Brazil - Amazon Sustainable Landscapes - Xingu Project

Overview & Synopsis

Brazil: Amazon Sustainable Landscapes: Xingu Project for Brazil has the development objective/s to enhance conservation and sustainable management in selected areas in the Lower Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon. Component 1: Strengthening Conservation and Management of Selected Areas supports governance and integrated landscape management through updated plans and strengthened management councils; Sub-components include (a) Governance and Landscape Management to update and implement plans for protected areas, Indigenous Lands, and Quilombola Territories and promote mosaic management; (b) Community-Based Sustainable Forest Management to train and equip community forestry offices, update and implement Community Forest Management Plans aligned with Forest Stewardship Council standards, and support sustainable forest use and ecological tourism in the Caxiuanã National Forest; and (c) River Turtle Conservation to implement community-based surveillance and monitoring of nesting beaches, nest translocation, hatchling releases, and environmental education in the Vitória de Souzel Sustainable Development Reserve and Tabuleiro do Embaubal Wildlife Refuge. Component 2: Socio-bioeconomy Enhancing Sustainable Production catalyzes nature-based livelihoods with an emphasis on women’s leadership; Sub-components include (a) Restoration Value Chain to prepare Municipal Plans for Restoration of Native Vegetation and strengthen the Xingu Seed Network; (b) Xingu Bio-Hub to diagnose and support community enterprises with training, small processing facilities, equipment, and market assistance; (c) National Program for Community-Based Forest Management to elaborate program frameworks, site-specific multi-year support, and pilot value-added initiatives; and (d) Environmental Management of Productive Landscapes to provide technical assistance, territorial planning, environmental regularization, restoration, and connectivity measures across rural settlements and surrounding areas. Component 3: People, Water and Forest: Reinforcing Enabling Environment improves policy coherence and participation; Sub-components include (a) Lower Xingu Framework to integrate public policies, climate risk assessments, participatory planning, and screening for Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures; (b) Institutional Strengthening of Community-Based Organizations through diagnostics, capacity building, and information technology; and (c) Citizen Participation to support municipal councils with training, advisory services, transparency tools, and use of deforestation and fire reports. Component 4: Edu-communication and Integrated Information and Knowledge Management advances learning, local content production, and knowledge exchange; Sub-components include (a) Integrated Knowledge and Information Management for education, systematization of lessons, and dissemination; (b) Edu-communication Centers and Networks to build local media capacity, equipment, and youth and women engagement; and (c) Communication and Participation in national and international events to share results and lessons. Component 5: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation ensures effective coordination, fiduciary management, environmental and social risk management, and learning through a Project Operations Manual, annual plans, core indicators, and independent evaluations aligned with the Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program.