Vale da Gema Headwaters Consortium

The Vale da Gema Headwaters Consortium is a growing alliance of more than ten land stewards within the top 2,000 hectares of the 14,000-hectare Ribeira da Gema Basin, united by a shared conviction: regeneration works, and it works even better together. We include Tamera, Cooperativa Integral da Terra, Amieras, Escola da Esperança, and a widening circle of neighboring landowners. Our goal is simple — heal the watershed from the headwaters down. Water retention earthworks, reforestation, cooperative farming, community education, and now: a coordinated funding effort to make all of it resilient and sustainable. We want to bring at least ten more landowners into this work in the coming years. That means we need funding — and a dedicated team to pursue it.