Description of Impact(s) (English Only) A GIZ-funded programme provides support to the Permanent Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (PS/ACTO) and its Member Countries in the development and adoption of a strategic framework for the sustainable use and conservation of the biological diversity in the Amazon forest. The first output of the programme is a Rapid Assessment of Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Services in the Amazon Region conducted following IPBES methodology and its conceptual framework.

ACTO, GIZ and the Humboldt Institute coordinated a group of 118 expert authors from the Amazon countries to develop this Rapid Assessment between 2021 and 2023, on the basis of a scoping document adopted in 2021.
The final results of the Assessment were presented to the ACTO Scientific Committee for endorsement on 27-28 April 2023.

The project aims to provide scientific evidence to support policy makers in the Amazon basin, providing policy options at the national and regional level. It also aims to provide recommendations based on scientific evidence to contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity components in light of the three CBD objectives Global Biodiversity Framework targets, as well as strengthening the results of the IPBES Global Assessment and Americas Regional Assessment by linking existing information and providing complementing knowledge,