The Challenge

Biodiversity conservation is essential to maintaining ecosystem balance, protecting the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities, and strengthening sustainable economies. The states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Pará, and Amapá—strategic territories within the Legal Amazon and the Cerrado biome—face pressures such as deforestation, agricultural expansion, mining, infrastructure projects, and land conflicts.

The Solution

The project seeks to strengthen local capacities and public policies to address these challenges and promote sustainable territorial solutions. To achieve this, it combines training for public officials, community leaders, and civil society organizations; knowledge generation and dissemination; multi-stakeholder coordination; and support for policies on biodiversity conservation, sociobiodiversity, and the sustainable use of natural resources.

Key Results

  • National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) priorities translated to the subnational level, with greater alignment to the territorial, sociocultural, and institutional realities of the priority states.
  • Public officials with strengthened technical, administrative, and coordination capacities to integrate biodiversity into local policies, programs, and strategies.
  • Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, family farmers, and civil society organizations better prepared to participate in the implementation of biodiversity actions.
  • Strengthened learning, exchange, and financing networks, enabling the replication of territorial solutions and the implementation of the NBSAP at scale.

Why Does This Matter for Brazil?

The project contributes to sustainable development and supports Brazil’s commitments under the Global Biodiversity Framework by strengthening public policies, local capacities, and governance arrangements focused on biodiversity conservation and sociocultural diversity. It promotes the socio-economic inclusion of Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, and family farmers, linking food security, the valorization of sociobiodiversity, and ecosystem protection, while generating benefits for climate resilience, water resource conservation, and the reduction of pressures on native vegetation.

Contact

Silvana Bastos – silvana@ispn.org.br