Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program

The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program is a multi-country initiative involving Brazil, Colombia, and Peru to combat deforestation and biodiversity loss. With a total program cost of $796,664,455 (including $113,684,455 from the GEF Trust Fund and $682,980,000 in co-financing), the program focuses on four components: expanding and managing protected areas, implementing integrated landscape management, aligning sectoral policies to reduce deforestation, and fostering regional cooperation. The program targets the mitigation of 300 million metric tons of CO2e and the improved management of 73,117,000 hectares of landscapes.

• The program's primary objective is to protect globally significant biodiversity and implement policies that foster sustainable land use and the restoration of native vegetation cover.
• The program is structured around four interrelated components: Integrated Amazon Protected Areas, Integrated Landscape Management, Policies for Protected and Productive Landscapes, and Capacity Building and Regional Cooperation.
• The program targets significant global environmental benefits, including the mitigation of 300 million metric tons of CO2e and the improved management of 73,117,000 hectares of landscapes.
• Agricultural expansion, particularly cattle ranching, is identified as the leading cause of land-use change and deforestation in the Amazon, contributing to the release of 340 million tons of carbon annually.
• Other critical drivers of deforestation include transportation infrastructure (with 96,500 km of existing roads), energy infrastructure (over 150 planned dams), illegal gold mining, oil and gas exploration, and the illegal timber trade.
• The program utilizes a 'Project Finance for Permanence' (PFP) approach to ensure long-term financial sustainability for protected area systems, a model previously applied in Brazil through the ARPA program.
• The total program cost is $796,664,455, consisting of $113,684,455 in GEF Trust Fund financing and $682,980,000 in co-financing from governments, bilateral agencies, multilateral agencies, CSOs, and the private sector.
• The program identifies several systemic barriers to sustainable development, including shortcomings in national policy and legal frameworks, inefficient enforcement, and limited cross-border collaboration.

APA

WWF International (2015). Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/983/2d2948065w_Amazon_Sustainable_Landscapes_Program_Framework_Document.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program. 2015. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/983/2d2948065w_Amazon_Sustainable_Landscapes_Program_Framework_Document.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2015amazon, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2015}, month = jul, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/983/2d2948065w_Amazon_Sustainable_Landscapes_Program_Framework_Document.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }