Made up of three Indigenous lands and two state conservation units, Greater Tumucumaque is a protected area mosaic in the megadiverse Amazonian rainforest
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Greater Tumucumaque is home to approximately 3,500 Indigenous people. The rich natural landscape carries deep cultural and spiritual meaning for these inhabitants, and is essential for the preservation of traditional knowledge, local practices, and ecosystem services.
The legacy landscape is part of the exceptionally biodiverse Guiana Shield, one of the oldest geological formations on earth and a hotspot for species endemism.
State Conservation Units (IUCN I)
Indigenous lands (Zo’é, Rio Paru d’Este, Tumucumaque)
| Country |
|---|
| Brazil |
| Protection status |
| IUCN category I, Indigenous lands |
| Ecosystem type |
| Dense tropical rainforest of the Guiana Shield |
| Key species |
| Numerous endangered and likely yet to be discovered species; jaguar, Amazon River dolphin, giant otter |
| Conservation and climate relevance |
| Key Biodiversity Area, ~1.24 billion tons CO2 of carbon stocks |
| Implementing partner(s) |
| Iepé (lead) and Imazon (consortium partner) |
| Governmental partner(s) |
| IDEFLOR-Bio and Funai |
| Grant type |
| Sustaining |
| Match funder |
| Nia Tero |
Program in brief
Activities
- Supporting the implementation of management plans of the Indigenous territories (“life plans”) e.g. through surveillance support, technical and political capacity building such as training of community environmental agents, and youth trainings on climate change
- Promoting sustainable livelihoods based on non-timber forest products or, for example, the establishment of “agricultural knowledge houses"
- Supporting the state protected areas e.g. with logistics, GIS, publications, mapping and demarcation, monitoring, workshops, roundtables, and coordination meetings
- Conducting biodiversity monitoring and support wildlife protection
- Facilitating a stakeholder coordination across the mosaic of protected areas and Indigenous lands
Conservation challenges
- Deforestation through land grabbing and infrastructure development
- Gold mining and its negative effects on water and soil
- Lack of support to Indigenous peoples in the governance of their lands
- Weak coordination between the management of state-run protected areas and surrounding Indigenous lands
For more information on this landscape’s Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD)
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Greater Tumucumaque to receive one million USD per year
The agreement between Iepé, Imazon and LLF is also supported by the Nia Tero Foundation and commits one million USD annually for 15 years to the landscape.
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