1. Progress in the establishment of the Amapá Biodiversity Corridor José Maria Cardoso da Silva Santarém, 2004

2. CORRIDORS: WILDERNESS VS. HOTSPOTS

3. Matrix Patch Corridor WILDERNESS

4. Matrix Patch Corridor HOTSPOT

5. Conservation actions based on landscape elements LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS HOTSPOTWILDERNESS MatrixChangeMaintain PatchIncrease Stabilize ou Reduce Corridor Expand/ Maximize Influence Decrease/ Minimize Influence

6. Action arrows are different between hotspots and wilderness Hotspot Wilderness

7. THERE ARE TWO APPROACHES TO DESIGN A BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

8. 1. FROM PROTECTED AREAS OR FOREST REMNANTS TO CORRIDORS

9. RE 1 RE 2 RE 3 Biodiversity Corridor Analyse Biological, Social, Economic and Political Variables to Define the best connectivity option

10. 2. FROM SPECIES TO CORRIDORS

11. Species are composed by populations that have different patterns of distribution

12. and different metapopulation dynamics....

13. In wilderness regions, species data help to define biodiversity corridors to restrict habitat loss Biodiversity Corridor Analyse Biological, Social, Economic and Political Variables to Define the best habitat loss option

14. KBA 1 KBA 2 KBA 3 Biodiversity Corridor Analyse Biological, Social, Economic and Political Variables to Define the best connectivity option In hotspots, species data help to define the best options for connectivity

15. Species, KBAs and Corridors Wilderness §Healthy species §Large numbers of populations §Populations are not isolated §From species to corridor seeking avoid habitat and population loss Hotspots §Threatened Species §Small number of Populations §Populations Isolated §From species to KBAs and from KBAs to Corridors seeking to find the best connectivity options

16. THE AMAPÁ BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

17. Amapá State 143,000 km 2 600,000 people 97% original vegetation 55% in protected areas and indigenous lands Includes mangroves, seasonally flooded forests, terra firme forests, savannas, transition zones

18. VERTEBRATES

19. BUTTERFLIES

20. Priority Setting Workshop

21. Brazilian Amazon Predicted Deforestation

22. IMPLEMENTING THE CORRIDOR

23. Designing the Biodiversity Corridor Proposal 1.Launching the Amapá Biodiversity Corridor in Durban (September 2003) 2.Setorial meetings with local stakeholders (October 2003-February 2004) 3.A large meeting with all major local, regional, national and international stakeholders (March 2004) that defined four major strategic actions Four major strategic actions 1.Sustainable Landscape 2.Major Development Programs 3.Education and Training in Science & Technology 4.Partnership Network

24. Co Principles of the Biodiversity Corridor INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE PROTECTED AREAS PROTECTED AREAS AS DRIVERS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BASED ON A PARTNERSHIP NETWORK

26. Partnership Network a) Represents all sectors of civil society; b) Participatory; c) Built from bottom-up; d) Contractual; e) Forum for political discussion; f) O rganized in different scales. a) Represents all sectors of civil society; b) Participatory; c) Built from bottom-up; d) Contractual; e) Forum for political discussion; f) O rganized in different scales.

27. Major Achievements: Sustainable Landscape 1. Macro Ecological-Economic Zoning (1:1.000.000) concluded 2. Detailed Ecological-Economic Zoning (1:250.000) concluded for the areas with high pressure 3. Digital Environmental Database (WebGeo) made available 4. Working Group for speed up land tenure processes established 5. Implementation of Protected Areas: Biological Inventories Infra-structure Management Plans

28. Major Achievements: Economic Development 1.Mapping and evaluation of the economic activities concluded in September 2004 2.Selection of the most appropriate economic activities for each sub-region according to the ecological-economic zoning concluded until December 2004 3.Definition of setorial policies for economic development for the establishment of production clusters concluded until December 2004 4.Establisment of a new set of fiscal incentives for appropriate economic activities concluded until December 2004 5.Creation of the Municipality Development Fund

29. Major Achievements: Science & Technology 1.Formation of a Biodiversity Group composed by eight researchers in the State Research Institute 2.Implantation of post-graduate courses in natural resource management 3.Program for attaction of highly-qualified researchers to Amapá institutions with 10 fellowships 4.Establishment of a scientific training program for undergraduate students with 80 fellowships 5.Increase the capacity for incubating small bussiness based on biodiversity products

30. Major Achievements: Partnership Network 1.MOU signed with several key local and regional institutions: IBAMA, Goeldi Museum, GTZ, JICA & CI-Brazil 2.Agreements with large companies for establishment of funds for conservation & development programs 3.Communication Program established to disseminate the concept of Biodiversity Corridor 4.Organization of several meetings with grassroot associations to build public support for the Corridor implementation

31. Next Steps 1.Establish a trust fund for the protected areas in the Biodiversity Corridor Global Conservation Fund (US$ 1 million) Attract new partners 2.Strengthen the State Research Institute for biodiversity studies 3.Creation and implementation of protected areas to reach a total of 10,000,000 ha of protected areas (70% of State) 4.Increase the technical capacity in the State for management of protected areas, bioduiversity studies and development of new economic alternatives.

32. LESSONS §Be proactive. Make a quick political, social and biodiversity assessment §Make a first large-scale conservation proposal, but keep simple. §Approach new governments §Convince the head of the government §Make Russ visits the head of the government §Convince all important staff within the government §Start the implementation involving all important stakeholders