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Indigenous People Wai Wai and Baniwa exchange information on the production and commercialization of powder pepper
Young people from Faro, Terra Santa and Oriximiná debate social media and learn media literacy
Participatory Monitoring at the Jaú National Forest and Unini Extractivist Reserve
Local teachers in Amazon State devise projects to engage youth in conservation and environmental education
Amazon flavors find their way to markets at big Brazilian cities through socio-environmental impact businesses
Over R$ 1million awarded to Amazon startup companies at the Sustainable Business and Investment Forum
Cooperation between US and Brazil Leads to a New Conservation Units Management Plan Model
Quilombola Leadership Visit the U.S. to Learn about Protection of Minority Group Rights
Partnership Platform for the Amazon Announces finalists
Start-ups, community organizations, and impact enterprises geared towards forest conservation and social-environmental development are among those selected.
Pico da Neblina Nacional Park Workshop Builds Consensus for Management Plan
Liter of Light Helps Illuminate Amazon Communities
The riverine communities of Médio Jurua now have access to low-cost, recycled and environmentally-friendly solar-powered lamps. With USAID/Brazil support, over ...
Workshop develops protocol to monitor sustainable pirarucu fishing in Amazon protected areas
USAID partners the Ecological Research Institute (IPÊ) and Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) hosted the Second Workshop toward a ...
PCAB’s partners gather to celebrate progress and discuss alternatives that join development and biodiversity conservation goals
The Partnership for the Conservation of Amazon Biodiversity (PCAB), the consortium of partners implementing the bilateral agreement between the United State ...
Remote communities in the Amazon region receive solar powered lamps made from recycled bottles
Protected area managers and community members learn how to improve public use planning
New products will help visitor experience at Anavilhanas National Park
Last June, interpretation specialists from USFS and Colorado State University’s Center for Protected Area Management joined the staff of the Anavilhanas ...
USAID PPA partners make the case for sustainable business in Forum of Impact Investment
The Partnership Platform for the Amazon (PPA) led two sessions at the recent 2018 Forum on Social Finances and Impact Investment in São Paulo June 6-7. The ...
Sharing best practices for community-based tourism in Protected areas of the Amazon - 05/2018
Discussing community management and monitoring of pirarucu in protected areas - 05/2018
Building capacity in the Brazil nut value chain through peer-to-peer learning - 05/2018
Connecting people with protected areas through exhibit planning in Brazil - 04/2018
Strengthening Brazil’s capacities on fire management response and prevention - 04/2018
Women firefighters from Latin America train and network with USFS counterparts - 02/2018
Participative planning workshops help indigenous to manage their territories in the south of Amazonas State - 02/2018
Good news on Brazil nut monitoring: Best practives poised for replication in other extractive reserves - 02/2018
ICMBio’s Robson Silva hit on an important natural resource management principal when he noted, “It is very important that the products resulting from ...
U.S and Brazil reaffirm partnership commitments to conserve Amazon’s biodiversity - 02/2018
On March 7, 2018, Michael Eddy and Ambassador João Almino, the directors of USAID/Brazil and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) respectively, signed the ...
Quilombolas from Pará learn how to become “YouTubers”, sharing their perspectives from Amazon-based forest communities with the world
Crossed by big rivers and home to indigenous populations and quilombola communities, descendants of escaped slaves groups, and located in the very North of ...
Community leader wins international environmental award
A community leader in Pará was awarded one of the most important international environmental awards in the world for her critical role in a community-led ...
Partnerships were the central theme of ICMBio’s third national “best practices seminar” for the Protected Areas management
The Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity (ICMBio) held its 3rd National Seminar on Best Practices in the Management of Protected Areas November 27 to 29 ...
Fifth anniversary of the indigenous land management policy
Indigenous and socioenvironmental organizations, together with National Indigenous Foundation (FUNAI) held a seminar in Brasilia to celebrate the fifth ...
USAID and private sector partners launch platform for sustainable development of the Amazon
December 20, 2017 The Partnership Platform for the Amazon (PPA) was launched successfully on December 6th, culminating a year of coordination and planning. ...