Paulo / Sao Paulo / Acre / Rio de Janeiro / Acre; Acre / /
Company
Services Development Company / Amazon / German Development Bank (KfW)28 / Brazilian State of Acre / REDD+ Tropical Forest Group / Tropical Forest Group / Marubeni Corporation / Amazon Fund / REDD Working Group / Markit / Governor’s Climate / /
Country
Mexico / Peru / Indonesia / United States / Brazil / Nigeria / Spain / /
Currency
pence / USD / /
Event
Environmental Issue / Business Partnership / Labor Issues / Force Majeure / /
Facility
Amazon Environmental Research Institute / /
IndustryTerm
transportation / natural resource management / rubber tapper / harvested forest products / finance / environmental services law / federal systems / foreign and domestic finance / rural sector / systemic solutions / forest management / food production / bank / sustainable forest management / livestock production systems / law enforcement / non-timber forest products / environmental services / native rubber-based condom factory / /
Organization
State Forest Council / Institute for Regulation / Control and Records / Acre and Markit Announce Alliance / state government / Government of Acre / California Air Resources Board / Brazilian federal government / Japanese Ministry of Environment / Workers’ Party / Amazon Environmental Research Institute / civil society / Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental / Climate and Forest Task Force / International Tropical Timber Organization / Scientific Committee / State Commission for Validation and Monitoring / Environmental Defense Fund / State Forest Fund / /
Person
ISA-C / Chico Mendes / /
Position
Subnational Leader / tapper and union leader / single deforestation driver / /
Acre, Brazil: Subnational Leader in REDD+ This brief describes the pioneering example of the state of Acre, Brazil in recent years in curbing its deforestation and forest degradation while simultaneously strengthening it