ANI Strategies
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The Amazon Network Initiative
Conserving the Legacy of a Living Amazon
Daniel Arancibia
WWF
October 20, 2009
Amazon: Geographic Scope
6.7 million square
kilometers in size
Shared by 8 countries & 1
overseas territory
> 33 million people living in
the Amazon
The Amazon Biome: Importance
>90-140 billion tons of carbon –
significant for climate change
mitigation
40% of the Earth’s remaining
Tropical Forests
20% of world’s freshwater flows
through the Basin
> 10% of the known species on Earth
found here
350 indigenous groups dependent on
its resources; > 60 still living in
voluntary isolation
WWF in the Amazon
> 40 years of experience in the
region
Presence in 8 out of 9 countries
Work with partners across scales –
local to global
Thematic expertise on footprint &
biodiversity issues
Climate Change
Amazon: a regional and global climate regulator
Links between deforestation and climate change
Potential tipping points
Extensive Cattle Ranching
80% of deforestation in the
Amazon Biome brought about
by cattle ranching
Low productivity cattle
ranching pervasive
Mechanized agriculture
Amazon increasingly
integrated into national and
global demand
Booming demand for animal
feed and biofuels
Soy
Sugar cane
Palm oil
Drivers of change in the Amazon
Market demand for agro-commodities and energy
Transport infrastructure
Amazon as critical provider of ecosystem goods & services not
factored into development paradigm
Comparatively low economic value of natural ecosystems
Opportunistic land use
Amazon Network Initiative: Vision
We envision an ecologically healthy Amazon Biome that maintains
its environmental and cultural contribution to local peoples, the
countries of the region, and the world, within a framework of social
equity, inclusive economic development and global responsibility
Amazon Conceptual Model
Main Strategies
Main drivers
Main Threats
Market demand
(agro-commodities)
Climate
Change
Sustainable
Commodities
Shifting the Paradigm
Transport
Infrastructure
Bolstering the
Value of Natural
Ecosystems
Lack of Ecosystem
Value
Main pressures
Mechanized
Agriculture
Deforestation
/ Conversion
Conservation
Targets
Ecological Systems
Landscape
Planning &
Conservation
Free Flowing
Rivers & Forest
Friendly Roads
Weak Governance /
lack integrated
vision
Environmental Flows
Extensive
Cattle
Ranching
Regional climate
patterns
Lack of planning /
land grabbing
Water
Infrastructure
Market demand
(energy)
River flow
changes
ANI Strategies
Shifting the Paradigm
Bolstering the Value of Natural
Ecosystems
Sound Land Planning and Conservation
Sustainable Agro-Commodities
Free-flowing Rivers and Forest-friendly
Roads
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ANI Strategy 1: Shifting the Paradigm
Amazon ecosystem services incorporated as critical ingredient of
development
Amazon’s regional & global contribution understood as vital
Responsibility fostered at all levels
By:
Showing policy / economic
benefits of healthy Amazon
Building committed & informed
constituencies for the Amazon
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ANI Strategy 2: Bolstering the Value of Natural
Ecosystems
Increased market value of natural ecosystems by:
Promoting Carbon Credits
Payment for Environmental
Services (other than carbon)
Advocating for comprehensive
forest policies
Promoting demand for
sustainable forest products
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ANI Strategy 3: Land Planning & Conservation
Secure the foundations of a healthy ecosystem through a
landscape approach by supporting:
Land-use plans in priority landscapes
Strengthening of land tenure and resource rights
Creation of Protected Areas
Effective management of critical
protected areas, indigenous lands
& key areas without legal
protection
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ANI Strategy 4: Sustainable Agro-Commodities
Influence markets to signal need for
improved performance through :
Adoption of socio-environmental
standards & better management
practices
Designation of “go” vs. “no-go”
zones
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ANI Strategy 5: Forest Friendly Roads & FreeFlowing Rivers
Infrastructure development recognizes importance of ecosystem
and local residents’ needs by:
Improving social & environmental criteria
Influencing national and regional transportation and energy
policies
Enhancing civil society capacity & participation during
infrastructure design & implementation
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ANI Multi-Scale Approach
Source: Folke et al.(1998)
WWF Presence in Amazon
Potential WWF Priority Landscapes
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