The Amazon rainforest: the world’s most important ecosystem

Our work in the region has one primary goal:

• The protection of the Amazon, with its current ecosystem intact.

To reach this goal, we have set an intermediate one:

• The protection of large, contiguous areas of rainforest in selected parts of the Amazon.

We work closely with several actors in the protection of several
large, contiguous rainforest areas. As Brazil, Peru, and Colombia hold
half of the remaining tropical rainforests of the world, we have a
particular focus on these three countries in our work.

1. The Yavari-Tapiche Territorial Corridor for the protection of isolated indigenous peoples in northeastern Peru
2. The Pano-Arawak Territorial Corridor for the protection of isolated indigenous peoples in southeastern Peru
3. The Territorial Corridor of 9 contiguous indigenous peoples in northwestern Peru
4. 16 contiguous indigenous territories in eastern Colombian Amazon
5. 3 deforestation hotspot areas in western Colombian Amazon
6. Integrated
   management of seven contiguous indigenous territories in the Río Negro
   Basin and sustainable management of the Yanomami indigenous territory in
   the adjacent area.
7. Integrated management of the Xingú basin in Brazil
8. Integrated management of the Río Negro basin in Brazil and Colombia
9. Management of contiguous territories and protected areas in northeastern Brazilian Amazon

In these areas, we are working exert influence on the authorities to
establish new indigenous territories. Where territories have already
been established, we provide assistance to the indigenous and other
local communities to ensure the sustainable management of the
territories, improved living standards, perpetuation of their
territorial protections, and ensuring that their rights are respected.

In order to achieve this, we work to set up and improve on existing
participatory processes that strengthen the political and legal
frameworks for rainforest protection and the rights of indigenous and
other forest-dependent communities in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

In order to address the main drivers behind the massive deforestation
and human rights violations in the Amazon, we focus on selected
commercial actors to help them change their policies and activities with
regards to the Amazon and commodities stemming from it.