Vivo partners with indigenous communities to highlight the plight of Amazon rainforest in new campaign
As the Amazon Rainforest faces unprecedented threats from deforestation leading to desertification, Vivo has partnered with indigenous communities and environmental organizations to launch the groundbreaking “Amazon Desert Rally.”
To draw attention to the harsh truth of the Amazon’s plight, Vivo crafted a fake desert race that juxtaposes a wild fiction with an even wilder reality of vast environmental destruction.
The effort, conceived with Vivo’s creative agency, Africa Creative, aims to shed light on the alarming rate of river drying in the Amazon basin and garner public support for urgent conservation efforts.
The Amazon basin’s rivers have lost a staggering 120 trillion liters of water in 2023 alone, with illegal logging emerging as a leading cause of environmental degradation.
A recent study published in Nature revealed that 40% of logging in the Amazon is illegal, resulting in the devastation of vast forested areas equivalent to the size of Denmark each year. Furthermore, indigenous territories designated for sustainable logging have been overrun, exacerbating the ecological crisis.
Vivo’s tagline, “Don’t sponsor this race,” urges consumers to consider the origins of the wood products they purchase and advocate for sustainable practices.
Fernando Julianelli, CEO, Vicar, Stock Car’s promoter: “By eschewing Amazonian resources, even within our homes, we can contribute to forest preservation.”
The Vivo campaign’s centerpiece is a fictitious rally intended to draw attention to the imminent threat of irreversible damage to the Amazon Rainforest.
Furthermore, to intensify the message and build a movement against desertification, the visual arts studio Black Madre also developed and produced seven woodcut printed posters.
With a language that brings simplicity combined with design sophistication to make this appeal, the message of the posters and the race were designed through a more graphic and direct aesthetic, elements very present in this relief engraving method, where the image is sculpted in a wooden matrix.
Vivo invited seven indigenous artists to create interventions on the posters, highlighting the environmental impact of deforestation. These interventions were showcased at MAM (Museum of Modern Art) amplifying the message of conservation to a wider audience.
Paulo Moutinho, senior researcher, IPAM: “We envision a future where forests and flowing rivers reign supreme, where nature thrives and humanity finds harmony with the environment.”
The “Amazon Desert Rally” campaign underscores the critical importance of safeguarding the Amazon Rainforest for future generations.
As the first Official Non-Sponsor, Vivo, Latin America’s most sustainable TechCo, has pledged its commitment to using certified wood and opposing illegal deforestation.
