Amazon Projects

• Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Two Priority Landscapes in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region

  The Ecuadorian Amazon is at high risk of deforestation and degradation, with pressure on forest ecosystems increasing as competing land uses from extractive and agricultural activities continue to rise. The project will work at both regional and local levels.

  

• Securing the Future of Peru’s Natural Protected Areas

  As an Amazon Sustainable Landscapes child project, this project will create a mechanism to provide long-term financial sustainability to Peru’s Amazon protected areas.
  

  

• Protected Areas: Key to Achieving Peace in Colombia

  Last updated: 12/4/2018

  A recently signed peace agreement between the government of Colombia and the left-wing guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) opens the door to restoring the health of the country’s natural resources as well as preventing further damage or loss to them. 

  

• Transforming Peru's forest sector

  Last updated: 5/12/2016
  

  Illegal logging is more prevalent in Peru than in most countries around the world. The majority of the timber from Peru is harvested illegally. But the Peruvian government—with help from WWF and others—is turning this situation around. Together, they are transforming and modernizing Peru’s forest sector.

  

• Securing a Future for Forests and Communities in Bolivia

  Indigenous communities control 30 percent of forested land in the Bolivian lowlands. The sustainable management of this land is essential to ensuring a prosperous future for Bolivia, its indigenous people and the environment. In this country and elsewhere, WWF plays a key role in helping community organizations strengthen their ability to promote sustainable forestry.