This virtual event, organized by GEF, presented how the GEF-funded Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL) is supporting bioeconomy and other nature-based solutions in the Amazon region. The program started implementation of its national projects in 2018, and through its work it is promoting a dynamic nature-based economy, and exploring multiple nature-based solutions under a landscape approach. The event discussed some of the results and lessons achieved by the ASL Program and a recent case study developed by the Inter-American Development Bank and The Nature Conservancy in the State of Pará, Brazil. This innovative study analyzes the economic value and importance of biodiversity for the Amazon region. The ASL presentation also featured some specific examples from national projects in Colombia and Peru, where non-timber forest products have been supported along diverse value chains.
- Presentation: The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program: Experiences and opportunities for development of a bioeconomy in the Amazon Basin.
Ana María González Velosa, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, Coordinator ASL World Bank
Luz Marina Mantilla Cárdenas, General Director, Amazonian Institute for Scientific Research -SINCHI - Colombia
Carlos Sánchez Rojas, Responsible of the Operational Functional Unit of Resource Management of the Natural Protected Areas Management Directorate, SERNANP – Peru
- Q&A
- Presentation: Bioeconomy in the Amazon biome: economic and social impacts and projections of returns (Para State case)
Bruna Stein Ciasca, Lead Economist, The Nature Conservancy - Brazil
- Q&A
- Closing Remarks: Claude Gascon, Manager Programs Unit, GEF
Bios:
Ana María González Velosa, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank
Ana María has worked since 2008 at the World Bank on conservation and sustainable development projects in the African and Latin American regions. She is currently the coordinator of the GEF funded Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program. Previously she worked at The Nature Conservancy and, in her home country of Colombia, in multiple researches, public and civil society organizations. Ana María is an economist with Masters degrees in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the Universidad de los Andes and in International Development from George Washington University.
Luz Marina Mantilla Cárdenas, General Director, Amazonian Institute for Scientific Research -SINCHI – Colombia
Luz Marina has a Masters degree in Biology (area of Mycology) from the Universidad de los Andes, and a Master´s degree in Government and Public Policy from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. She has been a researcher and university professor and has directed undergraduate programs in Biology. She has been General Director of the SINCHI Institute since 1997.
Carlos Sánchez Rojas, Responsible of the Operational Functional Unit of Resource Management of the Natural Protected Areas Management Directorate, SERNANP – Peru
Carlos is a biologist graduated from the National University of San Agustin of Arequipa, with studies in tourism development and public management. From February 2017 to the present, he holds the position of Responsible of the Operational Functional Unit of Resource Management, having also been head of the Nor Yayos Cochas Landscape Reserve and the Tingo Maria National Park. Carlos has experience in managing public investment projects and tourism projects financed by international cooperation, development of High Andean and Amazonian communities, as well as conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in natural protected areas.
Bruna Stein Ciasca, Lead Economist, The Nature Conservancy
Bruna is an economist with a Masters degree in Environmental Economics from the University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. She has more than 10 years of experience developing analysis of environmental and ecological economics with an interest in economic and financial instruments for conservation, bioeconomy policies, environmental-economic accounts, and water resources management. She is part of the Science team at TNC Brasil providing research support in environmental and ecological economics.
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GEF BBL - Bioeconomy – a strategy for inclusive green recovery in the Amazon
This virtual event, organized by GEF, presented how the GEF-funded Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL) is supporting bioeconomy and other nature-based solutions in the Amazon region. The program started implementation of its national projects in 2018, and through its work it is promoting a dynamic nature-based economy, and exploring multiple nature-based solutions under a landscape approach. The event discussed some of the results and lessons achieved by the ASL Program and a recent case study developed by the Inter-American Development Bank and The Nature Conservancy in the State of Pará, Brazil. This innovative study analyzes the economic value and importance of biodiversity for the Amazon region. The ASL presentation also featured some specific examples from national projects in Colombia and Peru, where non-timber forest products have been supported along diverse value chains.
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Program:
- Moderated by Adriana Moreira, Senior Biodiversity Specialist,
- GEF Welcome: Adriana Moreira, Senior Biodiversity Specialist, GEF
- Presentation: The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program: Experiences and opportunities for development of a bioeconomy in the Amazon Basin.
Ana María González Velosa, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, Coordinator ASL World Bank
Luz Marina Mantilla Cárdenas, General Director, Amazonian Institute for Scientific Research -SINCHI - Colombia
Carlos Sánchez Rojas, Responsible of the Operational Functional Unit of Resource Management of the Natural Protected Areas Management Directorate, SERNANP – Peru
- Q&A
- Presentation: Bioeconomy in the Amazon biome: economic and social impacts and projections of returns (Para State case)
Bruna Stein Ciasca, Lead Economist, The Nature Conservancy - Brazil
- Q&A
- Closing Remarks: Claude Gascon, Manager Programs Unit, GEF
Bios:
Ana María González Velosa, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank
Ana María has worked since 2008 at the World Bank on conservation and sustainable development projects in the African and Latin American regions. She is currently the coordinator of the GEF funded Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program. Previously she worked at The Nature Conservancy and, in her home country of Colombia, in multiple researches, public and civil society organizations. Ana María is an economist with Masters degrees in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the Universidad de los Andes and in International Development from George Washington University.
Luz Marina Mantilla Cárdenas, General Director, Amazonian Institute for Scientific Research -SINCHI – Colombia
Luz Marina has a Masters degree in Biology (area of Mycology) from the Universidad de los Andes, and a Master´s degree in Government and Public Policy from the Universidad Externado de Colombia. She has been a researcher and university professor and has directed undergraduate programs in Biology. She has been General Director of the SINCHI Institute since 1997.
Carlos Sánchez Rojas, Responsible of the Operational Functional Unit of Resource Management of the Natural Protected Areas Management Directorate, SERNANP – Peru
Carlos is a biologist graduated from the National University of San Agustin of Arequipa, with studies in tourism development and public management. From February 2017 to the present, he holds the position of Responsible of the Operational Functional Unit of Resource Management, having also been head of the Nor Yayos Cochas Landscape Reserve and the Tingo Maria National Park. Carlos has experience in managing public investment projects and tourism projects financed by international cooperation, development of High Andean and Amazonian communities, as well as conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in natural protected areas.
Bruna Stein Ciasca, Lead Economist, The Nature Conservancy
Bruna is an economist with a Masters degree in Environmental Economics from the University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. She has more than 10 years of experience developing analysis of environmental and ecological economics with an interest in economic and financial instruments for conservation, bioeconomy policies, environmental-economic accounts, and water resources management. She is part of the Science team at TNC Brasil providing research support in environmental and ecological economics.