Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Water landscapes with birds in the distance. — © IMAFLORA

Cerrado Waters Consortium: A Network for Ecosystem Services Provisioning and Agricultural Sustainability

Grantee Name: Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola

Hotspot: Cerrado
Location: Brazil
Amount: $187,563
Dates: Jun 2017 – Dec 2019
Keywords: Agriculture, Awareness, Biodiversity mainstreaming, Conservation finance, Geographic Information Systems, Habitat conservation and management, Networks, Non-timber Forest Products (incl. fuelwood), Payment for Ecosystem Services, Private sector

Create the relevant environment to implement a pilot PES scheme in the Corrego Feio watershed in the municipality of Patrocínio, Brazil, with the coffee sector as a business case to be replicated to other municipalities in the Cerrado Mineiro region and to other agricultural value chains.

Strategic Direction : 3 Promote and strengthen supply chains associated with the sustainable use of natural resources and ecological restoration in the hotspot