Presentation by César Sabogal for the CIAT KSW 2009

1. The Amazon Eco-Regional Research Program “ Using science to reduce natural resource degradation and enhance livelihoods by improving collaboration across the Amazon and linking local, regional and global experiences, knowledge and action”

5. Major Challenges  Research Responses Loss of Global ES Loss of Local ES Benefits from Forests Climate Change M&A Sustainable Land Use Systems Market Chain Developm.

6. Amazon Eco-Regional Program Priority Research Areaa Sustainable smallholder production on deforested / degraded land Benefits from forests for livelihoods and the environment Climate change: mitigation and adaptation Amazon products’ market chain development INTEGRATION THROUGH CROSS-CUTTING PROJECTS

10. Amazon products’ market chain development Species prioritization : Aguaje, buriti ( Mauritia flexuosa ), Açai ( Euterpe oleracea; Euterpe precatoria ), Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes ), Cupuacu (Theobroma grandiflorium) and Camu-camu, cacari ( Myrciaria dubia ) How to develop fair, financially attractive, and effective market value chains for Amazon products Focus on removing constraints and identify opportunities for the development of new and existing value chains of Amazon products. This will involve research on product development and diversification as well as on benefit distribution in Amazon value chains

11. Payment for Environmental Services – Perspectives for the Legal Amazonia / MMA, Brazil Estimation and spatial analysis of costs from evited deforestation An overview study of the feasibility of PES schemes

14. Caracterización espacial de medios de vida Caracterización espacial del estado de servicios ambientales Identificación de respuestas adecuadas

17. Baseline assessment and regional database on livelihoods and environment: 14 sites; 7 countries; 2,400 households

21. RAVA – Communication: Intranet Forum, Chat, Mail-list

22. RAVA Web-page

23. MTP 2010 – 2011 Amazon Eco-Regional Program Research Lines/Outputs Targets/Projects 1) Mitigation and adaptation to climate change Available options, decision support tools and policy instruments for Amazon farmers and communities to mitigate and adapt to climate change and to enhance their provision of environmental services Recommendations for cost-effective and equitable reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) strategies Framework (P, C, I, V) for baseline assessments and monitoring of carbon stocks (validated through pilot locations) Policy recommendations to reduce the vulnerability of local rural economy segments and selected land use systems ( e.g. agroforestry, silvopastoral systems) to climate risk

24. Research Lines/Outputs Targets/Projects 2) Adoption of sustainable land use systems in deforested and degraded areas Improved management and technical options, decision support tools and innovative institutional arrangements to allow Amazon farmers and communities to adopt SLUS for enhanced ecosystem services provision in deforested and degraded areas Improved germplasm for a selection of Amazon agroforestry (fruit and timber tree) species through participatory domestication, and dissemination to farmers through enhanced germplasm supply systems and improved agronomic techniques Development of an online interface for the analysis of spatial data according to regional research priorities Rapid appraisal tools for agrobiodiversity, watershed functions, carbon stocks, and soil quality at landscape scale to support multi-stakeholder dialogue on SLUS validated to the Amazon context

25. Research Lines/Outputs Targets/Projects 3) Enhanced benefits from forests for livelihoods and the environment Assessment methods and decision support tools to enhance benefits from forests for the livelihoods of Amazon smallholders and traditional communities and to the environment Livelihood strategies and dependency on forests, agroforests and agriculture of smallholders Assessment and comparative analysis of driving forces and tradeoffs associated to alternative resource use systems, management regimes and livelihood strategies Assessment of multiple use forest management (MFM) experiences and recommendations and strategic future steps for policies and approaches to promote MFM

26. Research Lines/Outputs Targets/Projects 4) Fair, financially attractive market value chains for Amazon products Establishing innovative, successful ways to facilitate market value chain development for priority species Value chain development for the realization of the economic potential of Amazonian fruit tree and non-timber forest products, specifically for peach palm ( Bactris gasipaes ), aguaje ( Mauritia flexuosa ), camu-camu ( Myrciaria dubia ), cupuazu ( Theobroma grandiflorium ) and ungurahui ( Oenocarpus bataua ) Best practices for improved knowledge management and innovation systems for enhanced participation of Amazonian poor and vulnerable smallholder communities in agro-enterprises exploring new products developed from selected Amazon fruit tree and non-timber forest species

30. AI TRAINING & CAPACITY BUILDING Training Events 5-year program: 3-week courses for ~ 30 AI-country extension agents 3 courses two in 2007 and 1 in 2008

31. IA-Net: AI Thematic networks’ intranet AI COMMUNICATION PROGRAM

32. Ida y Vuelta: monthly E-newsletter AI COMMUNICATION PROGRAM NoticIA: Quarterly (print)

33. Boletim Red Pan-amazonica de Germoplasma Agroforestal

36. Research Noda and Research Focus Research Noda Host institution Research focus (integrative project) Core partner institutions BRAZIL – Belem Embrapa Conservation incentives as mitigation strategy to climate change CIFOR ICRAF Embrapa … PERU – Lima INIA Agroforestry & sustainable forest management as strategies for adaptation to climate change ICRAF CIFOR Bioversity INIA … COLOMBIA – Cali CIAT Sustainable production systems to intensify agriculture in degraded areas CIAT Bioversity NARIs

37. Thank you – Gracias - Obrigado!!