Work Sheet - Sacred Seeds

Work plan, phases, deliverables, responsibilities and a fillable territorial fiche

Document 3 · For use by the core team and the territorial cells

4rest4all Association

CNPJ 66.464.130/0001-93

Flora Ardenghi Dutra - Founder and Executive Director

Technical partner: 751.Earth · Green Climate Fund proposal - 2026

Version: June 2026 · Editable working document

1. Project identity

Field	Content
Project	Sacred Seeds of the Amazon / Sacred Foods of the Amazon
Implementer	4rest4all Association - CNPJ 66.464.130/0001-93
Leadership	Flora Ardenghi Dutra - Founder and Executive Director
Technical / MEL partner	751.Earth
Target funding	Green Climate Fund (GCF) - submission planned for Sept 2026
Scope	7 territories · 10 actors · ~24.15 million ha · 65-70 thousand people (potential)
One-line summary	Turn the protection of sacred seeds into community-led food sovereignty, restoration and Indigenous bioeconomy.

2. Objectives

General objective

To strengthen, with Indigenous protagonism, seed sovereignty, traditional food systems, biodiversity and territorial governance across the Sacred Seeds network, generating evidence of climate and social impact for financing.

Specific objectives

Document, with FPIC, seeds, foods and authorized traditional knowledge per territory.
Establish and strengthen community seed banks, roças/chakras and forest gardens.
Restore degraded areas with native and food species.
Train and remunerate women guardians and young researchers.
Establish MEL, a carbon and biodiversity baseline, and community accountability.

3. Phase structure and deliverables

Phase	Objective	Key activities	Output
Phase 1 - Mapping and documentation	Know before implementing	Consultation; community map; ethno-transects; authorized inventory; oral archive; safeguards	Validated territorial plan; initial knowledge base; protection protocol
Phase 2 - Revitalization and restoration	Make knowledge feed people again and restore the forest	Seed banks; roças/chakras; forest gardens; nurseries; restoration; training	Strengthened food systems; restored areas; trained women and youth
Phase 3 - Monitoring, benefit and scale	Measure, be accountable and replicate safely	MEL; indicators; accountability; visual reports; gradual expansion	Evidence for funders; replicable model

4. Operational schedule

Period	Priority	Deliverables
Months 1-3	FPIC, agreements, local team, safeguards	Authorization records; territorial cells; data plan; per-territory schedule
Months 2-6	Mapping, GIS, food diagnosis, initial training	Participatory maps; baseline; trained youth; field plan
Months 3-10	Documentation of roças/chakras, plants and oral archive	Territorial notebooks; protected inventories; audiovisual records
Months 6-12	Seed banks, pilot gardens, nurseries, workshops	Seed banks; pilot units; nurseries; women's training
Months 12-24	Restoration, monitoring, reporting and scale	Restored areas; indicators; accountability; expansion proposal

5. Responsibility matrix (simplified RACI)

Front	Leads	Supports
Governance and FPIC	Indigenous associations / assemblies	Governance Coordination · legal
Mapping and GIS	Indigenous youth + GIS team	Technical coordination
Seeds and roças/chakras	Women guardians	Ethnobotany · agroforestry
Oral archive	Young communicators	Audiovisual · anthropology
Restoration	Territorial collectives	Agroforestry · biodiversity
MEL and carbon	MEL Coordination / 751.Earth	Community researchers
Finance and benefit	4rest4all financial management	Steering Committee

6. Priority indicators (MEL/GCF)

Dimension	Indicators
Governance and FPIC	No. of assemblies; no. of consent records; no. of associations with a validated plan
Seeds and foods	No. of varieties recorded with authorization; no. of seed banks; no. of strengthened gardens
Women guardians	No. of women trained/remunerated; no. of workshops led by women
Youth	No. of youth trained in audiovisual, mapping and monitoring
Restoration and biodiversity	Hectares under restoration; no. of nurseries; no. of seedlings; survival; species diversity
Food security	No. of families benefited; dietary diversity; consumption of traditional foods
Climate	Carbon baseline; restored areas; sequestration estimate
Economy and benefit	Value transferred to associations; no. of community contracts; prioritized products

7. Risks and safeguards

Risk	Safeguard
Biopiracy / misuse of knowledge	Law 13,123/2015 and Nagoya; recording does not authorize collection; IP contracts
Exposure of sensitive data	Public/restricted/confidential/sacred classification; local offline archive
Contact with isolated peoples	Total exclusion of any approach in areas of isolated peoples
Territorial security (mining, invasions)	Security protocols; non-public maps; institutional articulation
Over-promising to communities	Realistic communication; validated targets; accessible accountability

8. Territorial fiche for completion

One fiche per territory. Complete in assembly or with focal points, respecting cultural time and the community's conditions.

Territory: ________________________________________

Association / focal actor: ________________________________________

People(s) / ethnicity(ies): ________________________________________

Main contact: ________________________________________

Participating communities: ________________________________________

FPIC status: ________________________________________

Date / place of consultation: ________________________________________

Designated women guardians: ________________________________________

Designated young researchers: ________________________________________

Elder advisors: ________________________________________

Priority food systems: ________________________________________

Seeds/plants to document (only if authorized): ________________________________________

Roça/chakra areas: ________________________________________

Restoration areas: ________________________________________

Risks and safeguards: ________________________________________

Expected outputs: ________________________________________

Estimated territorial budget: ________________________________________

Community conditions / reservations: ________________________________________

Form of authorization: ________________________________________

Community validation	4rest4all validation
_______________________________ Name / title: ______________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______	_______________________________ Name / title: ______________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______