What is USAID's Amazon Vision?
The Amazon rainforest’s vast plant and animal diversity and influence on global weather patterns make it a critical ecosystem for our planet. Protecting the Amazon is a key part of the United States Government’s climate change agenda. USAID is taking action to confront the complex challenges threatening the Amazon and the people who depend on it. USAID’s vision for the region is a healthy and resilient Amazon basin that is valued by society, ensures human well-being, and safeguards our global climate. This video provides an overview of the Agency’s progress in achieving these goals.
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File USAID Amazon Vision: 2021 Report A healthy Amazon benefits everyone on the planet, especially those who live and work in the region. But the region faces serious threats: over the last four decades, the Amazon’s carbon uptake, biodiversity, and ecosystem productivity have declined. To address these threats and preserve the region’s ecosystems, USAID developed the Amazon Vision in 2016. This framework establishes a concerted and strategic regional response across USAID’s efforts in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Guyana, and Suriname. This report shares progress toward the Amazon Vision’s ongoing efforts to maintain a healthy and resilient Amazon basin.
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File USAID Amazon Vision: 2021 Report Summary A healthy Amazon benefits everyone on the planet, especially those who live and work in the region. But the region faces serious threats: over the last four decades, the Amazon’s carbon uptake, biodiversity, and ecosystem productivity have declined. To address these threats and preserve the region’s ecosystems, USAID developed the Amazon Vision in 2016. This framework establishes a concerted and strategic regional response across USAID’s efforts in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Guyana, and Suriname. This report shares progress toward the Amazon Vision’s ongoing efforts to maintain a healthy and resilient Amazon basin. The stories in this report summary demonstrate how USAID activities contribute to achieving the Amazon Vision goals.
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story Annual Progress Report Released on USAID's Work in the Amazon USAID recently published the Amazon Vision 2021 Report which provides insight into the results of USAID’s work in biodiversity and sustainable landscape initiatives. In 2021, USAID activities improved land management of more than 45 million hectares of biologically significant areas and trained more than 12,000 people in sustainable natural resource management or biodiversity conservation. U.S. activities also resulted in improved capacity of 58 NGOs, government agencies, Indigenous communities, and other organizations to sustainably manage landscapes across the region.
