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Amazon SDSN:A Platform for Knowledge Sharing and Solutions
Emma TorresAmazon SDSN
March 21 , 2014
What Does the SDSN Do?
Mission:Promote sustainable development• Mobilizing scientific and technological
knowledge• Via information sharing, education, and
problem solving• At the local, national, and global level
Organization of SDSN
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Amazon SDSN
Organization of SDSN
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1. Macroeconomics, Population Dynamics, and Planetary Boundaries
2. Poverty Reduction and Peace-Building in Fragile Regions 3. Challenges of Social Inclusion: Gender, Inequalities, and
Human Rights 4. Early Childhood Development, Education, and Transition to
Work 5. Health for All6. Low-Carbon Energy and Sustainable Industry 7. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems 8. Forests, Oceans, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services 9. Sustainable Cities: Inclusive, Resilient, and Connected 10. Good Governance of Extractive and Land Resources 11. Global Rules and Mechanisms for Sustainable Development12. Redefining the Role of Business for Sustainable Development
Thematic Groups
Amazonia
Bacia hidrográfica da Amazônia
Países6
Estados Brasileiros
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Bacia Amazônica
Bacia Amazônia
Bioma da Amazônia
Países9
Estados Brasileiros
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Bioma Amazônia
Bacia Amazônica
14 países
2.456.565 km²Amazônia Legal
5.217.423 Km²
Albânia
Bósnia
Bélgica
Suiça
República Checa
Alemanha
Espanha
França
Itália
Países Baixos
Portugal
Eslováqui
a
Reino Unido
Áustria
Amazônia Legal - Brasil
Amazônia Legal
5.217.423 Km²
Amapá
Rondônia
Acre
Maranhão
Mato Gross
o
ParáAmazonas
Tocantins
Roraima
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Desenvolvimento Econômico X Degradação
10Fontes: PRODES/INPE, IBGE e SEPLAM (2012)
A Amazonia urbana Manaus: 2 milhões de habitantesFaturamento da Zona Franca de Manaus : + R$ 75 bilhõesCrescimento no 1° semestre 2013: 11,7%Número de empregos diretos: 110 mil
Fonte: SUFRAMA
Floresta Amazônica uma grande bomba d´água
provedores
Serviços ambientais
beneficiarios
pagamento
Paulo Otávio/Creative Commons
Why an Amazon SDSN
Amazon Basin largest tropical forest in the world• 40 percent of the South America ContinentHalf of Planet’s Biodiversity and Crucial Provider of Ecosystem Services• Rainforest most extensive but rivers, lakes , wetlands and savannas• Greatest concentrations plants, animals and microorganisms . Survival
depends network of large well connected protected areas• Crucial provider of ecosystem services which underpin water, energy, food
for region and beyond
Amazon releases 8 trillion water vapor into atmosphere each year maintaining climatic stability global, regional and locally. And Feeding agriculture and hydropower, and water for industry and people : Rio de la Plata Basin depends from evaporation from Amazon for 70 percent of its water.
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Amazon Natural Capital Undervalued
• Economic value of these services is enormous• Natural Capital Amazon comparative advantage and could energize
region’s sustainable development and position region in leadership on new development paradigms
• But, the services that the Amazon provide , which include maintenance of the global water cycle, nutrient and carbon cycle, regional climate regulation, preventing soil erosion and others are not captured in figures services
• Amazon is undergoing a rapid change • Amazon Basin involves 8 countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador,
Colombia Venezuela Guyana and Suriname• More than 30 million people live in the Amazon including 350 indigenous
and ethnic groups ( about 32 no contacted groups in Brazil alone)
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Significant and Vulnerable Economic Contribution of the Amazon
Huge wealth is generated in Amazon• Oil and Natural Gas • Amazonian Hydropower supplies high percentage of
electricity needs. close to 100 damns being planned by 2020• Amazonian produce feeds region• Amazonian agricultural commodities export at scale (8B only
in Brazil 2012• Amazonian minerals – 21 percent of Amazon is under some
form of mining • All the above are depend on Amazonia water and energy
security
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The Amazon : Abundance under Threat
• Major drivers deforestation: infrastructure, cattle ranching, agriculture expansion, unsustainable extractive industries, oil exploration .
• All these threats will be multiplied by Climate change exacerbating economic, environmental and social costs.
• Maintaining Amazonian ecosystems in balance with sustainable economic growth is fundamental to people and economies across the region
• Joint dependence on Amazonia natural resources and joint exposure to regional scale risk call for greater regional cooperation
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Innovative Transition to a New Sustainable Development Paradigm
• The future of the Amazon is linked to the region’s long term development.
• It presents a unique, challenging, and potentially innovative scenario. The region has the potential to developed as a first tropical economy based in diversified natural resources, intensive in nature knowledge based technologies
• The Brazilian Academy of Sciences states that “the challenge of benefitting from the Amazon’s natural capital in a sustainable manner is unique. There are no models to be followed.”
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Enabling conditions for an Amazon SDSN
• Growing political awareness commitment governments , civil society and business
• Vast reserves of protected areas• Reduction of deforestation rates esp Brazil• Considerable level of experimentation solutions and research at
research institutions, civil society organizations and private sector• (Include examples)• No comprehensive overview of region . Need for an integrated
regional polices and solutions
• Need to advance operational sustainable development frameworks and solutions to mobilize key actors -national, local governments, civil society, business science and academia- SDSN
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Amazon SDSN
• Vision Amazon 2030 -Mobilize leading research and academic institutions to share existing knowledge and explore solutions of scale
• Foster policy dialogue and develop integrated policies based on scientific evidence
• Identify triple win policies and solutions at scale
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Amazon SDSN
To develop a sustainable development solutions network for the Amazon region – mobilizing a regional network of knowledge centers around three set of activities:• Build the Amazon Solutions Network• Build a web based platform to share knowledge and
solutions for Amazon• Foster dialogue and inform policy- makers on
evidence based sustainable solutions
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Amazon SDSN
Vision for Amazon 2030• SDGs for Amazon: Goals Targets and Indicators Human, Physical, Biodiversity , Forests (Pristine and Sustainable Managed Forests) Valuation of Ecosystem Services Poverty Eradication, Access to Basic Services Population , Cities Center of Nature Innovation• Risks for Amazon Fragmentation Global Change- Climate Change : Mitigation and Adaptation Land use • Systematically Monitor and Track ( Annual report) Land use change, Biodiversity , et al Paths : Policy Making , Problem Solving – Enabling environment for Nature Based Innovation Solid Evidence Based Analysis
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AMAZON - SDSN
• Consolidate and Enlarge Network – mobilize universities, research , think tanks, indigenous groups, private sector
• Solutions, Criteria , Systematic Sharing• Develop Web Platform• Education : e.g.online What is Sustainablde Development in
the Amazon• Value and Incorporate Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge • Science and Evidence Public Policy • Promote enabling environment for Sustainable Development
Entrepreneurship• Share Private Sector Solutions and Sustainable Practices
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