4 Amazons

The Legal Amazon is made up of different biomes, landscapes, ways of using and occupying territories. It is home to terra firme, várzea and igapó forests, as well as lavrados and many other plant physiognomies. There are areas of conserved forest, areas in transition, and converted areas. It also includes a diversity of municipalities.

In this context, although any attempt to simplify a complex reality is subject to adjustments and additions, a characterization that allows distinguishing some sub-regions is fundamental to identify the predominant activities, specific needs and priority actions in each of them.

Click the button below to access the matrix that consolidates themes for specific actions on six fronts. Further down the page, check out studies organized by filters and available for download.

ABC

Agricultura de Baixa emissão de Carbono

CF

Código Florestal

C&T

Ciência e Tecnologia

ILPF

Integração Lavoura-Pecuária-Floresta

PSA

Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais

SAF

Sistema Agroflorestal

REDD+

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; conservation; sustainable management of forests; and increasing forest carbon stocks
		Preserved areas	Transition areas	Converted areas	Cities
Basic premise		A floresta intacta permanece intacta	Containment of deforestation and regeneration of forests and biodiversity	Full traceability ensures that negative externalities are minimized	Aumento da produtividade das atividades econômicas urbanas Sustentabilidade urbana (saneamento, circularidade, mobilidade etc.) Aplicação às cidades e sua infraestrutura das Soluções Baseadas na Natureza
Frentes de ações específicas	1 - Economia	Forest Conservation Sociobioeconomics Small business accelerators in the socio-bioeconomy, using technologies Turism Creative Economy Solidarity Economy	Forest restoration, nature-based solutions, integration with sustainable management, SAF, ILPF, socio-economics Forestry Concessions Sivicultures de natas Nature-based tourism Strengthening of existing agrifood chains	Production of agro-mineral commodities Commodities with low externalities inserted in land use mosaics that include preservation and production areas Ecological corridors for biodiversity maintenance Ecosystem restoration Forestry Concessions Maximum use of local products	Services Industries Creative Economy Solidarity Economy Entrepreneurship Public-Private Partnerships (urban infrastructure, e.g. basic sanitation)
	2 - Instrumentos fiscais e mecanismos financeiros	Financial mechanisms for conservation, not limited to carbon Projetos de REDD+	PSA, inclusive em adição ao Código Florestal (CF) Incentivos fiscais para a bioeconomia de baixo impacto	PES (positive externalities) Incentive programs for sustainable agriculture (e.g. ABC Program) Fiscal and financial incentives with counterparts for conservation Elimination of funding for unsustainable and, over time, untraceable activities	Tax incentives that relate industry and services to conservation activities and distribute benefits to other areas of the Amazon Incentives for circular economy (e.g. solid waste) Iniciativas urbanas inspiradas nas Soluções Baseadas na Natureza
	3 - Ordenamento territorial e regularização fundiária	Collection of public land and registration in the land administration system Allocation of public forests Consolidation and expansion of Conservation Units and indigenous lands Recognition of collective rights of other traditional communities	Collection of public land and registration in the land administration system Allocation of public forests Conservation Units and public concessions Emphasis on land administration with regularization of individual and collective rights and conflict resolution	Emphasis on land administration with regularization of individual and collective rights and conflict resolution Full compliance with the FC	Revision of the Amazon Master Plans Encouraging the reoccupation and restoration of vacant and/or deteriorated properties to achieve the goals of compact and connected cities Urban land regularization
	4 - Ciência, tecnologia e inovação	Aprofundamento do conhecimento da natureza e das culturas locais Tecnologias sociais Inclusão das populações locais, principalmente jovens	Native forestry Sustainability of management Applied science for low-impact bioeconomy	Strengthening of traceability systems (blockchain, remote sensing, etc.) Desenvolvimento de tecnologias mais adequadas à integração commodities - floresta Food systems compatible with the maintenance of biodiversity Technologies and methodologies for measuring carbon in activities related to land use and biodiversity monitoring	Solid Waste Circular economy Creative Economy Energy Representation of local researchers Decentralized expansion of research and innovation centers
	5 - Infraestrutura	Basic, low-impact logistics for access to remote locations, but with high technology to meet demands based on modernized concepts, such as river transport	Basic, low-impact logistics for access to remote locations, but with high technology to meet demands based on modernized concepts, such as river transport	Clean logistics, ports, roads, etc.	Green infrastructure associated with the housing agenda (water, sanitation, mobility, parks, restaurant rings, etc.) and based on new building materials (low carbon, energy efficient, etc.) in order to increase the comfort of residents and reduce the use of harmful products. Infra for care, culture and well-being Climate change adaptation actions Integration of energy systems
	6 - Questões Indígenas	Comprehensive protection of Indigenous Lands, their sociodiversity and biodiversity	Comprehensive protection of Indigenous Lands, their sociodiversity and biodiversity	Recuperação dos ecossistemas das Terras Indigenas que foram modificados ou invadidos	Elaboration of programs for the protection of indigenous people who reside in Amazonian cities, especially for income generation and protection of their rights
Fronts of structuring actions		Ações de comando & controle do desmatamento e degradação ambiental (rule of law), incluindo combate a grilagem de terras e aplicação integral do Código Florestal Brasileiro Engajamento das populações locais na proteção dos recursos naturais, inclusive por meio de educação ambiental Fortalecimento da Formação Geral Básica e Educação profissionalizante, bolsas de estudos Acesso à saúde de qualidade (fortalecimento do sistema público de saúde) Segurança pública para todos Combate a ilegalidades e ilicitudes Adaptação ás mudanças climáticas
Transversal action fronts		Fortalecimento da governança na Amazônia Capacidades institucionais locais e do papel dos municípios Entidades subnacionais Interações com as instâncias de governança internacionais Valorização da cultura: Amazônia como patrimônio de altíssimo valor para a sociedade como um todo

ABC

Low Carbon Agriculture

CF

Forest Code

C&T

Science and Technology

ILPF

Crop-Livestock-Forest Integration

PSA

Payment for Environmental Services

SAF

Agroforestry System

REDD+

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation; conservation; sustainable forest management; and enhancement of forest carbon stocks
		Conserved areas	Transition areas	Converted areas	Cities
Basic premise		The intact forest remains intact	Containment of deforestation and regeneration of the forest and biodiversity	Complete traceability ensures that negative externalities are minimized	Increased productivity of urban economic activities Urban sustainability (sanitation, circularity, mobility, etc.) Application of Nature-Based Solutions to cities and their infrastructure
Specific action fronts	1 - Economy	Forest conservation Sociobioeconomy Accelerators for small sociobioeconomy businesses, with the use of technologies Tourism Creative economy Solidarity economy	Forest restoration, nature-based solutions, integration with sustainable management, SAF, ILPF, sociobioeconomy Forest concessions Native silvicultures Nature-based tourism Strengthening of existing agri-food chains	Agromineral commodity production Commodities with low externalities inserted in land use mosaics that include preservation and production areas Ecological corridors for maintaining biodiversity Ecosystem restoration Forest concessions Maximum utilization of local products	Services Industries Creative economy Solidarity economy Entrepreneurship Public-Private Partnerships (urban infrastructure, e.g. basic sanitation)
	2 - Fiscal instruments and financial mechanisms	Financial mechanisms aimed at conservation, not limited to carbon REDD+ projects	PSA, including in addition to the Forest Code (CF) Tax incentives for low-impact bioeconomy	PSA (positive externalities) Incentive programs for sustainable agriculture (e.g. ABC Program) Tax and financial incentives with conservation counterparts Elimination of financing for unsustainable activities and, over time, untracked activities	Tax incentives linking industry and services with conservation activities and distributing benefits to other areas of the Amazon Incentives for the circular economy (e.g. solid waste) Urban initiatives inspired by Nature-Based Solutions
	3 - Land use planning and land regularization	Public land collection and registration in the land administration system Allocation of public forests Consolidation and expansion of Conservation Units and indigenous lands Recognition of collective rights of other traditional communities	Public land collection and registration in the land administration system Allocation of public forests Conservation Units and public concessions Emphasis on land management with regularization of individual and collective rights and conflict resolution	Emphasis on land management with regularization of individual and collective rights and conflict resolution Full compliance with the CF	Review of Amazonian Master Plans Encouragement of reoccupation and restoration of vacant and/or deteriorated properties to achieve the goals of compact and connected cities Urban land regularization
	4 - Science, technology and innovation	Deepening knowledge of nature and local cultures Social technologies Inclusion of local populations, especially young people	Native silviculture Sustainable management Science applied to low-impact bioeconomy	Strengthening traceability systems (blockchain, remote sensing, etc.) Development of technologies more suited to commodity-forest integration Food systems compatible with biodiversity maintenance Technologies and methodologies for measuring carbon in land use activities and monitoring biodiversity	Solid waste Circular economy Creative economy Energy Representation of local researchers Decentralized expansion of research and innovation centers
	5 - Infrastructure	Basic logistics, with very low impact, for access to remote locations, but high technology to meet demands based on modernized concepts, such as river transport	Basic logistics, with very low impact, for access to remote locations, but high technology to meet demands based on modernized concepts, such as river transport	Clean logistics, port, road, etc.	Green infrastructure associated with the housing agenda (water, sanitation, mobility, parks, restoration rings, etc.) and based on new building materials (low carbon, energy efficiency, etc.), in order to increase the comfort of residents and reduce the use of harmful products. Infrastructure for care, culture, and well-being Climate change adaptation actions Integration of energy systems
	6 - Indigenous issues	Full protection of Indigenous Lands, their sociodiversity and biodiversity	Full protection of Indigenous Lands, their sociodiversity and biodiversity	Restoration of ecosystems of Indigenous Lands that have been modified or invaded	Development of programs for the protection of indigenous people living in Amazonian cities, especially income generation and protection of their rights
Structuring action fronts		Command & control actions against deforestation and environmental degradation (rule of law), including combating land grabbing and full application of the Brazilian Forest Code Engagement of local populations in protecting natural resources, including through environmental education Strengthening of General Basic Education and professional education, scholarships Access to quality healthcare (strengthening the public health system) Public safety for all Combating illegalities and illicit activities Climate change adaptation
Transversal action fronts		Strengthening governance in the Amazon Local institutional capacities and the role of municipalities Subnational entities Interactions with international governance bodies Valuing culture: Amazonia as a heritage of high value for society as a whole

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