• 40-year history of grassroots environmental movements
• 1st state to receive performance-based payments through KfW REDD+ for Early Movers program (REM)
• Statewide SISA program creates incentives for ecosystem service conservation for indigenous peoples (IP), local communities (LC), smallholders, & others
• Long-term multi-stakeholder consultations with active participation of key actors in policy design & implementation
• Early success increasing incomes of traditional agro-extractive communities & benefits for IP
• Acre Business Agency (ANAC) supports innovative low-carbon public-private-community enterprises (e.g., rubber, aquaculture, livestock)

Authors: de los Rios, M.; David, O.; Stickler, C.; Nepstad, D.

Subjects: deforestation, livelihoods, food security, sustainable development, policy, climate change

Publication type: Factsheet, Publication

Year: 2018