I really like this feature, I often talk with other Community of Practice (CoP) Community Managers about "Portal pages".  This a great example. Keep up the great work.

The ASL fosters knowledge management and learning exchanges among the participant country projects and an expanded community involved in the region’s conservation and sustainable development. The program facilitates, with a practical and demand driven approach, the transfer of experience and best practices, contributing to capacity building, dissemination of innovation and promoting scaling up of successful activities and approaches emerging from the national projects as well as those of other partner initiatives. By linking knowledge activities to the stakeholder implementation experiences, the program ensures that the knowledge transferred is relevant, capacity is built and learning is accelerated.

Study Tours and Workshops

Peru, Brazil, and Colombia exchanged experiences in the governance of the territory in protected areas with indigenous peoples
Madre de Dios, Peru | November 2–9, 2019

For seven days, representatives of institutions, communities, and indigenous peoples of Peru, Brazil, and Colombia participated in an internship facilitated by the ASL and led by the National Service of Protected Natural Areas of Peru, SERNANP (for its acronyms in Spanish). The internship focused on learning first-hand the experiences of the communities of Boca Isiriwe and Puerto Azul Mberowe and their experience under their role as Executor of Administration Contract (ECA for its acronyms in Spanish) of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve located in Madre de Dios, in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The event, as well as other knowledge management events, aim to strengthen the regional knowledge network within the framework of the ASL Program and disseminate good practices in sustainable management models and territorial governance. For more information about the event, visit the following link (in Spanish).
 

Knowledge Exchange of Forestry Community Selva Maya – Amazonia: Working Together for the Forest, Life and Peace
Petén, Guatemala | July 14–20, 2019

Twenty-one participants from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru gathered to learn how local communities in Guatemala are protecting more than 500,000 hectares of forest, through community concessions granted by the government, while generating economic and social benefits. Participants were from local communities working on forest management, governmental and non-governmental institutions directly interested in the processes, and specialists in forest management and conservation. Similar initiatives being carried out in Brazil and Colombia were also presented. Article (in Spanish) | Article (in Portuguese)

World Conversations II: Colombia, Brazil, Peru
Leticia, Colombia | February 10–15, 2019

The “Intercultural Regional Dialogues for Environmental and Territorial Management in the Amazon” was sponsored by the ASL and organized by the Gaia Amazonas Foundation and its strategic partners: the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA), the Institute of Pesquisa e Formação Indígena Iepé and the Institute of the Common Good (IBC). The event facilitated an exchange of experiences around territorial management issues and environmental governance between indigenous, and national and international civil society organizations, and environmental authorities of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The report and video summarize the main results and reflections generated in this historic meeting, which helped build joint knowledge and create regional alliances for the future of the Indigenous Territories and Protected Natural Areas in the Amazon Northwest. Report | Video (both in Spanish)
Final declaration of the meeting "Conversations of the World: Intercultural dialogues on environmental and territorial management in the Amazon. Colombia, Peru, Brazil" Spanish | Portuguese (pdf)

ASL Program Second Phase Formulation Workshop
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | September 25–28, 2018

The workshop identifed priority issues to promote a landscape approach intervention in the Amazon and gather innovative tools and research from experts in the field of conservation and sustainable development. Report

 

Sustainable Productive Activities to Conserve the Amazon
Rio Branco - Acre, Brazil | January 29–31, 2018

The goal of this study tour was to learn from best practices managing natural resources in the State of Acre in Brazil. Acre holds valuable lessons for governments and businesses on how to reduce deforestation across an entire jurisdiction while increasing sustainable economic development and enhancing quality of life for its population. Agenda (in Spanish) | Blog

 
ASL Conferences

ASL Second Annual Conference 
Leticia | Colombia, September 3–6, 2019 

Over 65 participants including ASL government beneficiaries, partners, implementing agencies, and project teams from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, gathered at the ASL’s Second Annual Conference in Leticia, Colombia, from September 3–5 to share knowledge, reflect on their work, and inspire one another. Experts delivered keynote talks about community forestry management, conservation agreements for restoration, financing mechanisms for protected areas, and complementary conservation strategies. Report (in Spanish)

ASL First Annual Conference 
Iquitos, Peru | May 7–10, 2018

The conference brought together representatives from the governments of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, as well as from national and international NGOs, donor agencies, WBG, WWF and UNDP to share knowledge and experiences on how to improve biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of the Amazon landscapes. Event website | Report (both in Spanish)

 
Regional Events

First High-Level Conference of the Americas on Illegal Wildlife Trade
Lima, Peru | October 3–4, 2019

The ASL contributed to the first high-level conference of the Americas on Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT). Government delegates from 30 countries of the American continent and representatives from Europe, Asia, and international NGOs attended the Conference. During the IWT 2019, representatives of Governments and Regional Organizations adhere to the “Lima Declaration on Illegal Wildlife Trade.” The Declaration highlights the firm and determined political commitment to adopt and promote 21 measures that allow fighting against these crimes. Among the commitments, they recognized the jaguar (Panthera onca) as an emblematic species of the Americas and a symbol of the fight against the illegal wildlife trade.

Valerie Hickey, Practice Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) of the World Bank Group, presented, in Plenary 3: Challenges and good practices in monitoring and effective enforcement of the law on wildlife trade, about successful experiences in monitoring, control, and application of legal frameworks related to wildlife. With the support of the ASL, and UNDP as implementing agency, a project in Colombia is implementing a Jaguar corridor initiative in partnerships with Panthera organization to promote coexistence between farmers and big cats given the increase in livestock predation in the region. The project has also developed experiences for community identification and monitoring of species that are vulnerable due to consumption, trade, and human-wildlife conflict. Full text of the Declaration (English, pdf, 0.3 MB). For more information about IWT 2019, visit the official site of the event (in Spanish).
 

Conservation Technology Conference
Los Amigos, Peru | June 24–28, 2019

Partially funded by ASL and organized by Andes Amazon Fund, the conference presented innovative emerging technologies in support of conservation and identified ways of collaboration. Article

 

Symposium on Energy Solutions for Amazon Communities
Manaus, Brazil | March 25–28, 2019
With the support from various partners including the ASL, the symposium was organized to showcase products and services, and generate solutions and recommendations on how to increase the use of alternative sources of energy (i.e. solar, wind, biomass) in isolated and remote Amazonian communities. This approach is in line with the sustainable development approach that also includes sustainable forest management, conservation of natural resources, and protection of the territories for the communities that live in the Amazon. The event brought together 830 participants, including indigenous and community leaders from various states and countries of the Amazon; representatives from federal and state governments, the financial, industrial and commerce sectors, research centers, civil society organizations, and cooperation agencies; and entrepreneurs and students. Report (in Portuguese)

Connectivity - What Are the Criteria for Establishing Ecological Corridors Through Restoration and Landscape Management?
São Paulo, Brazil | December 5–7, 2017

Together with the Ministry of Environment of Brazil, IUCN and BMUB, the ASL supported the seminar to enhance synergies between initiatives in South America with a focus on Brazilian, Colombian and Peruvian Amazon and Brazilian, Argentinian and Paraguayan Atlantic forest. Summary (in Portuguese)

 
Side Events

A High-Level Panel on the Regional Challenge to Connect Protected and Productive Landscapes in the Amazon
Lima, Peru | October 14–17, 2019

As part of the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, this event focused on how through the ASL Brazil, Colombia and Peru work jointly to protect globally significant biodiversity and implement policies to foster sustainable natural resources use and restoration of native vegetation cover in the Amazon. Participants shared experiences developed under the ASL Program to achieve connectivity through integrating productive and protected areas in territories that are strategic for biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and the improvement of living conditions for the local communities.

Patrimonio del Peru: The Challenge of Financial Sustainability for the Effective Management of Protected Areas Systems
Lima, Peru | October 16, 2019

As part of the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, the event, organized by SERNANP, facilitated the discussion and exchange of knowledge about the opportunities and challenges involved in the establishment of mechanisms for the financial sustainability of Protected Area Systems and particularly the Patrimonio del Peru Initiative. Adriana Moreira, ASL manager, participated in the event as the ASL supported the activities leading to the closing agreement of the Initiative in May 2019. The program also supports similar mechanisms in Brazil and Peru. Presentations

An Integrated Initiative for Sustainable Management of Amazonian Ecosystems
Da Nang, Vietnam | June 25, 2018

As part of the Sixth GEF Assembly, a side event and a round table for the Amazon presented the program and its partnerships with governments, donors, implementing and executing agencies, and the sharing of experiences in sustainable forest management with the inclusion of biodiversity management principles into sectors that are driving deforestation.

 
Webinars

Fires in the Brazilian Amazon – What’s Happening in 2019 
September 18, 2019

The significant uptick of fires in the Brazilian Amazon observed in July and August garnered a tsunami of international attention. To better understand the situation, the ASL hosted a virtual technical meeting “Fogo na Amazônia: O que está acontecendo em 2019?“ to discuss essential information about the fires and its causes. The presentation by Ane Alencar, Science Director of the Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM, in Portuguese), provided an overview of the monitoring and analytical approaches being pursued by IPAM to understand historical deforestation patterns across various Brazilian biomes and land tenure categories. It focused on the complex interactions between deforestation, climatic factors, and land designation categories and their influence on fire incidence in the Amazon, highlighting how data gathered in the first eight months of 2019 shows a significant increase in fire incidence compared with recent historical patterns. 

Citizen Science for the Amazon
August 28, 2019

This webinar shared information about the project Citizen Science for the Amazon, led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The project seeks to generate information about fish and water at a basin scale and to train citizens as informed and empowered actors for the sustainable management of fisheries and the conservation of wetlands. With multiple pilot sites in the Amazon region and a network of more than 30 organizations, the project offers solutions for conservation and sustainable development with the community playing the role of leading scientists and users of easy-to-reach technologies. Representatives from research institutions and NGOs from Colombia, Peru, and Brazil shared their experience and lessons from the field. Video and Presentations (in Spanish)

How Brazil Has Reduced 80% of the Amazon Deforestation in 10 Years - Lessons Learned and Recommendations
May 2019

Deforestation is a global challenge for humankind and climate change. Ongoing forest loss, particularly in the tropics, has been a major concern for the scientific and sustainable development communities. However, between 2004-2014, Brazil adopted policies that have reduced forest loss by 80% in the Amazon. The webinar discussed the challenges of designing, implementing and delivering bold results for global climate change mitigation. Presentation

Measuring the Economic Value of the Amazon’s Ecosystem Services
August 2018

The results of the study developed by the World Bank with the financial support of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment were presented. Economic Valuation of Changes in the Amazon Forest Area was developed as part of the project. The hydrological calculations can be accessed on the Research Group on Atomosphere-Biosphere Interaction website.

The ASL fosters knowledge management and learning exchanges among the participant country projects and an expanded community involved in the region’s conservation and sustainable development. The program facilitates, with a practical and demand driven approach, the transfer of experience and best practices, contributing to capacity building, dissemination of innovation and promoting scaling up of successful activities and approaches emerging from the national projects as well as those of other partner initiatives. By linking knowledge activities to the stakeholder implementation experiences, the program ensures that the knowledge transferred is relevant, capacity is built and learning is accelerated.

Study Tours and Workshops

Peru, Brazil, and Colombia exchanged experiences in the governance of the territory in protected areas with indigenous peoples
Madre de Dios, Peru | November 2–9, 2019

For seven days, representatives of institutions, communities, and indigenous peoples of Peru, Brazil, and Colombia participated in an internship facilitated by the ASL and led by the National Service of Protected Natural Areas of Peru, SERNANP (for its acronyms in Spanish). The internship focused on learning first-hand the experiences of the communities of Boca Isiriwe and Puerto Azul Mberowe and their experience under their role as Executor of Administration Contract (ECA for its acronyms in Spanish) of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve located in Madre de Dios, in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The event, as well as other knowledge management events, aim to strengthen the regional knowledge network within the framework of the ASL Program and disseminate good practices in sustainable management models and territorial governance. For more information about the event, visit the following link (in Spanish).
 

Knowledge Exchange of Forestry Community Selva Maya – Amazonia: Working Together for the Forest, Life and Peace
Petén, Guatemala | July 14–20, 2019

Twenty-one participants from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru gathered to learn how local communities in Guatemala are protecting more than 500,000 hectares of forest, through community concessions granted by the government, while generating economic and social benefits. Participants were from local communities working on forest management, governmental and non-governmental institutions directly interested in the processes, and specialists in forest management and conservation. Similar initiatives being carried out in Brazil and Colombia were also presented. Article (in Spanish) | Article (in Portuguese)

World Conversations II: Colombia, Brazil, Peru
Leticia, Colombia | February 10–15, 2019

The “Intercultural Regional Dialogues for Environmental and Territorial Management in the Amazon” was sponsored by the ASL and organized by the Gaia Amazonas Foundation and its strategic partners: the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA), the Institute of Pesquisa e Formação Indígena Iepé and the Institute of the Common Good (IBC). The event facilitated an exchange of experiences around territorial management issues and environmental governance between indigenous, and national and international civil society organizations, and environmental authorities of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The report and video summarize the main results and reflections generated in this historic meeting, which helped build joint knowledge and create regional alliances for the future of the Indigenous Territories and Protected Natural Areas in the Amazon Northwest. Report | Video (both in Spanish)
Final declaration of the meeting "Conversations of the World: Intercultural dialogues on environmental and territorial management in the Amazon. Colombia, Peru, Brazil" Spanish | Portuguese (pdf)

ASL Program Second Phase Formulation Workshop
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | September 25–28, 2018

The workshop identifed priority issues to promote a landscape approach intervention in the Amazon and gather innovative tools and research from experts in the field of conservation and sustainable development. Report

 

Sustainable Productive Activities to Conserve the Amazon
Rio Branco - Acre, Brazil | January 29–31, 2018

The goal of this study tour was to learn from best practices managing natural resources in the State of Acre in Brazil. Acre holds valuable lessons for governments and businesses on how to reduce deforestation across an entire jurisdiction while increasing sustainable economic development and enhancing quality of life for its population. Agenda (in Spanish) | Blog

 
ASL Conferences

ASL Second Annual Conference 
Leticia | Colombia, September 3–6, 2019 

Over 65 participants including ASL government beneficiaries, partners, implementing agencies, and project teams from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, gathered at the ASL’s Second Annual Conference in Leticia, Colombia, from September 3–5 to share knowledge, reflect on their work, and inspire one another. Experts delivered keynote talks about community forestry management, conservation agreements for restoration, financing mechanisms for protected areas, and complementary conservation strategies. Report (in Spanish)

ASL First Annual Conference 
Iquitos, Peru | May 7–10, 2018

The conference brought together representatives from the governments of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, as well as from national and international NGOs, donor agencies, WBG, WWF and UNDP to share knowledge and experiences on how to improve biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of the Amazon landscapes. Event website | Report (both in Spanish)

 
Regional Events

First High-Level Conference of the Americas on Illegal Wildlife Trade
Lima, Peru | October 3–4, 2019

The ASL contributed to the first high-level conference of the Americas on Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT). Government delegates from 30 countries of the American continent and representatives from Europe, Asia, and international NGOs attended the Conference. During the IWT 2019, representatives of Governments and Regional Organizations adhere to the “Lima Declaration on Illegal Wildlife Trade.” The Declaration highlights the firm and determined political commitment to adopt and promote 21 measures that allow fighting against these crimes. Among the commitments, they recognized the jaguar (Panthera onca) as an emblematic species of the Americas and a symbol of the fight against the illegal wildlife trade.

Valerie Hickey, Practice Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) of the World Bank Group, presented, in Plenary 3: Challenges and good practices in monitoring and effective enforcement of the law on wildlife trade, about successful experiences in monitoring, control, and application of legal frameworks related to wildlife. With the support of the ASL, and UNDP as implementing agency, a project in Colombia is implementing a Jaguar corridor initiative in partnerships with Panthera organization to promote coexistence between farmers and big cats given the increase in livestock predation in the region. The project has also developed experiences for community identification and monitoring of species that are vulnerable due to consumption, trade, and human-wildlife conflict. Full text of the Declaration (English, pdf, 0.3 MB). For more information about IWT 2019, visit the official site of the event (in Spanish).
 

Conservation Technology Conference
Los Amigos, Peru | June 24–28, 2019

Partially funded by ASL and organized by Andes Amazon Fund, the conference presented innovative emerging technologies in support of conservation and identified ways of collaboration. Article

 

Symposium on Energy Solutions for Amazon Communities
Manaus, Brazil | March 25–28, 2019
With the support from various partners including the ASL, the symposium was organized to showcase products and services, and generate solutions and recommendations on how to increase the use of alternative sources of energy (i.e. solar, wind, biomass) in isolated and remote Amazonian communities. This approach is in line with the sustainable development approach that also includes sustainable forest management, conservation of natural resources, and protection of the territories for the communities that live in the Amazon. The event brought together 830 participants, including indigenous and community leaders from various states and countries of the Amazon; representatives from federal and state governments, the financial, industrial and commerce sectors, research centers, civil society organizations, and cooperation agencies; and entrepreneurs and students. Report (in Portuguese)

Connectivity - What Are the Criteria for Establishing Ecological Corridors Through Restoration and Landscape Management?
São Paulo, Brazil | December 5–7, 2017

Together with the Ministry of Environment of Brazil, IUCN and BMUB, the ASL supported the seminar to enhance synergies between initiatives in South America with a focus on Brazilian, Colombian and Peruvian Amazon and Brazilian, Argentinian and Paraguayan Atlantic forest. Summary (in Portuguese)

 
Side Events

A High-Level Panel on the Regional Challenge to Connect Protected and Productive Landscapes in the Amazon
Lima, Peru | October 14–17, 2019

As part of the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, this event focused on how through the ASL Brazil, Colombia and Peru work jointly to protect globally significant biodiversity and implement policies to foster sustainable natural resources use and restoration of native vegetation cover in the Amazon. Participants shared experiences developed under the ASL Program to achieve connectivity through integrating productive and protected areas in territories that are strategic for biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and the improvement of living conditions for the local communities.

Patrimonio del Peru: The Challenge of Financial Sustainability for the Effective Management of Protected Areas Systems
Lima, Peru | October 16, 2019

As part of the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, the event, organized by SERNANP, facilitated the discussion and exchange of knowledge about the opportunities and challenges involved in the establishment of mechanisms for the financial sustainability of Protected Area Systems and particularly the Patrimonio del Peru Initiative. Adriana Moreira, ASL manager, participated in the event as the ASL supported the activities leading to the closing agreement of the Initiative in May 2019. The program also supports similar mechanisms in Brazil and Peru. Presentations

An Integrated Initiative for Sustainable Management of Amazonian Ecosystems
Da Nang, Vietnam | June 25, 2018

As part of the Sixth GEF Assembly, a side event and a round table for the Amazon presented the program and its partnerships with governments, donors, implementing and executing agencies, and the sharing of experiences in sustainable forest management with the inclusion of biodiversity management principles into sectors that are driving deforestation.

 
Webinars

Fires in the Brazilian Amazon – What’s Happening in 2019 
September 18, 2019

The significant uptick of fires in the Brazilian Amazon observed in July and August garnered a tsunami of international attention. To better understand the situation, the ASL hosted a virtual technical meeting “Fogo na Amazônia: O que está acontecendo em 2019?“ to discuss essential information about the fires and its causes. The presentation by Ane Alencar, Science Director of the Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM, in Portuguese), provided an overview of the monitoring and analytical approaches being pursued by IPAM to understand historical deforestation patterns across various Brazilian biomes and land tenure categories. It focused on the complex interactions between deforestation, climatic factors, and land designation categories and their influence on fire incidence in the Amazon, highlighting how data gathered in the first eight months of 2019 shows a significant increase in fire incidence compared with recent historical patterns. 

Citizen Science for the Amazon
August 28, 2019

This webinar shared information about the project Citizen Science for the Amazon, led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The project seeks to generate information about fish and water at a basin scale and to train citizens as informed and empowered actors for the sustainable management of fisheries and the conservation of wetlands. With multiple pilot sites in the Amazon region and a network of more than 30 organizations, the project offers solutions for conservation and sustainable development with the community playing the role of leading scientists and users of easy-to-reach technologies. Representatives from research institutions and NGOs from Colombia, Peru, and Brazil shared their experience and lessons from the field. Video and Presentations (in Spanish)

How Brazil Has Reduced 80% of the Amazon Deforestation in 10 Years - Lessons Learned and Recommendations
May 2019

Deforestation is a global challenge for humankind and climate change. Ongoing forest loss, particularly in the tropics, has been a major concern for the scientific and sustainable development communities. However, between 2004-2014, Brazil adopted policies that have reduced forest loss by 80% in the Amazon. The webinar discussed the challenges of designing, implementing and delivering bold results for global climate change mitigation. Presentation

Measuring the Economic Value of the Amazon’s Ecosystem Services
August 2018

The results of the study developed by the World Bank with the financial support of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment were presented. Economic Valuation of Changes in the Amazon Forest Area was developed as part of the project. The hydrological calculations can be accessed on the Research Group on Atomosphere-Biosphere Interaction website.

The ASL fosters knowledge management and learning exchanges among the participant country projects and an expanded community involved in the region’s conservation and sustainable development. The program facilitates, with a practical and demand driven approach, the transfer of experience and best practices, contributing to capacity building, dissemination of innovation and promoting scaling up of successful activities and approaches emerging from the national projects as well as those of other partner initiatives. By linking knowledge activities to the stakeholder implementation experiences, the program ensures that the knowledge transferred is relevant, capacity is built and learning is accelerated.

Study Tours and Workshops

Peru, Brazil, and Colombia exchanged experiences in the governance of the territory in protected areas with indigenous peoples
Madre de Dios, Peru | November 2–9, 2019

For seven days, representatives of institutions, communities, and indigenous peoples of Peru, Brazil, and Colombia participated in an internship facilitated by the ASL and led by the National Service of Protected Natural Areas of Peru, SERNANP (for its acronyms in Spanish). The internship focused on learning first-hand the experiences of the communities of Boca Isiriwe and Puerto Azul Mberowe and their experience under their role as Executor of Administration Contract (ECA for its acronyms in Spanish) of the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve located in Madre de Dios, in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The event, as well as other knowledge management events, aim to strengthen the regional knowledge network within the framework of the ASL Program and disseminate good practices in sustainable management models and territorial governance. For more information about the event, visit the following link (in Spanish).
 

Knowledge Exchange of Forestry Community Selva Maya – Amazonia: Working Together for the Forest, Life and Peace
Petén, Guatemala | July 14–20, 2019

Twenty-one participants from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru gathered to learn how local communities in Guatemala are protecting more than 500,000 hectares of forest, through community concessions granted by the government, while generating economic and social benefits. Participants were from local communities working on forest management, governmental and non-governmental institutions directly interested in the processes, and specialists in forest management and conservation. Similar initiatives being carried out in Brazil and Colombia were also presented. Article (in Spanish) | Article (in Portuguese)

World Conversations II: Colombia, Brazil, Peru
Leticia, Colombia | February 10–15, 2019

The “Intercultural Regional Dialogues for Environmental and Territorial Management in the Amazon” was sponsored by the ASL and organized by the Gaia Amazonas Foundation and its strategic partners: the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA), the Institute of Pesquisa e Formação Indígena Iepé and the Institute of the Common Good (IBC). The event facilitated an exchange of experiences around territorial management issues and environmental governance between indigenous, and national and international civil society organizations, and environmental authorities of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The report and video summarize the main results and reflections generated in this historic meeting, which helped build joint knowledge and create regional alliances for the future of the Indigenous Territories and Protected Natural Areas in the Amazon Northwest. Report | Video (both in Spanish)
Final declaration of the meeting "Conversations of the World: Intercultural dialogues on environmental and territorial management in the Amazon. Colombia, Peru, Brazil" Spanish | Portuguese (pdf)

ASL Program Second Phase Formulation Workshop
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | September 25–28, 2018

The workshop identifed priority issues to promote a landscape approach intervention in the Amazon and gather innovative tools and research from experts in the field of conservation and sustainable development. Report

 

Sustainable Productive Activities to Conserve the Amazon
Rio Branco - Acre, Brazil | January 29–31, 2018

The goal of this study tour was to learn from best practices managing natural resources in the State of Acre in Brazil. Acre holds valuable lessons for governments and businesses on how to reduce deforestation across an entire jurisdiction while increasing sustainable economic development and enhancing quality of life for its population. Agenda (in Spanish) | Blog

 
ASL Conferences

ASL Second Annual Conference 
Leticia | Colombia, September 3–6, 2019 

Over 65 participants including ASL government beneficiaries, partners, implementing agencies, and project teams from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, gathered at the ASL’s Second Annual Conference in Leticia, Colombia, from September 3–5 to share knowledge, reflect on their work, and inspire one another. Experts delivered keynote talks about community forestry management, conservation agreements for restoration, financing mechanisms for protected areas, and complementary conservation strategies. Report (in Spanish)

ASL First Annual Conference 
Iquitos, Peru | May 7–10, 2018

The conference brought together representatives from the governments of Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, as well as from national and international NGOs, donor agencies, WBG, WWF and UNDP to share knowledge and experiences on how to improve biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of the Amazon landscapes. Event website | Report (both in Spanish)

 
Regional Events

First High-Level Conference of the Americas on Illegal Wildlife Trade
Lima, Peru | October 3–4, 2019

The ASL contributed to the first high-level conference of the Americas on Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT). Government delegates from 30 countries of the American continent and representatives from Europe, Asia, and international NGOs attended the Conference. During the IWT 2019, representatives of Governments and Regional Organizations adhere to the “Lima Declaration on Illegal Wildlife Trade.” The Declaration highlights the firm and determined political commitment to adopt and promote 21 measures that allow fighting against these crimes. Among the commitments, they recognized the jaguar (Panthera onca) as an emblematic species of the Americas and a symbol of the fight against the illegal wildlife trade.

Valerie Hickey, Practice Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) of the World Bank Group, presented, in Plenary 3: Challenges and good practices in monitoring and effective enforcement of the law on wildlife trade, about successful experiences in monitoring, control, and application of legal frameworks related to wildlife. With the support of the ASL, and UNDP as implementing agency, a project in Colombia is implementing a Jaguar corridor initiative in partnerships with Panthera organization to promote coexistence between farmers and big cats given the increase in livestock predation in the region. The project has also developed experiences for community identification and monitoring of species that are vulnerable due to consumption, trade, and human-wildlife conflict. Full text of the Declaration (English, pdf, 0.3 MB). For more information about IWT 2019, visit the official site of the event (in Spanish).
 

Conservation Technology Conference
Los Amigos, Peru | June 24–28, 2019

Partially funded by ASL and organized by Andes Amazon Fund, the conference presented innovative emerging technologies in support of conservation and identified ways of collaboration. Article

 

Symposium on Energy Solutions for Amazon Communities
Manaus, Brazil | March 25–28, 2019
With the support from various partners including the ASL, the symposium was organized to showcase products and services, and generate solutions and recommendations on how to increase the use of alternative sources of energy (i.e. solar, wind, biomass) in isolated and remote Amazonian communities. This approach is in line with the sustainable development approach that also includes sustainable forest management, conservation of natural resources, and protection of the territories for the communities that live in the Amazon. The event brought together 830 participants, including indigenous and community leaders from various states and countries of the Amazon; representatives from federal and state governments, the financial, industrial and commerce sectors, research centers, civil society organizations, and cooperation agencies; and entrepreneurs and students. Report (in Portuguese)

Connectivity - What Are the Criteria for Establishing Ecological Corridors Through Restoration and Landscape Management?
São Paulo, Brazil | December 5–7, 2017

Together with the Ministry of Environment of Brazil, IUCN and BMUB, the ASL supported the seminar to enhance synergies between initiatives in South America with a focus on Brazilian, Colombian and Peruvian Amazon and Brazilian, Argentinian and Paraguayan Atlantic forest. Summary (in Portuguese)

 
Side Events

A High-Level Panel on the Regional Challenge to Connect Protected and Productive Landscapes in the Amazon
Lima, Peru | October 14–17, 2019

As part of the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, this event focused on how through the ASL Brazil, Colombia and Peru work jointly to protect globally significant biodiversity and implement policies to foster sustainable natural resources use and restoration of native vegetation cover in the Amazon. Participants shared experiences developed under the ASL Program to achieve connectivity through integrating productive and protected areas in territories that are strategic for biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and the improvement of living conditions for the local communities.

Patrimonio del Peru: The Challenge of Financial Sustainability for the Effective Management of Protected Areas Systems
Lima, Peru | October 16, 2019

As part of the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, the event, organized by SERNANP, facilitated the discussion and exchange of knowledge about the opportunities and challenges involved in the establishment of mechanisms for the financial sustainability of Protected Area Systems and particularly the Patrimonio del Peru Initiative. Adriana Moreira, ASL manager, participated in the event as the ASL supported the activities leading to the closing agreement of the Initiative in May 2019. The program also supports similar mechanisms in Brazil and Peru. Presentations

An Integrated Initiative for Sustainable Management of Amazonian Ecosystems
Da Nang, Vietnam | June 25, 2018

As part of the Sixth GEF Assembly, a side event and a round table for the Amazon presented the program and its partnerships with governments, donors, implementing and executing agencies, and the sharing of experiences in sustainable forest management with the inclusion of biodiversity management principles into sectors that are driving deforestation.

 
Webinars

Fires in the Brazilian Amazon – What’s Happening in 2019 
September 18, 2019

The significant uptick of fires in the Brazilian Amazon observed in July and August garnered a tsunami of international attention. To better understand the situation, the ASL hosted a virtual technical meeting “Fogo na Amazônia: O que está acontecendo em 2019?“ to discuss essential information about the fires and its causes. The presentation by Ane Alencar, Science Director of the Institute for Environmental Research (IPAM, in Portuguese), provided an overview of the monitoring and analytical approaches being pursued by IPAM to understand historical deforestation patterns across various Brazilian biomes and land tenure categories. It focused on the complex interactions between deforestation, climatic factors, and land designation categories and their influence on fire incidence in the Amazon, highlighting how data gathered in the first eight months of 2019 shows a significant increase in fire incidence compared with recent historical patterns. 

Citizen Science for the Amazon
August 28, 2019

This webinar shared information about the project Citizen Science for the Amazon, led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The project seeks to generate information about fish and water at a basin scale and to train citizens as informed and empowered actors for the sustainable management of fisheries and the conservation of wetlands. With multiple pilot sites in the Amazon region and a network of more than 30 organizations, the project offers solutions for conservation and sustainable development with the community playing the role of leading scientists and users of easy-to-reach technologies. Representatives from research institutions and NGOs from Colombia, Peru, and Brazil shared their experience and lessons from the field. Video and Presentations (in Spanish)

How Brazil Has Reduced 80% of the Amazon Deforestation in 10 Years - Lessons Learned and Recommendations
May 2019

Deforestation is a global challenge for humankind and climate change. Ongoing forest loss, particularly in the tropics, has been a major concern for the scientific and sustainable development communities. However, between 2004-2014, Brazil adopted policies that have reduced forest loss by 80% in the Amazon. The webinar discussed the challenges of designing, implementing and delivering bold results for global climate change mitigation. Presentation

Measuring the Economic Value of the Amazon’s Ecosystem Services
August 2018

The results of the study developed by the World Bank with the financial support of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment were presented. Economic Valuation of Changes in the Amazon Forest Area was developed as part of the project. The hydrological calculations can be accessed on the Research Group on Atomosphere-Biosphere Interaction website.

ASL Annual Conference Report2019

Knowledge Events

Overview: Forest monitoring tools available today provide a range of services such as monitoring changes in forest cover, alerting users to sudden ecosystem changes and analyzing longer-term trends in landscape conditions. Join this BBL for an overview of monitoring tools, the relative advantages of the tools, and a discussion on how the World Bank’s application of these tools can inform client country engagement and monitor projects impacts on forests. Guest speaker Karyn Tabor will share findings from a recent study in on Application of Forest Monitoring Tools for Development Projects, undertaken with support from Bank Information Center’s Environment Program.

Speaker

• Karyn Tabor, Director of Ecosystem Modeling and Early Warning Systems for Conservation International’s Moore Center for Science and Oceans

Chair

• Garo Batmanian, Lead for Forests and Landscapes, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice (ENB GP)

Discussants

• Erick Fernandes, Global Lead, Technology, Innovation and Climate Smart Agriculture, Agriculture Global Practice
• Tim Brown, Senior Natural Resource Management Specialist, ENB GP

Date and Time
November 21, 2019
12:30pm – 2pm East Coast U.S. (est)

Speaker Bio
Karyn Tabor is the Director of ecosystem modeling and early warning systems for Conservation International’s Moore Center for Science and Oceans. She directs the development of decision-making tools delivering time-sensitive information for improved enforcement of illegal activities and fire/natural resource management. She has extensive expertise building tools and models that use satellite observations and climate projections to support conservation decisions. Since joining Conservation International in 2001, Karyn has worked on a variety of research projects including forest cover and change mapping, fire risk modeling, and climate downscaling. She leads a technology taskforce to adapt new technologies for improved knowledge sharing, data dissemination, and data management within Conservation International and its field offices. She also helps lead Conservation International’s institutional engagement with NASA, in particular its Applied Sciences program.

Karyn holds a B.A. and M.A. in Environmental Science/Remote Sensing & GIS from Boston University. She has authored and co-authored a number of peer-reviewed publications on applications of remote sensing for conservation, habitat monitoring, fire risk/drought forecasting, and climate change impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity. She is a member of the Conservation Remote Sensing Network, Society of Conservation GIS, and American Geophysical Union.

Overview: Forest monitoring tools available today provide a range of services such as monitoring changes in forest cover, alerting users to sudden ecosystem changes and analyzing longer-term trends in landscape conditions. Join this BBL for an overview of monitoring tools, the relative advantages of the tools, and a discussion on how the World Bank’s application of these tools can inform client country engagement and monitor projects impacts on forests. Guest speaker Karyn Tabor will share findings from a recent study in on Application of Forest Monitoring Tools for Development Projects, undertaken with support from Bank Information Center’s Environment Program.

Speaker

• Karyn Tabor, Director of Ecosystem Modeling and Early Warning Systems for Conservation International’s Moore Center for Science and Oceans

Chair

• Garo Batmanian, Lead for Forests and Landscapes, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice (ENB GP)

Discussants

• Erick Fernandes, Global Lead, Technology, Innovation and Climate Smart Agriculture, Agriculture Global Practice
• Tim Brown, Senior Natural Resource Management Specialist, ENB GP

Date and Time
November 21, 2019
12:30pm – 2pm East Coast U.S. (est)

Speaker Bio
Karyn Tabor is the Director of ecosystem modeling and early warning systems for Conservation International’s Moore Center for Science and Oceans. She directs the development of decision-making tools delivering time-sensitive information for improved enforcement of illegal activities and fire/natural resource management. She has extensive expertise building tools and models that use satellite observations and climate projections to support conservation decisions. Since joining Conservation International in 2001, Karyn has worked on a variety of research projects including forest cover and change mapping, fire risk modeling, and climate downscaling. She leads a technology taskforce to adapt new technologies for improved knowledge sharing, data dissemination, and data management within Conservation International and its field offices. She also helps lead Conservation International’s institutional engagement with NASA, in particular its Applied Sciences program.

Karyn holds a B.A. and M.A. in Environmental Science/Remote Sensing & GIS from Boston University. She has authored and co-authored a number of peer-reviewed publications on applications of remote sensing for conservation, habitat monitoring, fire risk/drought forecasting, and climate change impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity. She is a member of the Conservation Remote Sensing Network, Society of Conservation GIS, and American Geophysical Union.

Final declaration of the meeting "Conversations of the World: Intercultural dialogues on environmental and territorial management in the Amazon. Colombia, Peru, Brazil" (Portuguese)

Knowledge Events

"The Amazon Sustainable Landscape is like a dream come true to protect the biodiversity and ecosystem services that the Amazon biome provides to the world. Building on decades of work in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, this program can accelerate the local and regional solutions and innovations happening in the region and disseminate them more widely.”

The World Bank Group (WBG) (as lead agency), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are serving as Global Environment Facility (GEF) implementing agencies for the projects. Besides the agencies, other main partners for the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) are the public and private organizations directly involved as project executing partners.

Brazil

Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Project The project aims to expand the area under legal protection and improve management of Protected Areas, and increase the area under restoration and sustainable management in the Brazilian Amazon. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: Fundo Brasileiro de Biodiversidade (FUNBIO) and Conservacao Internacional-Brazil (CI-Brazil) GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

Colombia

Forest Conservation and Sustainability in the Heart of the Colombian Amazon The project objective is to improve governance and promote sustainable land-use activities in order to reduce deforestation and conserve biodiversity in the Project area. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and Heritage Natural Fund for Biodiversity and Protected Areas GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

Connectivity and Biodiversity Conservation in the Colombian Amazon The project aims to improve connectivity and conserve biodiversity through the strengthening of institutions and local organizations to ensure integral low-carbon-emission management and peace building. Read more (pdf) Executing Partner: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Peru

Sustainable Productive Landscapes in the Peruvian Amazon The project aims to generate multiple global environmental benefits through the application of an integrated approach to the management of Amazonian landscapes. Read more (pdf) | Brochure (in Spanish)  Executing Partner: Ministry of Environment (MINAM) GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Securing the Future of Peru’s Natural Protected Areas The project will generate multiple global environmental benefits through the application of an integrated approach to the management of Amazonian landscapes. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: National Service of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) and Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas (PROFONANPE) GEF Implementing Agency: WWF

Regional Coordination Project

Amazon Coordination Technical Assistance The project aims to strengthen coordination, access to information and capacity of national projects stakeholders under the GEF 6 Amazon Sustainable Landscape Program. Read more (pdf) GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Amazon Sustainable Landscape is like a dream come true to protect the biodiversity and ecosystem services that the Amazon biome provides to the world. Building on decades of work in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, this program can accelerate the local and regional solutions and innovations happening in the region and disseminate them more widely.”

The World Bank Group (WBG) (as lead agency), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are serving as Global Environment Facility (GEF) implementing agencies for the projects. Besides the agencies, other main partners for the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) are the public and private organizations directly involved as project executing partners.

Brazil

Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Project The project aims to expand the area under legal protection and improve management of Protected Areas, and increase the area under restoration and sustainable management in the Brazilian Amazon. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: Fundo Brasileiro de Biodiversidade (FUNBIO) and Conservacao Internacional-Brazil (CI-Brazil) GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

Colombia

Forest Conservation and Sustainability in the Heart of the Colombian Amazon The project objective is to improve governance and promote sustainable land-use activities in order to reduce deforestation and conserve biodiversity in the Project area. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and Heritage Natural Fund for Biodiversity and Protected Areas GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

Connectivity and Biodiversity Conservation in the Colombian Amazon The project aims to improve connectivity and conserve biodiversity through the strengthening of institutions and local organizations to ensure integral low-carbon-emission management and peace building. Read more (pdf) Executing Partner: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Peru

Sustainable Productive Landscapes in the Peruvian Amazon The project aims to generate multiple global environmental benefits through the application of an integrated approach to the management of Amazonian landscapes. Read more (pdf) | Brochure (in Spanish)  Executing Partner: Ministry of Environment (MINAM) GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Securing the Future of Peru’s Natural Protected Areas The project will generate multiple global environmental benefits through the application of an integrated approach to the management of Amazonian landscapes. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: National Service of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) and Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas (PROFONANPE) GEF Implementing Agency: WWF

Regional Coordination Project

Amazon Coordination Technical Assistance The project aims to strengthen coordination, access to information and capacity of national projects stakeholders under the GEF 6 Amazon Sustainable Landscape Program. Read more (pdf) GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Amazon Sustainable Landscape is like a dream come true to protect the biodiversity and ecosystem services that the Amazon biome provides to the world. Building on decades of work in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, this program can accelerate the local and regional solutions and innovations happening in the region and disseminate them more widely.”

The World Bank Group (WBG) (as lead agency), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are serving as Global Environment Facility (GEF) implementing agencies for the projects. Besides the agencies, other main partners for the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) are the public and private organizations directly involved as project executing partners.

Brazil

Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Project The project aims to expand the area under legal protection and improve management of Protected Areas, and increase the area under restoration and sustainable management in the Brazilian Amazon. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: Fundo Brasileiro de Biodiversidade (FUNBIO) and Conservacao Internacional-Brazil (CI-Brazil) GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

Colombia

Forest Conservation and Sustainability in the Heart of the Colombian Amazon The project objective is to improve governance and promote sustainable land-use activities in order to reduce deforestation and conserve biodiversity in the Project area. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and Heritage Natural Fund for Biodiversity and Protected Areas GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank

Connectivity and Biodiversity Conservation in the Colombian Amazon The project aims to improve connectivity and conserve biodiversity through the strengthening of institutions and local organizations to ensure integral low-carbon-emission management and peace building. Read more (pdf) Executing Partner: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Peru

Sustainable Productive Landscapes in the Peruvian Amazon The project aims to generate multiple global environmental benefits through the application of an integrated approach to the management of Amazonian landscapes. Read more (pdf) | Brochure (in Spanish)  Executing Partner: Ministry of Environment (MINAM) GEF Implementing Agency: UNDP

Securing the Future of Peru’s Natural Protected Areas The project will generate multiple global environmental benefits through the application of an integrated approach to the management of Amazonian landscapes. Read more (pdf) Executing Partners: National Service of Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) and Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Protected Areas (PROFONANPE) GEF Implementing Agency: WWF

Regional Coordination Project

Amazon Coordination Technical Assistance The project aims to strengthen coordination, access to information and capacity of national projects stakeholders under the GEF 6 Amazon Sustainable Landscape Program. Read more (pdf) GEF Implementing Agency: World Bank