De Potencial a Ação: Omecs e Conservação Inclusiva no Brasil

The document examines the synergy between agroextractive settlements (PAEs) and community fishing agreements in the Lower Amazon, specifically focusing on PAE Lago Grande and APes Curuai. It highlights how these hybrid governance structures support biodiversity and traditional livelihoods but are threatened by land tenure insecurity, illegal mining, and insufficient state monitoring. The report argues that recognizing such areas as Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECM/OMEC) could strengthen territorial defense and inclusive conservation.

• The PAE Lago Grande is one of Brazil's largest agroextractive settlements, covering over 250,000 hectares and supporting more than 30,000 people across 140 communities in the Lower Amazon.
• The APes Curuai fishing agreement, ratified in 2023, covers 55,277.56 hectares and 64 fishing communities, benefiting approximately 5,000 families across Santarém, Óbidos, and Juruti.
• Land tenure insecurity is a primary threat to the region, as the collective land use titles (CCDRU) for PAE Lago Grande have not been issued, leaving families legally vulnerable and hindering access to public credit and infrastructure.
• The territory has faced significant pressure from the mining company Alcoa, which conducted mineral research without community consent on 50% of the PAE's area, leading to a 2019 federal court ruling prohibiting the company's entry based on ILO 169 rights.
• The PAE Lago Grande utilizes a participatory 'Utilization Plan' (PU) that imposes stricter environmental rules than national law, restricting agriculture and livestock to 10% of the area, compared to the 20% allowed by the Forest Code in the Legal Amazon.
• There is a critical lack of a national monitoring system for Environmentally Differentiated Settlements (ADDs), resulting in a dependence on community social vigilance and a lack of institutional support for environmental enforcement.
• Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme droughts and floods, which heightens the need for communities to maintain diverse territories across both terra firme and floodplain (várzea) ecosystems.
• The report recommends that PAEs and fishing agreements be recognized as Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECM/OMEC) to attract sustainable investment and prioritize land regularization.

APA

Maretti, C. C., Lobo, R., Gajardo, O. B., & Pacheco, P. (2025). De Potencial a Ação: Omecs e Conservação Inclusiva no Brasil. WWF International. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1806/Brazil_CS_Assentamento_Agroextrativista_Lago_Grande_e_Acordo_de_Pesca_de_Curuai.pdf

Chicago

Maretti, Cláudio C., Rafaella Lobo, Osvaldo Barassi Gajardo, and Pablo Pacheco. De Potencial a Ação: Omecs e Conservação Inclusiva no Brasil. WWF International, 2025. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1806/Brazil_CS_Assentamento_Agroextrativista_Lago_Grande_e_Acordo_de_Pesca_de_Curuai.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{maretti2025potencial, author = {Maretti, Cláudio C. and Lobo, Rafaella and Gajardo, Osvaldo Barassi and Pacheco, Pablo}, title = {{De Potencial a Ação: Omecs e Conservação Inclusiva no Brasil}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1806/Brazil_CS_Assentamento_Agroextrativista_Lago_Grande_e_Acordo_de_Pesca_de_Curuai.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }