STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS |
INVESTMENT PRIORITIES |
1. Stimulate landscape management initiatives led by civil society in Central and Serra do Mar corridors |
1.1  Support civil society initiatives that evaluate spatial relationships in land use, local biodiversity, and the dynamics of fragments within a corridor context |
1.2 Support projects led by civil society that focus on low-impact land use, such as ecotourism |
1.3 Promote economic incentives that contribute to conservation |
1.4 Support efforts to disseminate and increase technical knowledge of cost-effective and innovative tools for reforestation through civil society efforts |
1.5 Compile and analyze biodiversity knowledge within and between key forest fragments for conservation planning and management |
1.6 Support civil society efforts to establish management strategies for endemic, Endangered, and Critically Endangered species |
1.7 Support efforts to build institutional capacity of civil society |
1.8 Strengthen public awareness of biodiversity issues from a civil society perspective |
2. Improve management of existing and future public protected areas through targeted civil society efforts |
2.1 Stimulate efforts by civil society to create and implement new public protected areas within the two corridors |
2.2 Support activities led by civil society participants that increase viability, connectivity and forest cover in buffer zones of protected areas |
2.3 Compile and analyze biodiversity knowledge in protected areas for conservation planning and management |
2.4 Support efforts to establish management strategies for Endangered and Critically Endangered species in protected areas |
3. Increase the number of private protected areas through civil society efforts |
3.1 Stimulate the creation and implementation of RPPNs in the two corridors |
3.2 Together with the SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation and FUNBIO, catalyze and operationalize an "Action Plan and Alliance" to support management of RPPNs |
4. Create an Action Fund to improve civil society identification and management of critical areas of habitat |
4.1 Create action fund to build the capacity of NGOs, grassroots initiatives, community outreach, and other small-scale efforts to improve management of critical habitats |
4.2 Provide small-scale support for projects and interventions in habitat of Endangered and Critically Endangered species outside the two corridors |