[Spanish & English] Our partner, the Group for Development Analysis (GRADE) recently presented on a joint publication entitled "Connectivity in the Peruvian Amazon: Analysis of a Road Portfolio and Case Study Boca Manu - Boca Colorado'' during the Foro Internacional Interconectando Bienestar en la Amazonía. This international forum for the well-being of the amazon was organized by the Observatory for Sustainable Road Infrastructure in the Amazonian Andes, of which Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF), GRADE, and the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS Peru).

The development of the Sustainable Sintang Initiative has reached a new milestone. Throughout 2021 Yayasan Strategi Konservasi Indonesia (YSKI) together with the Sustainable District Association (LTKL), and the Sintang One-Stop Integrated Services and Investment Agency (DPMPTSP) have worked together on the Sintang General Investment Plan through a series of writing workshops and FGDs involving the stakeholders. 

Around 17 percent of the Amazon Rainforest has been destroyed in the last 50 years due to deforestation, jeopardizing important global ecosystem services and threatening indigenous treaties and claims to land.

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Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) and Wildlife Conservation Society Bolivia (WCS) are currently working to provide technical guidance on the development of a mitigation hierarchy in the Bolivian transportation sector (Jerarquía de Mitigación - JdM).

Alfonso Malky, Director Técnico de CSF para América Latina, participó del Primer Congreso Internacional sobre Amazonia peruana: investigación para el desarrollo, perspectivas y retos, llevado a cabo del 23 al 27 de noviembre.

Um estudo recente desenvolvido pela Conservação Estratégica revelou algumas questões em relação à viabilidade econômica de 75 projetos rodoviários planejados na bacia Amazônica.

Un estudio hecho por Conservación Estratégica descubrió algunas cosas sobre la viabilidad económica de 75 proyectos viales planificados en la cuenca amazónica.

Watch the latest video from our economic video series, where we present the findings from our most recent study, "A better Amazon road network for people and the environment."

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