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ASL is looking for a Communication specialist consultant

Jun 2022 The World Bank is searching for a communication consultant for its Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program. If interest, submit you interest and CV by July 16th, 2022. Washington DC or Bogotá. Here you will find more information. Send your CV to asl-info@worldbank.org

ASL Newsletter May 2022

May 2022 In this newsletter we are excited to highlight the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) 2021 Progress Report. During 2021, the ASL1 national projects achieved important results, showing strength and resilience in response to the challenges generated by the COVID-19 pandemic and making local and national level contributions to address the impacts of the global climate and biodiversity crises. These accomplishments are a result of the strong collaboration and commitment of the ASL teams, national and subnational governments, executing and implementing agencies, associated partners, the GEF Secretariat, and all the teams and communities in the field. The report has a set of successful stories that we hope can be scaled up. Read the newsletter

Study Tour Strengthens Community-based Sustainable Tourism Initiatives in the Amazon

March 2022 The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program supports Community-Based Sustainable Tourism, recently facilitating a knowledge exchange journey, including virtual lessons and a study tour with local entrepreneurs, community leaders, and government officials from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The Community Tourism: Amazon Exchange was sponsored by the ASL, with the purpose of improving integrated landscape management and ecosystem conservation in priority areas of the Amazon.

Read the report in Portuguese | Executive Summary and recommendations in Spanish | Read the feature story here | Access all the training materials here in Spanish and in Portuguese

ASL 2021 Annual Conference Report

Feb 2022 The Partner countries of the Sustainable Amazon Landscapes Program (ASL), Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname have gathered virtually once again in another successful ASL Annual Conference, which was held on Novemeber 17th and 18th 2021. Read the report in English | Spanish | Portuguese

ASL Newsletter December 2021

December 2021 Read ASL’s latest newsletter with stories from our national projects, latest blogs and feature stories, such as The Amazon we want – and key ideas on how to get there, and publications from the ASL & partners. English | Spanish | Portuguese

Securing Sustainable Financing for Conservation Areas: A Guide to Project Finance for Permanence

Dec 2021 Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) is an approach designed to secure the policies, conditions, and full funding for the effective and long-lasting protection of our planet’s important natural places. It is being applied in Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, and Peru, and there is increased interest in applying the PFP approach in other countries. To meet that interest with information, the ASL Working Group on Sustainable Finance has led the publication of Securing Sustainable Financing for Conservation Areas; A Guide to Project Finance for Permanence, to capture the experience and lessons learned from PFP practitioners and to serve as a guide for the application of the PFP approach. Download the PFP Guide

Amazon Assessment Report 2021:
The Amazon we want – and key ideas on how to get there

Nov 2021 The Amazon plays a critical role in influencing the global carbon cycle, it is the world’s largest freshwater system, hosting 40% of the world’s remaining rainforest and 10% of the world’s known biodiversity. Protecting the Amazon is a survival issue and a moral imperative that can be accomplished by promoting an integrated conservation and development model that is inclusive and socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable.
Read the blog post on the Amazon Assessment Report 2021 English | Spanish

Exchange of Experiences in Conservation Agreements - Brazil

Sept 2021 The partner countries of the Sustainable Amazon Landscapes Program (ASL), Brazil, Colombia and Peru, have developed different types of Conservation Agreements - defined as voluntary mechanisms of mutual benefit - aimed at strengthening the effective management of Protected Natural Areas (ANP) and associated strategic areas, improving ecosystem connectivity, biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihood development. In this second session, knowledge, good practices, lessons learned, and challenges related to the management of these agreements in Brazil were shared.
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Indigenous Peoples Day

Aug 2021 On Indigenous Peoples Day the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program recognizes the Indigenous people that coexist in balance with nature. Their culture & ancestral knowledge is essential for the conservation of the Amazonas. Watch our video

XXIII RedLAC Congress 2021

Aug 2021 This year's Congress (September 28-30^th) gathered unique engagement and learning opportunities between the member funds, strategic allies, donors, impact investors, government representatives, and the global conservation finance community to address the topic of “Road to 2030: The role and added value of CTFs in meeting global goals”. Read more

World Rangers Day

Jul 2021 Brave and committed Rangers risk their lives to protect and conserve the Amazonas. The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program recognizes their dedication and sacrifice while working on 210 protected areas. Watch the video

Presentation of Initial Findings of the Science Panel for the Amazon

Jul 2021 This July the SPA released their initial findings as well as a draft version of their full report for public consultation. The SDSN and the World Bank co-hosted a high-level dialogue to present these initial findings and foster conversations between scientists and policymakers to advance sustainable development pathways in the Amazon. The event was discussion-focused, and featured interactions between the experts and policymakers. Learn more

Fishing for Sustainable Livelihoods – Agreements for Fisheries Management in the Brazilian State of Amazonas

Jul 2021 The fisheries sector plays a significant role in the Amazonian local economy both for subsistence and livelihoods generation. Unsustainable commercial fishing and poor fishing practices threaten fish stocks and fish size. Five fisheries agreements with local communities in the Brazilian state of Amazonas will help promote sustainable fishing and establish regulations for sport and commercial fishing.
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A Regional Approach to Improve Integrated Landscape Management and Ecosystem Conservation in the Amazon Region

The Amazon region plays a critical role in global climate regulation as well as in the region's environmental and socioeconomic prosperity. Its area expands over eight countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela) and the overseas territory of French Guyana. It accounts for more than 40% of the world’s remaining rainforest and is the single largest repository of biodiversity on the planet, housing 10% of the world’s known species. Furthermore, the Amazon river is the world’s largest freshwater system flowing for more than 6,600 km and contributing more than 15% of the world’s total river discharge into the oceans. This unique area annually sinks at least 5 percent of the global GHG emissions, making it a vital region for climate change mitigation.

About 47 million people live in the Amazon region, deriving their livelihoods from its forests, rivers, and tributaries. Over 60 percent of its inhabitants live in urban areas. Approximately 410 indigenous groups live in the Amazon, and it is one of the last places on the planet where isolated tribes live, with an estimated 80 uncontacted groups. The diversity of its population also includes Afro-descendants and mestizo populations that migrated to the region.

The Amazon’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems are undergoing unprecedented change. Deforestation, degradation, ecosystem fragmentation, and overexploitation of forest and freshwater ecosystems are the main environmental threats. These have been driven by unplanned land use expansion and unsustainable land/water use practices, illegal activities (including land grabbing, illegal mining and crops, wildlife trafficking), inadequate infrastructure (roads, dams, hydropower), and aggravated by climate change.

To counteract these threats and contribute to the protection and preservation of the Amazon, in October 2015 the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL). The World Bank-led ASL Program is one of the largest regional programs under implementation in the Amazon with a total of $209 million in GEF grant funding in two phases. Under an integrated regional approach, the ASL includes national projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname, and a regional project that promotes coordination and knowledge management. Together, the projects aim to improve integrated landscape management and ecosystem conservation in priority areas of the Amazon. The ASL has been identified as a unique opportunity to promote collaboration and engagement along key matters that are of common interest between the countries (e.g., freshwater protection, indigenous governance, protected area management and financing, and sustainable and inclusive value chains for land and water natural resources).

The ASL national projects are led by the countries’ Ministries of Environment and are being executed collaboratively between public and private entities. The World Bank (as lead agency), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) act as GEF Agencies providing support and supervision to the national projects.

The program operates under the rationale that the protection of significant biodiversity and the integrity of ecosystem services of the Amazon region can be achieved if:
- A representative area of the Amazon is effectively conserved under various regimes (protected areas, indigenous lands, Ramsar sites, and other conservation strategies)
- Agriculture lands, forests, and freshwater habitats are sustainably managed and restored, providing economic and social, inclusive wellbeing.
- Legal instruments, policies, and intersectoral agreements are enabling conservation and sustainable development.
- The institutional and community capacity is built and regional multistakeholder cooperation is strengthened.
Through the regional project, executed by the World Bank, countries have been able to increase joint collaborative action by building capacity, sharing information, knowledge, and lessons learned between national project teams and other key partners working at regional scale. The ASL was included in the Leticia Pact as an example of collaborative effort, with the Pact’s mandate number 16 explicitly referring to the program. Besides complying with mandate 16, the ASL projects contribute to several of the activities included in the Pact’s Action Plan.
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