Component

Governance Model: Creating an innovative governance approach for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Amazon Basin

Intervention Data
  • Brazil

    Brasil Novo - Altamira

    Area code: 1501725

    Area (km): 6.569

    Population: 15.690

    Population density: 2,3885

    State: Pará

Results
  • Benefit for 50 families.
  • Payments for social and environmental services (PSES) mechanism
  • Sustainable management of 1.5 million hectares.
  • Estimated CO2 capture between 1,500 and 13,500 KT.
  • Capacity to supply up to 15 billion liters of water per day.
  • Ecological restoration of 60 hectares of degraded land in Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) with a focus on water resources (rivers, springs, etc.).
  • Experience in payments for social and environmental services (PSES) and proposals for legislation and implementation of PSES mechanisms in municipal areas.
Partners
  • National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA)
  • Socio-environmental Institute (ISA)

Zona de siembra

Zona preparada para la siembra

Preparación de la mezcla de semillas

Río Xingu

Siembra

Siembra

Siembra

Preparación de la mezcla de semillas de árboles amazónicos

Siembra

Vista aérea de la localidad de Gabiroto, en la Reserva Extractiva del Río Xingu. Al fondo se ve la zona reservada a la restauración forestal.

Vista aérea del proceso de aplicación de herbicidas

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