit (Oscip) that implements Amazon conservation and sustainable-development projects by connecting traditional communities, family farmers, and social projects to the carbon market. Its core services include the Carbono Social (Social Carbon) initiative, sustainable livestock technical advisory (Pecuária Sustentável), territorial mapping and management using GIS/ODK/ethnomaps, and ranger and community training programs. Revenue is generated through grants, technical cooperation agreements, and capacity-building services delivered to government, international, and corporate partners.

Product overview

Ecam (Equipe de Conservação da Amazônia) is an Organization of Civil Society of Public Interest (Oscip) that functions as a consultancy and project implementation organization rather than a product company. The organization offers an integrated portfolio of environmental conservation and sustainable development services centered on its Carbono Social (Social Carbon) flagship initiative. The core offerings include territorial mapping and management, community training programs, sustainable livestock advisory, and direct carbon market access for traditional communities. Key programs include Pecuária Sustentável (sustainable livestock transformation), Programa Territórios Sustentáveis, Novas Tecnologias e Povos Tradicionais (technology inclusion for indigenous peoples), and Compartilhando Mundos (socioeconomic data collection). The organization also publishes educational resources including 10 operational manuals on Social Carbon and Bioeconomy developed with SEBRAE. Projects target indigenous communities, quilombola communities, family farmers, and protected area managers across Brazil's Amazon region and other biomes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Carbono Social: A social carbon initiative that empowers communities, leaders, and social projects to access the carbon market, connecting them to investors committed to sustainability. It includes expertise in Territorial Mapping and Management, Community Training, Technology, Economic Sustainability, and Advocacy.

Products and services

• Carbono Social (Social Carbon) Initiative A flagship Ecam initiative that connects traditional communities, family farmers, and social projects to the carbon market by linking them with sustainability-focused investors. It delivers expertise in territorial mapping and management, community training, technology adoption, economic sustainability, and advocacy to generate verified carbon and social outcomes.
• Pecuária Sustentável (Sustainable Livestock) A technical advisory project that transforms livestock farming into a sustainable activity through pasture rotation, soil, water, and tree management, achieving zero deforestation and significant productivity gains on pilot farms. Targeted at smallholder rural producers in the Amazon region, especially in northwestern Pará.
• Territorial Mapping and Management Service enabling traditional and indigenous communities to document, manage, and protect their lands using GPS, GIS, and collaborative mapping methodologies, including etnomapas and spatial data modeling. Provided to traditional communities and their representative organizations.
• Community Training and Capacity Building Training programs for traditional communities, including park ranger courses (Curso de Guarda-Parques), cooperative management courses, and leadership workshops, designed to empower communities to manage their territories sustainably. Delivered to traditional communities, protected-area managers, and partner institutions.
• Manuais Operacionais de Carbono Social e Bioeconomia (Social Carbon and Bioeconomy Operational Manuals) A collection of 10 operational manuals developed in partnership with SEBRAE that cover technical and financial viability, social mobilization, project design documentation (PDD), forest inventory, Local Vulnerability Index (LVI), and carbon project certification. Guides sustainable projects from feasibility through carbon credit sale.
• Programa Territórios Sustentáveis (Sustainable Territories Program) A program focused on integrated environmental management in the Amazon, supporting sustainable development in municipalities and territories through partnerships with Mineração Rio do Norte and other institutions.
• Novas Tecnologias e Povos Tradicionais (New Technologies and Traditional Peoples) A program launched in 2007 that supports indigenous peoples and traditional communities through technology inclusion, geotechnology training, educommunication workshops, and collaborative mapping using tools like Open Data Kit (ODK) and GIS. Has trained more than 600 quilombolas in technology inclusion.
• Fundo Amazônia – Capacitar para Conservar A project launched in 2014 that strengthens protected area management in Amapá state through park ranger training courses (six basic courses and two master courses for managers), delivered in partnership with ICMBio, UNIFAP, and Sema-AP and funded by Fundo Amazônia/BNDES.
• Créditos para a Terra A social carbon initiative working with cocoa farmers in the cabruca system in southern Bahia, recognized as one of six global highlights in the Bioeconomy category in a CNI case study for COP 30.
• Projeto Carbono Social da Agricultura Familiar (Belterra) A pioneering social carbon project launched in October 2025 in Belterra, Pará, in partnership with ReSeed and SEBRAE, focused on inserting family farmers into the carbon market to generate income and environmental conservation.
• Ecam Negócios Sociais The social business arm of Ecam focused on creating sustainable business models that connect economic development with environmental conservation, implementing projects such as Pecuária Sustentável and other income-generating conservation initiatives.
• Compartilhando Mundos A program that shares realities among communities, conducts socioeconomic data collection and analysis, and supports traditional community agriculture contributing to food security and climate change mitigation. Has supported more than 200 traditional communities in the Legal Amazon in socioeconomic data collection and analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deforestation rate reduced from 5% (2014-2017) to 0% during sustainable livestock project implementation (2017-2019)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• ReSeedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Partnership to launch the Social Carbon Project for Family Farming in Belterra with support from SebRAE. ReSeed is an American nature-based solutions company focused on inserting small farmers into carbon markets.
• SebraecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership to develop 10 operational manuals on Social Carbon and Bioeconomy, plus joint implementation of Social Carbon Project for Family Farming. Multiple collaborative initiatives including COP30 participation.
• Instituto Global ESGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024Technical cooperation agreement signed in May 2024 between Instituto Global ESG, Ecam, American company ReSeed, and Grupo Arnone to promote sustainability and family farming in Brazil.
• Embaixada da Holanda (Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for COP30 participation alongside Dengo and SebRAE to showcase family farming's role in carbon market transition. Embassy hosted events on Brazilian agro insertion in carbon market.
• Dengo ChocolatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for COP30 participation showcasing family farming in carbon markets. Brazilian chocolate brand promoting social impact through nature-based solutions.
• CONAQ (Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership with Brazil's national quilombola coordination, including the Projeto Quilombo Solidário, agricultural best practices documentation, and COVID-19 emergency support.
• ICMBio (Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Capacitar para Conservar project - Strengthening Management of Protected Areas in Amapá State, involving park ranger training programs.
• Unifap (Universidade Federal do Amapá)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Capacitar para Conservar project and archaeological research cooperation through NuPArq/IEPA partnership.
• Sema-AP (Secretaria Estadual de Meio Ambiente do Amapá)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState environmental secretariat partnership for protected area management and Capacitar para Conservar project.
• Mineração Rio do NortemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in the Territórios Sustentáveis program for integrated sustainable development in the Amazon, and partner in Pecuária Sustentável project.
• Humana (People's Development Organization)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2016 in the Iniciativa Territórios program supporting traditional communities in data collection and analysis.
• Kanindé (Associação De Defesa Etnoambiental)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for quilombola community support in Rondônia, including COVID-19 emergency assistance.
• Imazon (Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Territórios Sustentáveis program for data validation seminars.
• Forest TrendsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in sustainable forest and biodiversity initiatives.
• Idesam (Instituto de Conservação e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in sustainable Amazon development initiatives.
• Governo do ParámajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government partnership in sustainable development and territorial management programs.
• NuPArq/IEPA (Núcleo de Pesquisa Arqueológica do Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Amapá)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2017 for archaeological research using geotechnologies, data management, and collaborative mapping. Includes training in GIS and data collection technologies.
• Prefeitura de OriximináminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partnership in northern Pará region.
• Prefeitura de Terra SantaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partnership in Pará.
• Prefeitura de FarominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partnership in Pará.
• UEA (Universidade do Estado do Amazonas)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState university partnership in education and research initiatives.
• UFOPA (Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal university partnership in research and development in western Pará.
• ARQMO (Articulação das Comunidades Remanescentes de Quilombos do Estado do Maranhão)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState quilombola articulation organization partnership.
• Grupo ArnonemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in May 2024 technical cooperation agreement for sustainability and family farming.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Imazon (Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia): Brazilian Amazon research and policy institute focused on sustainable development, deforestation monitoring, and territorial management. Listed as an Ecam partner in Territórios Sustentáveis, and operates in the same Amazon socio-environmental space with comparable programs on data and sustainable territories.
• Idesam (Instituto de Conservação e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia): Amazon-focused NGO working on forest conservation, sustainable production, and carbon projects for traditional communities and family farmers. Listed as an Ecam partner, and operates with a comparable Amazon conservation and community-engagement model.
• Kanindé (Associação de Defesa Etnoambiental): Brazilian Amazon ethno-environmental association supporting indigenous and traditional communities on territorial protection and sustainable livelihoods. Listed as an Ecam partner in Rondonia, and shares Ecam's community-driven, conservation-oriented mission in the Amazon.
• IPAM (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia): Leading Amazon research institute working on climate, forests, and sustainable development with traditional communities. Operates similar science-based, community-engaged conservation programs in the same Brazilian Amazon geography as Ecam.
• Forest Trends: International NGO developing market-based approaches to forest conservation and community-based sustainable forestry. Listed as an Ecam partner, and shares the same ecosystem of payments-for-ecosystem-services and community-carbon work targeting Latin American forests.
• Instituto Socioambiental (ISA): Brazilian socio-environmental NGO focused on indigenous peoples, traditional communities, and territorial rights in the Amazon and other biomes. Closely comparable mission and constituency to Ecam, with strong overlap on community mapping, advocacy, and sustainable livelihoods.

Emerging players

• ReSeed: US-based nature-based solutions company that inserts small farmers into carbon markets. Active strategic partner of Ecam via the 2024 Instituto Global ESG cooperation and 2025 Belterra family-farming carbon project, sharing the social-carbon thesis with a more technology- and capital-driven delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Conservation International Brazil: Global conservation organization with significant Brazil operations on forest protection, indigenous land stewardship, and carbon finance. Operates at much larger scale than Ecam but pursues the same Amazon socio-environmental outcomes and competes for corporate carbon offtake.
• WWF-Brasil: Major international conservation NGO with deep Amazon and Cerrado programs on protected areas, sustainable production, and indigenous community support. Competes with Ecam for donor funding and corporate ESG partnerships across Brazilian biomes.
• The Nature Conservancy Brazil: Global conservation organization active in Brazil on forest conservation, sustainable agriculture, and nature-based solutions with corporate partners. Shares Ecam's territory in the Brazilian Amazon and competes for high-value corporate ESG and carbon mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Ecam_Amazonia
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC_MWOAocGQdy67zR-5_GQFA
• Facebookfacebook.com/EquipeEcam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/equipeecam
• Instagraminstagram.com/equipeecam

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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