Why
We’re a social enterprise, created by, and for, Indigenous Peoples and local communities to access climate markets directly.
How
We stop deforestation, by paying the right people, then sell 6 climate products.
In the press
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Interview
We were really happy to be part of the @BetterWorlds conversation with @AJ Bird and @Nkwi Flores on #postcolonial economics in #climatemarkets. Learn more →
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Awards
Savimbo won the NaturaTech LAC prize for an agroforestry protocol. Learn more →
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News
#Nature wants you to come to our Rights of Nature NOW design workshops too. 🌍🌎🌏. It's going to be a five-bush-dog day. Learn more →
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Article
Jhony and a number of our Indigenous friends have public bios now for their regulatory work with the UN Biodiversity Credit Alliance. #JhonysJaguar Learn more →
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Article
Savimbo’s scientific advocacy was covered in Mongabay in advance of COP16 Learn more →
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Article
Savimbo was featured in a report on the voluntary biodiversity credit market. Learn more →
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Article
Climate Collective wrote a great whitepaper about Indigenous shareholdership featuring Savimbo's financial innovations! Learn more →
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Awards
🌎🌱 Breaking News! Savimbo won the Innovate 4 Nature Award! 🌱🌎 Learn more →
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Awards
Savimbo is a top finalist in the Noticias caracol environmental protection prize! #JhonysJaguar. Learn more →
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Article
Our #biodiversity methodology is officially certified by @Cercarbono! #JohnysJaguar. Learn more →
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Awards
Savimbo has been awarded a competitive grant to commercialize #Indigenous-led #BiodiversityCredits from the @U.S. National Science Foundation! Learn more →
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Article
Our favorite fat dog!! #ChandiaNa’en #Cofan site in Ecuador #SpeothosVenaticus. Learn more →
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Article
Interview on Indigenous-designed payment system. With World Bank and Climate Collective. Learn more →
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Award
We are thrilled to announce that we are one of the 20 finalists for the Innovate 4 Nature Award! Learn more →
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Interview
Interview about innovation, Savimbo style. Why we think tangible is better and recent news on the biodiversity unit. Learn more →
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Article
Savimbo is really happy to be working with The World Bank #GPSA and Climate Collective for the Green Accountability Technology Accelerator! Learn more →
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Invest ESG did an article on the theory behind our economic structure for working with Indigenous peoples. Learn more →
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Book
You know you made it when you’re in an innovation book! Find out how we leapfrog climate markets. Learn more →
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Article
Wedgetail investment group wrote an article about us and how our ethos leads to conscious business. Learn more →
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Research paper
Wunderal et al. from Oxford preprint on Biodiversity credits covers Savimbo as a developer and emerging market!
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Article
Mongabay did an in-depth dive on biodiversity credit market and covered Savimo’s as an outlier.
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Whitepaper
UN IIED listed Savimbo as one of eleven high-quality biocredit developers launching the biodiversity market.
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Podcast
Finding a cure for civilization: Delving deep into the Roots of Being with visionary and shaman, Drea Burbank.
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Podcast
How do you help 1 billion people in tropical forests? Decide for Impact posed that question to Drea. Check it out!
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Interview
Want to invest in biodiversity? investESG interviewed Drea about paradigms and principles of our economic models!
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Article
What will the biodiversity market look like in 2024? Bloom Labs makes some great predictions - with Savimbo in the lead!
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Article
Carbon Pulse continues to shine the light on Savimbo. Our biodiversity credit launch is making waves and the market is excited!
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Podcast
Frontier Market News interviews Drea: A smarter way to protect the Amazon - Indigenous leaders and biodiversity credits.
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Article
Carbon Pulse broke the news about our biodiversity credit certifying with Cercarbono, and listing on Xpansiv.
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Award
Fernando is a hero! Our co-founder Fernando won the award 5th edition of Héroe Sacha Unidos in the category of #ecotourism! We’re so proud of him!
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News
Savimbo is on national television! Mentioning our sighting of a pair of Bush dogs, a rare species that is threatened with extinction.
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Interview
The Femme Futurists Society interviews Drea about biodiversity credits and the ease of training smallfarmers to gather data.
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Interview
Savimbo, a fair-trade carbon credit platform highlighted by startup savant & TRUiC for sustainable business and entrepreneurial insights.
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News
It’s official: Savimbo’s sighting of the two “Bush dogs” in Villagarzon has gone viral and is being reported on all major media outlets in Colombia!
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Article
European Business Magazine cites Savimbo’s use of blockchain to offer fair-trade ecological credits to global investors.
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Presentation
Discussing ways in which organizations can reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to a sustainable future through the use of carbon credits. Learn more →
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Article
Connor McCormick remarks on the use of Digital Gaia for Sustainability Officers, using Savimbo’s science as an excellent case study.
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News
Savimbo’s cameras have identified two “Bush dogs” (Speothos venaticus), a species that is on the brink of extinction - and it’s making world news!
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Interview
In an interview with Carbon Pulse, Drea debuts Savimbo’s fair trade biodiversity credit pre-sales and remarks on business expansion.
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Podcast
Devin Miller with Inventive Journey interviews Drea for advice on starting a small business and points of view for growth.
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Magazine
Authority Magazine interview on modern consumerism What it is, how we got here, what we can do about it — and what Savimbo is doing in particular.
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Podcast
The Matt Brown Show with… Matt Brown! Long-time technology channel discusses innovation, Savimbo’s market niche, and entrepreneurship. Learn more →
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Interview
Industry Leaders discusses Savimbo’s successes and Drea’s background as it relates to her entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen.
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News
MarketScale interview discussing what consumers need to know about buying climate-conscious products at checkout and why it’s impactful. Learn more →
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Podcast
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants podcast with David McKay. discussing the foundation of Savimbo, and paradigm shifts in the carbon markets. Learn more →
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Awards
Interview on impact, international developent, and female leadership. Drea was judging the fair-trade and fast-growing-consumer-goods category of the GIVE-A awards.
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Podcast
Learning with Lowell technology podcast with host Lowell Thompson. Interview covers psychedelics, innovation, climate, and high-tech. Learn more →
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Book
Book ‘Leapfrog Nation’ interview regarding innovation in the developing world, Savimbo, what really constitudes a novel idea, and how one would develop it. Learn more →
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Technology in the Amazon
Man & Machine Podcast with Drea about emerging technology utilized by Savimbo in the Amazon and how it could change human health. Learn more →
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Article
Built-In article on Savimbo’s use of DAO technology and how member-owned, self-governed collectives may be the key to democratizing the internet. Learn more →
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Interview
David Burrows with JustFood discusses carbon-neutral claims made by food companies. Drea cautions that the science is problematic. Learn more →
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Presentation
Presentation to BitDAO, the world’s largest DAO at the inception of Savimbo. We describe early project design and how fair-trade hacks the market. Learn more →
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News
StartUs evaluated 454 international carbon startups and named Savimbo as #1 for carbon sequestration! We appreciate their recognition!
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Article
Michael Chindoy is an independent Indigenous leader in Colombia. la Nueva Prensa has published his letter, Climate change or capitalist barbarism?
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Article
Carbon Pulse covered Savimbo’s the launch of Savimbo’s Indigenous-led biodiversity methodology to market.
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Article
Google Startups wrote a blog post about how Savimbo uses Google Cloud to scale a services for Indigenous & Local peoples.
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Interview
Robert Lundahl’s amazing interview captures Savimbo’s cofounders interactions on camera. Learn more →
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Interview
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Article
Carbon pulse wrote an article about how our biodiversity unit [https://unit.savimbo.com] connects to market strategy for Indigenous peoples. Learn more →
Our programs
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Ecotourism
Our post-colonialist ecotourism program is designed to trade positive experiences using shared aims and equal footing.
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Agrobiodiversity
Our agrobiodiversity program extends beyond sales and into food security, restoration, and economic drivers of reforestation.
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Biodiversity
Our market-leading biodiversity credits were designed to provide immediate economic relief to locals guarding primary forest.
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Trees
Our reforestation program is designed to restore native Amazon food forests while protecting and extending local livelihoods.
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Carbon
Our carbon credit program was designed to be ethical, sustainable, and scientifically robust for Indigenous peoples and local communities.
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Water
Our water program was designed to harness local motivators and connectors for conservation and tie it to market drivers.
Our partners
Our products
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Biodiversity credits
Our market-leading certified biodiversity credits are tangible ex-post outcomes delivered directly by locals with 💚. Learn more →
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Biodiversity + Impact credits
These credits innovate on certification inequities in land rights with data-backed validation. Learn more →
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Tree credits
Plant native trees in the Amazon jungle. Food forests, Indigenous-informed, biozone-friendly & smallfarmer-loved. Learn more →
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Water credits
Buy water credits direct from the Amazon headwaters. Connect, and protect everyone downstream + dragonflies! Learn more →
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Carbon credits
Buy ton-year carbon credits - sold ex-post directly from 30-yr contracts for locals to reforest and/or conserve the Amazon jungle. Learn more →
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A gift
Give your friends a sigh of relief about climate with a breath of fresh air from the Amazon jungle! Learn more →
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🌎 package
Subscribe to locally-led action and get monthly biodiversity, carbon, tree, and water credits. Learn more →
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Ecotourism
We’re dedicated to a post-colonialist planet. Sustainable travel that helps communities protect their resources. Learn more →
We can fix the Amazon
Want to know our Why? Learn more about our team and what motivates us.
Why fair-trade economics are better at stopping deforestation.
Innovation has made it possible to scale and distribute climate services from locals.
How we turn planetary ecology into climate products anyone can buy.
How we work with local conservation experts to get results.
#JhonysJaguar
Savimbo values
TRUST
We believe the best technology enables real-world meaning and satisfaction. Now.
RESPECT
Our project spans the globe and harmoniously connects extreme diversity via respect.
CONSCIOUSNESS
We invest in the conscious growth of people, plants, communities. Life grows.
ABUNDANCE
We live on a rock, powered by a supernova, and plants convert that energy for free. Win-win.
NOW
We believe trust is earned, by transparently making and keeping commitments.
Savimbo blog
Whats ecotourism? This article is for the conscious modern traveler. Travel with social justice and cultural preservation.
Social capital is something Indigenous communities have in abundance. Here's why understanding it is essential to fair trade.
What you need to know before doing anything in biodiversity markets
The voice of the Indigenous Peoples of the world on the planetary environmental emergency.
We must think at a planetary scale, to solve planet-wide problems. Why we store carbon in the Amazon.
Smallfarmers, also known as subsistence farmers, are the most under-utilized global element in the fight against climate change.
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“The money is going where it's supposed to go.”
—Jhony Lopez, Savimbo project after one year.
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Mass poverty is not some kind of primordial lack; it is the result of an economic system that appropriates resources from the South, pays wages below the costs of subsistence, drains profits, and seeks to militate against attempts at sovereign economic development.
Jason Hickel
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“They said, 'This is how we always have done it.' And I said, 'That's never an answer for why you do something.”
—Douglas Gayeton, The Lexicon Ecological Benefits Framework List Item
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“Despite only stewarding 22% of the world’s land, Indigenous territories protect 80% of the planet’s biodiversity. These lands are also estimated to contain 36% of the world’s remaining intact forests.”
—Fitri Arianti, Rainforest Action Network using World Bank data
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“We advocate biodiversity for biodiversity's sake. It may take our extinction to set things straight.”
—David Foreman
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“Scientists were startled in 1980 by the discovery of a tremendous diversity of insects in tropical forests. In one study of just 19 trees in Panama, 80% of the 1,200 beetle species discovered were previously unknown to science... Surprisingly, scientists have a better understanding of how many stars there are in the galaxy than how many species there are on Earth.”
—World Resources Institute
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“The rapid loss of species we are seeing today is estimated by experts to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate.”
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“Drug discovery from wild species has always been, and will continue to be one of the most critical for most if not all aspects of health care, disease prevention, and wellness.”
—Neergheen-Bhujun et al., Journal of Global Health
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“The Siekopai will defend their forests with their lives because, without their forests, they cannot be Siekopai. We need to act."
—Mike McColms, PhD, Ethnographer