Brazilian Legal Amazon MPTF 

ObjectivesFund scope

The “Legal Amazon” is a geographic area of 5.1 million km² that stretches across nine Brazilian states (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins). Representing two-thirds (67%) of the world’s largest remaining tropical forest, the Amazon Basin is home has some of the region (and world’s) greatest natural biodiversity. Ongoing development challenges, however, have created imbalances that have curbed agricultural growth and intensified the need for environmental protection.

Deforestation in Brazil is caused by agrarian and logging activities that impact natural resource and economic development, legal security, and the overall bioeconomy of the forest. In terms of human growth and security, access to higher education and to water and sanitation infrastructure is low compared to other parts of the country. What is more, the 28 million residents of the Brazilian Legal Amazon experienced far-reaching health, economic, social, political, institutional and environmental impacts linked to the COVID-19 pandemic that amplified existing inequalities and vulnerabilities.

Unique environmental, socioeconomic, technological, and political challenges require distinctive solutions, which is why stakeholders of MPTF for the Sustainable Development in the Brazilian Legal Amazon are delivering coordinated responses to accelerate the sustainable development of the Legal Amazon in integrated ways that address regional opportunities and challenges.

Fund activities are anchored in the Interstate Consortium of the Brazilian Legal Amazon and guidelines in the national Strategic Planning Document 2019 to 2030 and Legal Amazon Green Recovery Plan. Priorities pursued are designed to:  

• Provide a responsible, transparent and results-based financial instrument to mobilize and channel funds from international partners to transform socioeconomic gains in the Legal Amazon by 2030.
• Impart national ownership and align United Nations actions with national and regional priorities.
• Leverage United Nations expertise for partners to promote an integrated vision of sustainable development for the Amazon Basin.  

Theory of change  

Fund stakeholders support the implementation of the SDGs with actions that are aligned with the UN human rights standards and international environmental agreements to better face the triple planetary crisis, reduce adverse environmental, social and economic effects on Amazon territory, generate economic alternatives that benefit the most vulnerable (protecting livelihoods), and secure resource, environmental, and food security.    

Actions address barriers to data collection, help with improving public awareness and institutional capacities, change legislative and policy environment standards, and secure innovative and sustainable streams of financing. They also involve:  

Implementing solutions in municipalities for local populations to access technical assistance for sustainable planning, provision of basic services, risk management, and adopting efficient practices and technologies.

• Assisting the financial sector (investment, finance and insurance) in embracing environmental responsibility and climate change standards that contribute to a greener economy.
• Promoting mechanisms that support sustainable consumption, generate income, reduce resource loss, and strengthen good waste management practices.
• Consolidating land tenure payment mechanisms with environmental services and means of charging for consumption of natural resources, GHG emissions, and pollution.  
• Ensuring institutional capacities for national and subnational management meet emergency and humanitarian needs.
• Public and private investments in green technologies and nature-based solutions contribute to a greener economy.

Outcomes are anticipated to strengthen governance mechanisms to promote sustainable development, enhance the effectiveness of national laws, reduce illicit activities, and also promote sustainable and inclusive economic development activities that are in harmony with natural ecosystems. In tandem, stakeholders aim to empower local populations in bettering sustainable cities and human settlements, as well as improving the management of socio-environmental issues, mitigating causes, and increasing resilience and adaptation measures to adverse events.  

GovernanceGovernance arrangements

Steering Committee  

Members govern the Fund and function as the central decision-making body, providing strategic guidance and holding ultimate accountability for the Fund to achieve its programmatic objectives. The Committee is also responsible for approving the strategic direction of the Fund and its overall results framework along with the risk management strategy and regularly review risk monitoring, based on the risk matrix updated by the Technical Secretariat; signing off on annual budgets and workplans; reviewing and approving proposals submitted for funding, as well as monitoring Fund and authorizing periodic progress reports consolidated by the Fund Administration and Secretariat.

Technical Committees

Seven Technical Committees have been established to support the Technical Secretariat by reviewing project or programme proposals submitted to the Fund.    

Secretariat

The Secretariat is responsible for the operational aspects of the Fund, as well as ensuring the proper clearance of quality assurance functions. Members provide technical and administrative support to the steering and technical committees, and is responsible for organizing project evaluations, as well as monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and risk management processes.    

Administrative Agent

Recipient Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, the MPTF Office. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Recipient Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors.    

Projects

Brazilian Legal Amazon MPTF

Brazilian Legal Amazon MPTF is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

Brazilian Legal Amazon MPTF

Results

Results are achieved by way of coordinated responses across three national priorities for sustainable development in the Legal Amazon.

ContactsPoints of contact