Sound land planning and conservation
For a sustainable use of resources
Most Amazonian countries have regulations for land use planning and zoning, but their application and enforcement tend to lack the needed strength. When followed, these regulations oftentimes tend to be problematic, as they are mostly geared towards a “productive” approach to land use based on land conversion. This ignores the importance and economic value of environmental services.
In fact, planning in the region has historically been carried out at a scale that does not match the requirements of conservation of ecosystem services or species habitat, thereby diluting the constructive role that zoning could serve.
WWF aims to promote the appropriate use of natural resources, by supporting appropriate planning processes at the scale of the priority places that are informed by biome-scale considerations.
How to achieve this
- Building the technical grounds for place-scale decision making with a biome perspective
- Developing and/ or improving of land-use planning that impacts priority places
- Clarifying legal land tenure within and around priority places
- Influencing protected area systems for creation and management of protected areas of biome importance
- Strengthening areas of critical conservation/ climate importance