One of the primary strategies for environmental conservation of the Amazon is the creation of Protected Areas (PAs). They support the regulation of land management, helping to contain illegal land grabbing and guarantee land use rights for traditional residents of the Amazon. In addition they promote the conservation of natural resources through their sensible and controlled use, guaranteeing the safety of the genetic heritage of the largest tropical forest on the planet, preserving its hydrological function, including normalized rain cycles, humidity creation and local and global climate.

Idesam’s Protected Areas Program develops studies and projects that support the creation and consolidation of Protected Areas. The Institute guarantees that the rules of the reserves function and that their benefts reach both residents and the natural environment. To this effect Idesam works to defne strategies that establish these protected areas, through studies and analysis of their operational costs, appropriate policy options and legal frameworks. The highlight of Idesam’s work at the forefront of consolidation of Protected Areas in the State of Amazonas is its direct engagement, since 2006, in the Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve (SDR), in the central Amazon.

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Regulation and Management of Protected Areas Project
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Co-Management of The Uatumã Reserve
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Forest Allowance program
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