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The document evaluates how fiscal, budgetary, monetary, and trade policies in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic integrated or ignored natural capital in the Legal Amazon. It finds that the vast majority of economic stimulus measures had a negative impact on natural capital, with 87.2% categorized as 'high negative'. While some positive measures exist in bioeconomy and low-carbon agriculture, the report argues that nature was not central to economic decision-making and recommends a shift toward a 'green recovery' that values standing forests.

The Soares family in Juruti, Brazil, is transitioning from traditional slash-and-burn agriculture to an agroforestry system to diversify income and restore the landscape. Originally focused on cassava production, the family is now integrating native tree species and fruit trees to increase food security and climate resilience. This transition is part of a pilot project involving 22 farmers, designed to provide a sustainable economic alternative to deforestation in the Amazon region.

The WWF Emergency Amazon Fire Fund raised $1,750,113 to support fire response and recovery in the Amazon between 2019 and 2021. The fund provided firefighting equipment, monitoring technology, and humanitarian aid to partners in Brazil and Bolivia, benefiting over 117,000 people across 77 indigenous lands and conservation areas. Key initiatives included the distribution of over 6,000 pieces of firefighting equipment, the provision of 18 drones for forest monitoring, and the establishment of solar-powered laboratories to support sustainable cusi oil production by women in Bolivia's Chiquitano Dry Forest.