Día de Muertos of Michoacán is a millenary tradition characteristic of the Riviera of Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán.
In Ejido Verde, this 2021, we pay tribute to the earth, the forest, the deities and those who plant, care for and take advantage of the pine forests by obtaining their resin. That gift that the tree offers as a symbol of the ancestral pact between the earth and those who inhabit it.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO GENERATING TRANSFORMATIVE WEALTH BUILDING
Our Impact as December of 2021 (COVID-19 Year)
hectares of plantations under management
of sequestered carbon
Virtuous associations that generate environmental wealth
Generated jobs in 2021
Indigenous Communities, Ejidos and Private Properties
of optimized roads
We are proud to introduce Mr. Juan Javier Juárez Figueroa, Owner of the Month at Ejido Verde! Juan Javier is Mexican, Michoacan, a man of the countryside, family and word. Juan Javier has worked in resin since he was 13 years old, he is part of the Ejido Verde commercial forest plantation program. He is interested in promoting among the young people of his community the job of resinero to improve the living conditions of his people.
COMMUNITY WEALTH + REFORESTATION + RETURN ON INVESTMENT = EJIDO VERDE
Restore degraded lands and maximize long-term resin yields without harming the trees.
Provide zero-interest loans. The loans provide for superior seedlings, technical assistance, land-use maintenance, and pay for local workers to establish and maintain the plantations.
Forge reciprocal community relationships, and build strong community partnerships to strengthen local governance, ensuring effective stewardship of healthy forests.
30-year contract guarantee a consistent, high-quality supply of crude resin for the industry, allowing them to increase their capacity and fill their existing demand.
Ejido Verde is a sustainable pine resin company positioned to become a lead supplier in the 10B USD global pine chemicals industry.
Ejido Verde increases the constrained Mexican pine resin supply with an adaptive reforestation model to restore degraded lands and with strategically guaranteed buyers. As a purpose-driven company, Ejido Verde is equally committed to financial returns, climate-smart solutions, and creating transformative wealth for rural and indigenous communities.
WE EXPAND COMMUNITY PROSPERITY WHILE PLANTING TREES
Together, let’s demonstrate how an undervalued and overlooked investment opportunity can lead to a sustainable, just world that includes Indigenous People.
Maintaining and restoring healthy forests, agricultural land and coastal & marine ecosystems as a set of solutions to address the interlinked challenges of climate change, environmental degradation and rural development.
Pine resin has a huge economic potential as it has many commercial uses. Slowly extracted from barks of pine trees, the use of pine resin goes way back—from being used in the making of Noah’s Ark as a sealant, all the way to being used as medicine by the indigenous cultural group Purépecha. To this day, pine resin is used in preservatives, kosher ingredients, pharmaceuticals, and electronics, among others. Because of its sticky component, pine resin can also potentially pose a positive impact to the environment by being used as a substitute of petroleum, which is used in making adhesives such as shoe glue.
“We all want to make a profit,” Ejido Verde CEO Shaun Paul told Mongabay. “But we have certain social, environmental values that are just as important as the need for profit. We want to make the environment better, not worse. We want to make people better off socially, not worse. We want to be regenerative, we don’t want to be extractive.”
Reforestation + Community Wealth + Return on Investment = Ejido Verde
While Ejido Verde is a for-profit social enterprise, individuals and institutions donate to Ejido Verde and its partner communities for several reasons:
Crowdfunding: the gift that keeps on giving.
Donations in our crowdfunding campaigns are tax-deductible in the United States. When Ejido Verde returns borrowed funds, the donor can give again to Ejido Verde or another endeavor on the Kiva platform. Visit Kiva.org to see if we have an active campaign.
Community Incentives are provided by institutional donors and the Government of Mexico to create powerful incentives for communities to plant more trees that reduce community loan obligations. 100% of gifts directly benefit low-income households and the environment (all administrative and overhead costs are covered by others).
Innovation and special initiatives leverage Ejido Verde’s platform and network of partners to incubate environmental and social innovations with high impact grantmaking directly benefiting partner communities to address issues like:
Options are available to make a tax-deductible donation in support of Ejido Verde to our non-profit partners.
Contact us to make a gift or grant in support of Ejido Verde and it’s community partners.
Reforestation + Community Wealth + Return on Investment = Ejido Verde
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
Our success depends on partnerships with diverse civil society organizations, businesses, government agencies, investors, donors and academia working at local, national and international scales.
