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09/05/2022
On Amazon Day, FUNBIO celebrates the commitment of its projects to the biome
AMAZONAS, BRAZIL, JULY 2018: Aerial view of Ubim Community. Biodiversity in the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve in the state of Amazonas. (Photos: Victor Moriyama)
On Amazon Day, FUNBIO reaffirms the commitment of its projects: to take care of the world’s largest rainforest every day of the year. There are currently 11 initiatives which, through sustainable development, the promotion of research focused on the biome, actions to help reduce CO2 emissions, support for indigenous communities and control of illegal deforestation, work in favor of the Amazon.
ARPA, the world’s largest rainforest protection program, supports an area equivalent to almost two Germanys.
Tradition and Future in the Amazon Project supports the territorial and environmental management of five Kayapó Indigenous Lands.
FUNBIO Grants Programa support Brazilian master’s and doctoral students in their research on the biome.
The Interstate Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Legal Amazon seeks to encourage sustainable productive development and curb illegal deforestation.
