Active conservation projects in Brazil
New or updated projects
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Community-Based Managed Floodplain Fisheries: Varzea Project Phase II
The Varzea project addresses the problem of unsustainable fisheries. Alongside logging and land clearing (for cattle ranching and agriculture), small ...
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Saving the Amazon
Described by many as the “lungs of the world”, the Amazon rainforest is severely threatened. Uncontrolled logging and development continue to contribu...
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Implementation of National Forests: Solving Land Tenure Problems, Avoiding Forest Degradation
The project seeks to support measures to reduce deforestation in Brazil, in particular through the reduction of illegal logging and timber collection....
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Programme on Protected Areas and Support to ARPA
The Amazon contains the world's largest rainforest. Around half of the planets's remaining tropical rainforests are found in the Amazon and at least 1...
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Amazon Keystone Initiative
The Amazon Keystone Initiative (AKI) contributes to WWF Brazil's vision for the Amazon. It also aims to structure WWF Brazil through Italian support i...
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DIALOGOS - Building Consensus on Access to Natural Resources in the Brazilian Amazon
The project aims to improve forest conservation by tapping the potential of the limited and under-explored spaces for dialogue, negotiation, coordinat...
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Protecting the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland
The Pantanal, located in southwestern Brazil as well as parts of Bolivia and Paraguay, is the world’s largest wetland. Here, one finds howler monkeys,...
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Sustainable Energy Blueprint
This project will undertake an ambitious analysis of the potential contribution of energy efficiency and renewable and clean energy technologies to Br...
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Freshwater Conservation Programme - Phase II
Freshwater systems are experiencing the fastest rate of destruction of all the biomes in the world. This is a combined result of poor management, over...
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Agriculture and Environment Programme
This programme works closely with the agriculture productive sector in Brazil, sharing information and promoting solutions for environmental conservat...
