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¿WHAT IS PROAMAZONÍA?

PROAmazonía is the AmazonIan Integral Forest Conservation and Sustainable Production Program. It is an initiative led by the Ministry of Environment and Water and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock with support from the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP. This national government programme links national efforts to reduce deforestation with the priority agendas and policies of the country’s economic sectors. It also promotes sustainable and integrated management of natural resources by contributing to poverty eradication and sustainable human development.
PROAmazonía strengthens Ecuador’s positioning as a country committed to global efforts to combat climate change, the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

PROAmazonía is funded by non-reimbursable funds from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Global Environment Fund (GEF). It will actively work until 2023 to drive the sustainable development of the Amazon.

GCF project:
“Promotion of financial and land use planning instruments for emission reduction and deforestation”.
Execution amount:
USD 41,172,739.00

Proyecto GEF:
“Integrated management of Multi-Use Landscapes and High Conservation Value for the sustainable development of the Ecuadorian Amazon Region”.
Execution Amount:
USD 12,172,739.00

PROAmazonía contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals

MAIN GOALS:

The program intervenes in the six Amazonian provinces, and in the dry forest of the South (Loja and El Oro).

160 thousand hectares preserved through the Socio Bosque Project.

45 thousand hectares of transition to sustainable production.

286 thousand hectares of watersheds preserved and restored through three water sources.

Update of Territorial Planning Plans: 6 provincial, 17 cantonal, 5 parochial.

Update of five Life Plans for indigenous towns and nationalities.

Four sustainable and deforestation-free certified products.