Governance designed to protect land, purpose, and trust over generations.
Fundação Terra Agora was deliberately structured as a foundation to ensure durability, ethical integrity, and public accountability. Our governance exists to protect land from speculation, uphold the founders’ vision, and ensure responsibility endures beyond individuals, funding cycles, or market pressure.
FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES
Clear rules, separated powers, ethical safeguards.
The Foundation is governed by statutes, boards, and codes designed to prevent concentration of power, conflicts of interest, or undue influence. Holding land, operating activities, funding decisions, and oversight are intentionally separated.
BOARD STRUCTURE & OVERSIGHT
Distinct boards, clear roles, shared accountability.
The Board of Trustees safeguards the mission, statutes, and asset‑lock, with members selected for their ethical standing and independence. The Administrative Board brings together experienced figures in regeneration and land stewardship to implement strategy within strict statutory limits.
ETHICS & INDEPENDENCE
No capture by donors, operators, or interests.
Ethical codes, conflict‑of‑interest rules, and donor charters ensure that no individual, Guardian, donor, or institution can influence land use, governance decisions, or oversight through funding or proximity.
TRANSPARENCY & FINANCIAL CONTROL
Audited accounts and public reporting.
Accounts are audited by an independent ROC and reported according to Portuguese law. Governance documents, statutes, and principles are public. Transparency is structural, not optional.
PROTECTION IN ALL SCENARIOS
Land remains protected, whatever happens.
The statutes include provisions to safeguard land even if the Foundation were to face financial difficulty or dissolution. Strategic land cannot be sold or returned to speculation and may only transfer to entities bound by the same public‑benefit purpose.
ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY
Guardians may change. Protection does not.
The Foundation acts as Ultimate Guardian: holding land or land rights in perpetuity, monitoring guardianship agreements, and intervening if obligations are not met. It does not operate land — it safeguards purpose and accountability.
CLOSING
Trust is built into the structure.
This governance framework exists so donors, authorities, communities, and future generations can trust that land, purpose, and responsibility will be held with integrity — today and long after individual people are gone.