Amazon Fund

Here are the publications and videos produced by other institutions. 

• Guide to Good Practice and lessons learned from the creation, operation and monitoring of financial funds for
  environmental performance. Case studies: The Amazon Fund and other environmental performance funds in Latin America
  Publication coordinated by the technical cooperation between the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development through GIZ.
  Click here to access the spanish version
  
  

• Mid-term evaluation report on the effectiveness of the Amazon Fund
  This evaluation, covering the period from 2008 to 2018, was carried out by a team of independent consultants and completed in 2019, with technical coordination from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - ECLAC, of the United Nations (UN). This evaluation included two complementary thematic studies that can be checked at the following links: Amazon Fund benefit distribution study and Thematic study of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) projects supported by the Amazon Fund
  
  
• Thematic Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Projects to Combat Forest Fires and Unauthorized Burning supported by the Amazon Fund / BNDES
  This report presents the results of the ex-post effectiveness evaluations for fire prevention projects. The evaluations were conducted by a team of independent consultants coordinated by the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), under technical cooperation with BNDES regarding the Amazon Fund
  
  
• See in the table below the group of projects that make up the Thematic Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Scientific and Technological Development Projects supported by the Amazon Fund / BNDES
  This report presents the results of the ex-post effectiveness evaluation of component 4 “Science, Innovation and Economic Instruments” projects sponsored by the Amazon Fund / BNDES. They include the “Biodiversity”, “Amazon Bioactive Compounds”, “Mangrove Forests”, “Belém Islands” and “Amazon Public Policy Incubator” projects, which ended between 2015 and 2018. This evaluation was carried out by a team of independent consultants under the coordination of the technical cooperation between BNDES and the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). 

• Individual effectiveness evaluations (ex-post) of concluded projects sponsored by the Amazon Fund/BNDES. Forest Assistance Program, Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS)
  Dissemination and Improvement of Sustainable Forest Management Techniques, Tropical Forest Institute (IFT)
  Socio-environmental Management in Municipalities of Pará, Amazon Institute for People and the Environment (Imazon)
  Amazon Water Springs, Municipality of Alta Floresta/MT
  Portal Seeds, Ouro Verde Institute (IOV)
  Going Green, TNC Brasil – The Nature Conservancy do Brasil

• Gender equality in projects for sustainable productive activities supported by the Amazon Fund/ BNDES
  This study was conducted by a team of independent consultants coordinated by the technical cooperation between the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development through GIZ. All opinions expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the position of GIZ and BNDES. This document has not been submitted for editorial review.  
  As part of this study a film was produced highlighting the challenges of women in the countryside, the importance of these women for sustainable development and the achievements and advances in gender equality in rural areas.
  Available at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoSGgEe0SiU&ab_channel=GIZBrasil
  
  
• Avoided Deforestation Linked to Environmental Registration of Properties in the Brazilian Amazon
  Conservation Letters
  
  
• Avoided Deforestation (REDD) and Indigenous Peoples
  Instituto Socioambiental and Forest Trends