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WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

SEMI-ANNUAL TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORT

USAID Grant #512-G-OO-96-00041

Protected Areas & Sustainable Resource Management Amazon Development Policy Capacity Building

October 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002 Component I- Protected Areas Jau

Highlights • Three new species recorded for Jaii -A Ph.D. research study conducted by FVA staff member Sergio Borges registered three species ofbirds new to the Jaii National Park: SeiuntS novaboracensis, Miyopagisflaviventris, and Nonnula amaurocephala. The latter is a species very rarely recorded in the Amazon. The bird inventory of Jaii National Park is now one of the best known in the entire Brazilian Amazon, as it is the only one in existence that has been maintained systematically over an uninterrupted ten-year period.

• FVA receives Environmental Award - Ms. Muriel Saragoussi, representing FVA activities in the Jaii National Park, was one offive recipients ofthe Claudia Magazine Award for her contributions to . Claudia Magazine is the most important weekly publication in dedicated to women. The award targets women who have made significant contributions in the areas ofhealth, education, social entrepreneurship, and the environment.

Progress Windows on Project - With the conclusion ofits third phase last semester, the project entered its fourth and final phase, and will focus on the monitoring and evaluation ofthe results attained, as well as on the publication ofmaterials for dissemination. In this last phase, the project will continue to carry out the field expedition program.

In February, FVA implemented an internal planning process where decisions were reached on the 2002 work plan and on coordination ofthe thematic areas ofthe project. Staffmembers agreed to hold a Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop next July for the Windows on Biodiversity project. Attendance at this workshop will include several FVA staffmembers and associated researchers who have been involved in the project implementation. A decision was also made to temporarily relocate the FVA staffto another building while their current premises are being remodeled.

Planning offield expeditions Phase IV - From January 3 - 9, and again from February 18­ March 1, meetings were held to plan upcoming field expeditions, prioritize themes and actions, and to select the research scientists and graduate students who will conduct the integrated research. A decision was made to conduct inventories in the following areas: • Temporal analysis ofherpetofauna • Zoogeography ofmammals • Dynamics ofThabanidea • Use offorestry resources by residents ofthe Park • Inventory and research on extractivism ofaquarium fish 3 • Social organization in the Park • Mapping the relationship ofsocial actors in the Park.

FVA will participate in collaborative research on the following topics: • Monitoring offelines (Environmental Agency, IBAMA) • Landscape ecology (National Institute ofAmazon Research, INPA) • Archeology in the National Park (University ofSao Paulo, USP; and University of Amazonas, UA) •. Phytoplankton (INPA) • Arachnofauna (INPA) • Botany ofpalms (UA and INPA) • Botany and monitoring ofchelonidae (INPA) • Monitoring ofhunting (INPA and UA) • Zoogeography ofelectric eels (INPA) • Effect oflandscape heterogeneity on bird distribution (Emilio Goeldi Museum) • Population dynamics and mapping ofnatural resources (USP)

Field expeditions - Phase IV - During this reporting period, six field expeditions were conducted in the Jail National Park. From November II to December II, Sergio Borges coordinated a bird inventory that studied the effect oflandscape heterogeneity in the distribution ofbirds. This expedition sampled bird populations in a variety offlooded vegetation types inside the Park. Follow-up activities were conducted from March 9 to 17, addressing questions such as how bird species are distributed in the different habitats and what are the key habitat requirements offocal species.

From January 15 to 30, all neighboring communities were visited in order to share with them the results ofthe project and to discuss the activities planned for 2002. These visits were deemed by FVA staffto be highly successful in developing collaborative relations with the local residents. Communities located on both sides ofthe Unini River, which forms the border along one side of the Park, have expressed a strong interest in creating an just outside the Park border. Discussions were held on the process involved in such a designation, which would lessen the pressure ofuse ofnatural resources occurring now right on the Park border. An . Extractive Reserve bordering the National Park, extending into the forested land and lakes would provide alternatives such as extraction offish for human consumption, ornamental fish, cipo, and other non timber products, as well as allow small agricultural plots for manioc and similar subsistence crops. This would enhance the implementation ofthe Management Plan ofthe Park and better regulate the use ofnatural resources by the local communities.

From January 22 to February 8, an expedition took place in the Seringalzinho "window", focusing on bird inventories in the Pataml site. From January 13 to February 2, Clarissa de Azevedo, a researcher with INPA, conducted studies on the diversity and ecology of arachnofauna in three landscape units in the Park.

From February 15 to 28, researchers George Rebelo from INPA, and Juarez Pezzuti from UNICAMP, provided support in the monitoring offreshwater turtles along the sand river beaches (known locally as "tabuleiros") in the Park. This collaborative monitoring is enhancing the 4 community organization for the co-management ofthis project that now involves local volunteers, FVA technical staff, and mAMA.

Four residents ofcommunities inside the Park were trained to assist research scientists in the " field expeditions that carried out bird and spider inventories. The participation ofcommunity members alongside FVA staffin diagnosis, development ofinventories, and activities related to the Management Plan has been important in involving the local residents in the management of the Park, as well as in influencing public policy regarding the existence and permanence oflocal people inside national parks. Below are the residents who have been trained and the dates of their participation in expeditions: • Antenor Raulino Anincacio (November 4 to 9, 2001; November 11 to December 11, 2001; January 22 to February 8, 2002; and March 9 to 17, 2002). • Eduardo Elizio de Souza (November 4 to 9, 2001; November 11 to December 11,2001; and January 22 to February 8, 2002). • Marcio Deone (January 13 to February 2, 2002). • Jose Mendona Reis (January 22 to February 8, 2002).

Development ofData Base - From December 17 to 20, the FVA technical staffreceived further training in ArcView Geographic Information Systems and mapping. This training, provided by a contracted professional, increased the capacity ofthe staffto analyze the results ofthe Windows on Biodiversity Project.

Buffer Zone Management - FVA technical staffmember, Carlos Durigan, was invited to participate in the meeting with COIAB (Amazon Coordination ofIndigenous Organizations), and PDPI (Demonstration Projects ofIndigenous Nations). The purpose ofthe meeting was the implementation ofan environmental and social diagnosis planned for the second semester of 2002. This diagnosis would support implementation ofthe Management Plan" for two indigenous areas ofthe Park's buffer zone located in the municipalities ofAutazes and Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira.

The biological vision for the Amazon River and Flooded Ecoregion identified the Negro River Basin as a priority basin where conservation strategies should be developed to maintain the ecological connectivity and the sustainable use ofnatural resources. In March, Bernardo Ortiz from TRAFFIC-South America made contact with the Piaba Project, FVA, and WWF-Brazil to discuss possible collaboration on the Aquarium Fish Trade Study.

The above-mentioned study would analyze the current situation ofaquarium fish species in the region, with emphasis on two main exporting countries: Brazil and Colombia An assessment " will be made ofthe biological, ecological, and socioeconomic sustainability ofthe trade in ornamental fish. One important aspect wiII be the development ofinitial contacts and links with the aquarium industry in Europe and North America in order to have their input on how to improve the sustainability ofthe harvest through better management practices.

Public Policy - FVA staffmembers have been invited by the state governments ofAmazonas " and Amapa, as well as by the regional press, to participate in the discussions ofthe zoning processes in those two states. FVA has direct involvement in discussions with several projects

5 -, and programs such as the Ecological Corridors/PPG-7, Forestry Code, Council ofFUNBIO, National System - SNUC, Municipal Council ofEnvironment - , AM, and the Management Committee ofthe Amazon Central Corridor.

Scientific Publications - Four scientific papers were published and are found annexed to this report. FVA teclmical staffmember, Carlos Durigan, participated in the V Congress ofEcology, held November 4 to 9 in , Rio Grande do SuI. At the Congress, FVA presented the following two panels: • Durigan, C. & Saragoussi, M. Avaliafiio do Manejo Tradicional do Cipo-Titica (Heteropsis spp.) no Parque Nacional do Jail - Amazonas/Brasil.

• Castilho, C.V.; Borges, S.H.; Durigan, C. Extrativismo de cipo no Parque Nacional do Jail, Amazonas.

Ability to Attract Funding - FVA is preparing a proposal to be submitted to potential donors. The proposal aims at identifying additional financial resources for the Jail National Park project, as well as for disseminating the activities in the area ofthe Negro River basin.

Communications - FVA appeared nineteen times in the regional newspapers. Articles focused on the participation ofFVA in the Forestry Code debate, the participation in the Municipal Permanent Commission ofInspection ofManaus - Amazonas, activities ofFVA in Jail National Park, the nomination ofMrs. Muriel Saragoussi for Claudia Magazine Awards, FVA's contribution to the book "Biodiversidade na Amazonia Brasileira" (a 546 page book with 27 articles of47 studies, and more than 100 maps and tables), the participation ofFVA in the meeting with the Ministry ofEnvironment, the participation in the II World Social Forum, and the recognition ofJail National Park by mCN on the World Heritage List (n 998) as one ofthe most important blackwater ecosystem protected areas.

Staffing list WWF Antonio Oviedo, WWF-Brasil Amazon River and Flooded Forest Program Officer, coordinates the project. Leonardo Lacerda, WWF-Brazil Conservation Director, provides project oversight.

Partners - FVA Muriel Sarragossi, FVA Executive Director, responsible for local management ofproject. StaffMembers, all ofFVA staffis involved in the execution ofthe project. Annexes Borges, S.H. & Almeida, R.A.M. (2001). First Brazilian record ofthe YapacanaAntbird (Mirmeciza dis;uncta. Thamnophilidae) with additional notes on its natural history. Ararajuba, 9 (2): 163-165. , Rebelo, G.H. & Luigi, L. (2001). Distribution and abundance offour caiman species in Jail National Park, Amazonas. Rev. BioI. Trop. 49 (3): 1019-1033.

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Borges, S.H., Cohn-Haft, M., Carvalhaes, A.M.P., Henriques, LM.P., Pacheco, I.F., Whittaker, A. (2001). Birds ofJail National Park, Brazilian Amazon: species check-list, biogeography and conservation. Ornitologia Neotropical12. Barnett, A.A., & Castilho, C.V. (2000). Report on a short study ofthe dry season feeding ecology and habitatpreferences ofthegolden-backed uacari or bicD, Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary (Cebidae: Pitheciinae), on the lower Rio Jau, Amazonas, Brazil. Akodon Ecological Consulting. Igapo Study Project Report Series, No 2, 18p.

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Component I- Protected Areas Timber Management in Paragominas

Highlights • Three new scientific studies completed -- WWF partner IMAZON has completed three new studies during the reporting period. One ofthem, a study on ecology and management will fill an important information gap for researchers, forest ecologists, and forest policy makers.

• Two publications launched on applied science ofForest Policy for the Amazon -- The article Threats and Opportunities on the Amazonian Frontier analyzes the potential opportunities, drawbacks, and consequences ofthe implementation ofthe Brasil em At;QO (Brazil in Action) Program for the development ofthe timber economy in the Brazilian Amazon. The second publication, Priority Areasfor Establishing National in the Brazilian Amazon, was published in Conservation Ecology.

• Article "Reconciling Sustainable Use and Conservation ofTropical Forests" submitted to prestigious scientific magazine Science -- The article calls attention to the enormous potential at this time for the creation ofnew protected areas (for both strict protection and for sustainable development) as an efficient tool for land use plarming in the Brazilian Amazon.

• Paulo Amaral successfully completed his MS thesis on Community Forest Management Sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon. Paulo Amaral is a research staffmember of IMAZON and has been working toward his MS in CATIE, Costa Rica. His recently published thesis analyzed five case studies ofcommunity forestry in the Amazon, two of them focused on field projects ofWWF. A summary article has been submitted to Revista Forestal Centroamericana.

Progress WWF has continued to provide the necessary support to enable !MAZON's technical staffto .conduct the field research and data gathering activities that were then compiled, analyzed, and utilized for creation ofa number of publications. These include: I) Pre- liana cutting reduces liana regeneration in logging gaps in a forest ofthe eastern Brazilian Amazon, submitted to the Journal ofAppliedEcology; 2) Life history diversity among lianas in eastern Amazonianforest; 3) Mahogany in the Brazilian Amazon - Ecology andManagement Perspectives. The latter has been published in a book format will be launched in Belem, in May 2002 at a workshop designed specifically to address the issue ofmahogany trade. The workshop is being organized by the Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) and private entrepreneurs ofthe timber sector.

Another publication, Threats and Opportunities on the Amazonian Frontier, an analysis ofthe Brasil em Ayao program, and co-authored by IMAZON and the World Bank, was published by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation as part oftheir "Debate Series". Brasil em Ayao is a comprehensive federal governmental plan for infrastructure development in the country,

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including the construction and paving ofroads, the construction ofhydroelectric power plants, gas and oil pipelines, waterways, and more. The target au"dience for this publication includes policy and decision makers and land use planners, and contains a strong alert to possible negative impacts ifthe appropriate preventive and mitigation measures are not incorporated.

With the sponsorship ofthe National Forests Program (pNF), a Portuguese version ofthe study, Priority Areasfor Establishing National Forests in the Brazilian Amazon was published in booklet form. The PNF is an initiative ofthe Forest and Biodiversity Secretariat ofthe Ministry ofEnvironment - PNF/SBFIMMA, and has as its stated goal the earmarking by the year 2010, an additional 50 million hectares ofNational Forests in the Brazilian Amazon. The study that led to the article has proven to be very timely, as its results are already being used to guide the selection ofnew national and state forest sites.

The study that led to the article "Reconciling Sustainable Use and Conservation ofTropical Forests" concluded that the attaimnent ofthe goals oftwo current governmental programs­ namely, "ARPA" and "PNF" - could ensure that up to 45 % ofthe Brazilian Amazon forest cover would be under official protected area status (including the indigenous lands). ARPA's goal is to set aside 10% ofthe Brazilian Amazon as lUCN Category I-ill protected areas, while PNF's aim is to earmark 10% ofthe Brazilian Amazon for National Forests.

IMAZON's team has concluded the field data collection and analysis in the following areas of study: a) monitoring and comparing ofthe rate ofregeneration, mortality, and species diversity after logging in both managed and unmanaged forests as well as in forests that had not been logged; b) annual growth patterns ofthree important timber species (cedar, ipe, e cerejeira); c) liana ecology and management; d) silvicultural treatments for liana forests; and e) ecology of liana populations. These studies formed the basis for a Ph.D. thesis (Edson Vidal) and has provided materials for several scientific articles (see above highlights and former semi-annual reports). IMAZON is preparing the final version ofa publication that contains the most important project results since the beginning ofUSAID's support.

A second and updated version ofthe book Polos Madeireiros da Amazonia Legal (areas of intensive timber extraction and primary processing in the Legal Amazon) has been completed, providing updated information about the evolution oftimber production, prices, and market trends. It includes the latest assessment carried out in 2001 in selected areas, and publication is expected in June.

An abridged version ofthe study Priority Areasfor Establishing National Forests in the Brazilian Amazon has been published in the February edition ofConservation Ecology. This article focuses on the importance ofa viable and operational system ofNational Forests to better control the expansion ofthe timber frontier in the Brazilian Amazon.

The series ofstudies and articles on the ecology and management ofIianas that has been produced over the period ofthis project is being compiled and updated. A book will be published with the support ofthe Ministry ofthe Environment (proManejoIPPG7/MMA), and it is expected to be ready by September 2002.

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IMAZON has concluded its consultancy to the state government ofAmapa on Conununity Forest Management. The final report, Potentialfor Small-Scale Forest Management in Amapa State, contained a set ofreconunendations that is currently undergoing a final revision. When finalized, these reconunendations will be reported in more detail in the next semi-annual report. lMAZON has developed a preliminary strategic plan that defines the major areas and themes for their work on forest research over the next three years. According to the document, IMAZON has two main goals: a) diversifYing the funding/support base, and b) expanding the scope and range ofstudies about the Forest Sector in the Amazon. These goals are part ofthe strategy supported by WWFIUSAID which aims at ensuring that lMAZON becomes even more self­ reliant and independent. The strategy includes a detailed plan for fundraising and . conununications. At the last USAlD annual meeting in Salin6polis, IMAZON led a discussion group and presented ideas guiding the development ofthe forest management component of USAID's new 5-year strategy.

IMAZON has increased even further the level ofits participation in events, seminars, lectures etc. As a result, the organization has strengthened its position as a highly-regarded organization for information on topics pertaining to Amazon Forest Policy. They are well qualified to provide reliable, relevant, and applicable information/data/vision to both the public and private sectors.

Success Stories In spite ofthe moratorium, the pilot project on the certification oftimber with a focus on mahogany is being implemented in the state ofAcre as a cooperation among USAlD, WWF, lMAZON, the Ministry ofthe Environment, the State ofAcre, the US Forest Service, and a local entrepreneur has been granted a special authorization from the Ministry ofEnvironment (MMA) for continued exploitation ofmahogany. This pilot project has been singled out by the Brazilian government as the most effective effort to develop and provide practical guidelines for the management ofnatural stands ofmahogany. In order to respond to allegations ofwidespread illegal exploitation and trade ofmahogany in Brazil, a national moratorium on the trade ofmahogany was called by the Ministry ofEnvironment. A moratorium was also called for the approval ofnew forest management plans for mahogany. During the moratorium, the Brazilian government has been making a huge effort to control illegal mahogany logging and trade, in cooperation with foreign governments.

A synthesis ofthe methodology developed and applied by IMAZON for the integration ofthe forestry sector into the process ofEcological and Economic Zoning (ZEE) ofthe state of is being included in the Workshop Proceedings that will soon be published. The workshop on Ecological and Economic Zoning ofthe Brazilian Amazon States was organized by the Ministry ofEnvironment and held in Manaus in October 2000.

Staffing list WWF Leonardo Lacerda, WWF-Brazil Conservation Director, oversees project implementation and reporting.

10 LUlz Carlos Pinage, WWF Amazon Coordinator, supervises and provides policy support to the project. Luis Meneses, WWF Program Officer for the Southewestem Amazon Ecoregion, supervises the mahogany pilot project.

IMAZON Edson Vidal, coordinates the IMAZON project. Adalberto Verissimo, Edson Vidal; Jeffrey Gerwing, Marcio Sales; Marco Lentini, Paulo Amaral andPaulo Barreto, are researchers at IMAZON, contributing technically to the project implementation and Jimmy Grogan as associated researcher from Yale Forestry School

Annexes Grogan, James, Barreto, Paulo, & Verissimo, Adalberto. (2002). Mogno Na Amazonia Brasileira: Ecologia e Perspectivas de Manejo. Arima, Eugenio, Verissimo, Adalberto. Amea{:as e Oportunidades Economicas. Verissimo, Adalberto, Cochrane, Mark, Souza, Carlos, & Salomao. (2002) Priority Areas for Establishing National Forests in the Brazilian Amazon. Amaral, Paulo (2001) Evaluacion de las condiciones, processos y resultados del Manejo Forestal Comunitario en la Amazonia Brasileiia. Masters'thesis. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica.

11 Component I- Protected Areas Cajari Extractive Reserve

Highlights • New Palm heart Processing Plant in Cajari inspected by the Federal Public Health Agency -- The construction ofthe new palm heart processing plant in the Cajari Extractive Reserve has now been completed, and an inspection ofthe site was recently conducted by the Federal Public Health Agency. Once a favorable report is received by COOPER-CAand the resulting license is granted, operations ofthe processing plant can resume. COOPER-CA has now concluded the process offormally legalizing the cooperative, having obtained the necessary documents from the federal, state and municipal governments.

• Equipment for the palm heart processing plant provided by SEICOM -- The Amapa State Coordination ofIndustry and Commerce (SEICOM) has ordered most ofthe equipment necessary for the functioning ofthe processing plant. SEICOM's commitment to acquiring the equipment was part ofan agreement established with WWF that is now being implemented. WWF is planning with SEICOM and CNPT (National Center for Traditional Populations) the acquisition ofthe remaining pieces ofthe equipment needed to begin operations.

• Capacity ofCOOPER-CA members to implement the Management Plan improved -­ Several meetings and field inspections were held by WWF staff, the forestry engineer of CNPT, and members ofCOOPER-CA. The focus was on improving COOPER-CA's ability to carry out, monitor, evaluate, and adapt management practices during the implementation ofthe Management Plan for harvesting the palm heart. Adaptive management techniques were shared with COOPER-CA members to ensure identification offuture needs as they resume the palm heart harvesting, production, processing, and management activities.

• State support to COOPER-CA sought for the first year ofoperations -- COOPER-CA initiated discussions with the state government ofAmapa to develop an agreement that will ensure both financial and technical support for the first year ofthe cooperative's business operation.

Progress Palm heart Processing Factory - WWF-Brazil and COOPER-CA submitted a technical proposal to CNPT to obtain resources from the RESEX Project - Phase II to support the palm heart project. The budget requested would cover the costs ofbuying the few missing pieces of equipment needed to begin operation ofthe factory, the replenishment ofa rotation fund, the acquisition ofadditional equipment that would enhance the efficiency ofthe production, surveying new palm heart harvesting sites, and contracting ofthe Administrative Manager. To date, the proposal is still pending approval, but is in the final stages ofdiscussion inside the Federal Government. COOPER-CA and WWF-Brazil are monitoring the process closely in order

12 .' to match the timetable ofthe planned initiatives for palm heart production, processing, and management with that ofthe hydrological cycle. Considering the delay ofresponse from the RESEX Project, the Amapa government has committed to buying part ofthe equipment for the processing plant. Together with CNPT, WWF-Brazil is planning to complete the equipment installation and make any necessary revisions to the proposal. A field trip to the Project is planned for May 25, involving WWF-Brazil staff, COOPER-CA members, CNPT and state government staff. COOPER-CA is ready to begin the palm heart management and functioning of the processing plant, depending only on the complete installation ofequipment and the replenishment ofthe rotation fund.

Capacity Building Courses -A proposai has been submitted to the Environmental Capacity Program ofthe Environmental Ministry (pCA Program - Dfid) for building the capacity of COOPER-CA. The proposal has been approved, but unfortunately its commencement has suffered a delay and the approved courses will only begin in June. The approved proposal will enable the delivery ofthe following five courses: Management ofAssociative Companies, Management ofpalm heart forests, Quality Control, Production and Marketing Management, and Environmental Education. The courses will be coordinated by POEMA, a non-governmental organization focused on capacity building and business practices.

Forestry Management Plan - With a view toward using adaptive management practices, the Forestry Management Plan for the a9ai palm heart sites ofCOOPER-CA has been reviewed by the Environmental Agency (IBAMA), COOPER-CA members, and WWF-Brazil. COOPER-CA has conducted the clearing and identification (signs, name, number) ofaccess routes and streams, and clear identification ofpalm heart sites registered by mAMA in the Management Plan. mAMA completed a field analysis to verifY the use and management ofthese areas in order to determine the potential yield and the magnitude ofthe future harvesting license to be granted to COOPER-CA.

Support from CNPT -- CNPT is planning to contract a new technician, Manuel Daniel dos Santos Borges, to provide support to COOPER-CA. Mr. Borges worked with COOPER-CA in the beginning ofthe project and has a good relationship with the community members.

Certification Workshop -- Meetings and field trips were carried out by WWF-Brazil, COOPER-CA, CNPT, and the accredited certifier, IMAFLORA, to discuss the forestry management plan, community-based organization and capacity for FSC certification ofpalm heart forests. WWF-Brazil organized a workshop held March 14 to 17, focusing on the management and FSC certification processes ofthe chain ofcustody ofCOOPER-CA. Several partners participated in the workshop, such as COOPER-CA (about 30 members), WWF Brazil (Antonio Oviedo and Luiz Carlos Pinage), IMAFLORA (Andre Freitas), CNPT (Manuel Daniel Borges), and state government staff(Claudio Baptistao from the Forestry Secretariat). The meeting provided an opportunity for an important exchange ofexperiences. The non­ governmental organization FASE, from Gurupa in the state ofPara, was invited to present the experience ofa partnership between the local communities and FASE in the management ofa9ai fruit in the municipality near the Cajari Extractive Reserve. The representative ofFASE (Carlos Augusto) and community leaders (Alipio Correia, Jose Trindade and Wanderley Nogueira) presented an excellent exphl11ation ofthe successes and challenges they have encountered.

13 '., Pre-appraisal Certification Mission -- IMAFLORA conducted a pre-appraisal mission to verify the viability ofCOOPER-CA in implementing the FSC certification process in the chain ofcustody. IMAFLORA, WWF-Brazil, and community members visited the palm heart sites, and COOPER-CA explained to IMAFLORA the processes ofpalm heart management and processing. This technical visit aimed at monitoring, evaluating and managing adaptively the actual Management Plan. Collecting information about resources and behaviors before and after COOPER-CA members have carned out activities allows them to determine ifthose activities have had the intended effect. IMAFLORA's analysis will allow COOPER-CA to identifY unsuccessful interventions and adapt their plans accordingly. WWF-Brazil and COOPER-CA are waiting for the report ofIMAFLORA, but according to the wrap-up meeting on the site, the technician ofIMAFLORA concluded that COOPER-CA has a good possibility ofattaining FSC certification. IMAFLORA concluded that COOPER-CA has adequate organization and good knowledge ofthe forestry management, but will await the actual functioning ofthe processing plant to conduct the final analysis for FSC certification.

Certification Educational Booklet -- During the above-mentioned certification workshop, WWF Brazil organized the production ofa booklet on management and certification ofpahn heart. This booklet will help the project in mobilizing the community members to understand and adopt the management practices that will lead to FSC certification in this new phase ofthe project. The WWF-Brazil Program Officer and a consultant on environmental education issues (Mrs. Tereza Moreira), coordinated the processes ofthe participatory production ofthe booklet. Also included in its development were the six local teachers ofthe municipal educational service. Throughout this process, COOPER-CA members were able to systematize and homogenize concepts and rules for the sustainable management planned for this new phase ofthe project, as well as to adapt the language ofthe booklet to the community residents. Publication and dissemination ofthe booklet is expected in June. .

Success stories The workshop and related activities involved in creating the "Palmito Para Sempre" booklet had many positive results. The participatory method that was employed created valuable partnerships and learning experiences for the COOPER-CA and community members. COOPER-CA enhanced its capacity to discuss and participate in this new phase ofthe project, and community members developed a better understanding ofthe importance offorestry management and sustainable development. COOPER-CA members increased their knowledge ofcertification and the benefits ofassociating the FSC label with its products. The adaptive management method made it possible to identifY several issues to be reviewed in the Management Plan, such as the: • need to increase the number ofpalm heart sites and to adapt boundaries ofthese sites considering the geomorphology (channel and upland limits); • benefits ofinvolving community members; • need to study the maximum level ofharvesting ofpalm heart within the limits of sustainability, establishing the optimum density ofa9ai palm trees; • need for enhanced technical support by CNPT; • advantages in promoting an exchange ofexperiences such as the field trip to the Guropa island project; • need to start planning a harvesting timetable; and

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• need to develop capacity to influence environmental legislation.

Staffing list WWF Antonio Oviedo, WWF-Brazil Amazon River and Flooded Forest Program Officer. Leonardo Lacerda, WWF-Brazil Conservation Director, provides project oversight.

Partners - I. COOPER-CA Valdecy Santarosa, Santos Pastana, Almir Flecha, Manuel Pinto, Direction ofCOOPER-CA. Creusa Pimentel, administrative assistant ofCOOPER-CA. 2. CNPT Jose Carlos Carvalho, CNPT Agent ofAmapa, responsible for local management. Jose J. A. , Forestry Engineering. 3. State ofAmapa Infra-Structure Secretary Marcia Nazare Souto Paiva, responsible for contracts and partnerships.

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Component II - Amazon Development Policy Highlights • Certifying forests and forest products -- Forest certification in Brazil according to FSC standards surpassed the one million hectare mark. By the end ofthis reporting period, precisely 1,049,510 hectares have already been certified: 768,835 hectares offorest plantations; 286,675 hectares ofnatural forests, mostly in the Amazon. There are now 18 forest areas certified in Brazil.

• FSC-Brazil is officially created as an independent organization -- Having been supported and hosted by WWF-Brazil for a number ofyears, FSC-Brazil has now been officially created as the Brazilian Council ofForest Management, an NGO. A Board ofDirectors has been created, and Garo Batmanian has been elected as its first chairman. The mission ofthe new organization is to promote sustainable forest management and the certification offorests and forestry products according to the internationally agreed FSC standards.

• Economic and Ecological Zoning (ZEE) successes in Acre are disseminated to Amazonas -- The quality work in the ZEE process in Acre developed by WWF, especially related to the biodiversity component, has been recognized by the Ministry ofEnvironment's Secretariat ofAmazon and the Natural Resources Policy Subprogram ofPP-G7. They are now considering the extension ofthe same type ofwork to other Amazonian states. As a concrete example, WWF-Brazil and IPAAM (Amazonas State Environmental Agency) have signed a Cooperative Agreement for the identification ofpriority areas for conservation in the prioritized areas located in the Southeastern-most part ofAmazonas state. The work has now been completed and WWF's technical support to IPAAM, using the methodology of Landscape Gap and Representative Analysis, has helped overcome the paralysis that prevailed for the lack ofadequate field data. IPAAM officials were very satisfied with WWF's products and have signaled their interest in continuing the partnership in completing the ZEE process in the state ofAmazonas.

• Serra da Cotia National Park and two extractive reserves created in Rondonia -- With the support ofWWF, a local consultation process prior to the creation ofa national park in Rondonia has created a win-win situation, whereby not only the park itselfwas created, but also, in response to the demands ofthe local population living in the area, two other extractive reserves have been created. These include Rio Cautano (73,817 hectares) and Barreiro das Antas (107,234 hectares). These three areas are contiguous to other existing protected areas, and their creation has increased the counectivity among other areas ofthe bi- . national Itenez-Mamore ecological corridor (Brazil and Bolivia).

Progress Partnership established with IBAMA/lncraIWWF for the creation of20 Million hectares of new protected areas and sustainable use reserves in the Brazilian Amazon -- To date, ofthe 20 million hectares promised by INCRA to be passed to IBAMA, 10 million have been actually transferred. Within the agreement between WWF and IBAMA, WWF has provided technical 16 assistance for the definition ofthe category ofprotection that will be granted to these areas. Based on the ecoregional approach, WWF has been providing a state-of-the art synthesis ofthe various mapping exercises ofIMAZON, PROBIO, FUNAI, and WWF itself. In addition, WWF has financed the aerial surveys ofmost ofthe areas that have already been transferred.

Studies concluded on the creation ofthe world's largest national park in a tropical forest ­ One ofthe most extraordinary sites surveyed by the mAMA/WWF team as a result ofthe partnership mentioned above, is the site called Tumucumaque in Amapa. Ifcreated as proposed, the area transferred to mAMA will cover 3.8 million hectares, and would become the world's largest national park in a tropical forest. All the documents necessary for the presidential decree to create the park have been prepared, and we expect the area to be created in 2002.

Studies on the creation ofthe Upper Chandless Biological Reserve concluded -- As part of the implementation ofthe Acre ZEE process, WWF and IMAC (Environment Institute ofAcre) have carried out a survey ofa large area known as Upper Chandless River, where a Biological Reserve totalling 653,000 hectares will be created on the border between Brazil and Peru. Field surveys have shown the area to have a very high biodiversity. All the documents have been prepared, and the decree is ready for Presidential signature. Following the ecoregional approach, WWF Peru is working with the Peruvian federal government to obtain the creation ofa contiguous protected area.

WWF-Brazilleads NGO National Forum preparing for Rio+10- As part ofthe preparatory process for participation ofthe civil society at the World Summit for Sustainable Development, to be held next August in South , the Brazilian NGO National Forum created a special Working Group led by WWF-Brazil. Since last October the WG has been working to promote the participation ofthe Forum members in the discussions that would foster the inclusion ofthe Forum's strategy and priorities in the official Brazilian position. The WG will produce an analytical document about the ten years ofimplementation ofthe principal commitments ofthe ECO 92. The WG also created a website, four national meetings were held with participation of the 17 member NGOs, and produced two analytical documents that were used by the Foreign Affairs Ministry to establish the official national position for the Preparatory conferences that were held in New York last January and March.

WWF-Brazil coordinates regional and national public consultation process for developing National Biodiversity Policy - As part ofits commitment as a signatory ofthe Biological Diversity Convention, Brazil is conducting a public consultation process to establish the National Biodiversity Policy. WWF was selected by the Ministry ofEnvironment to propose and coordinate the methodology for the national and four regional workshops. The four regional workshops were subsequently held in April and May, and the national one will be held in July during an official meeting ofthe Environment National Council. Nearly 300 participants attended the regional workshops, representing federal and state governments, environmental NGOs, indigenous and African Brazilian populations, industry, and agriculture. A special committee will develop a draft proposal, based upon the regional consultation, that will be analyzed at the national workshop. WWF is a member ofthis committee.

17 Success stories First FSC certification of a Community Forest -- On March 26th the Association of Inhabitants and Producers of the Agro-extractivist Chico Mendes Settlement Project ofXapuri, Acre, was granted the FSC seal for 900 hectares ofnative Amazon forests. Home ofthe late environmental leader Chico Mendes, Xapuri is the first community forestry endeavor to be certified in Brazil.

StaffList WWF Luiz Carlos Pinage - WWF-Brazil Amazon Program Coordinator, coordinates the Amazon Program and acts as a Public Policy Officer for Amazon issues. Luis Meneses - Southwestern Amazon Coordinator for Brazil Leonardo Lacerda - WWF-Brazil Conservation Director, provides project oversight Garo Batmanian - WWF-Brazil Executive Director, participates actively in policy dialogues and chairs the FSC Working Group.

IMAZON Edson Vidal, coordinates the IMAZON project Researchers at IMAZON : Adalberto Verissimo, Dami50 Lopes, Edson Vidal, Jeffrey Gerwing, Luciana Abreu, Marco Lentini, Paulo Amaral and Paulo Barreto.

Annexes FSC Chain ofCustody Certified Products, March 2002. Chart. Various clippings

18 Component III -- Capacity Building Development ofEffective Environmental Education Components in WWF Field Projects

Highlights • Map ofBrazilian ecoregions -- The full-color map ofBrazilian ecoregions that was developed by WWP has now been included in The National EE Curriculum Program ofthe Federal Education Ministry. The map will now be distributed to every public school throughout Brazil.

• The Amazon EE Network was created in 2001 -- With a membership of320 educators, six Amazonian states are represented and 196 EE projects throughout the entire Brazilian Amazon.

• WWF EE specialist provided technical assistance during field visits to seven conservation and development projects.

Progress The second phase ofthe Amazon Environmental Education Project has been completed -­ The project has compiled, produced a diagnosis, and registered the most signjficant Environmental Education experiences in the Amazon region. Resulting from the first and second phases, the book Reflexos das cores Amazonicas no mosaico da Educat;iio Ambiental (Hues of Amazon colors: a mosaic ofEnvironmental Education) is in the final stages ofpublication. The book provides an overview ofthe 196 most signjficant Environmental Education experiences in the Brazilian Amazon region (states ofAmapa, Para, Amazonas, , Acre and Rondonia). It contains a summary. ofeach EE project and an analysis ofthe methodologies used and effectiveness ofthe projects. With dissemination ofthis book, it is expected that improvement of EE public policy for primary and high school education in the Amazon region will occur.

The brochure WWF-Brazil Environmental Education Program is in its final stages of development -- The brochure's objective is to disseminate information about the relationship between Agenda 21 and WWP's environmental education program. The brochure, which will be printed in both Portuguese and English, will be distributed to participants ofthe Rio+10 Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Second National Workshop on Environmental Education in Integrated Conservation and Development Projects aCDPs) was held in Itacare. Bahia -- The title ofthis workshop was "EE Methodology, Concepts, and Sharing ofEnvironmental Education" and was attended by 30 educators from 14 projects.

During this report period. technical visits were made -- to Pesacre and to SOS Amazon, in Acre; the Varzea Project in Para; Chapada dos Veadeiros in Goias; Silves in Amazonas; Cajari in Amapa; and Jupara in Bahia.

19 A workshop was held in Laranjal do Jari, Amapa for eight projects that are members of the Amazon Environmental Education Network -- An exchange ofexperiences during the workshop will allow the participants to return better prepared to carry out their individual programs.

WWF-UK's Environmental Education Officer, Hamish Aitchinson, organized a three­ month study program in England for Irineu Tamaio. WWF'-Brazil's EE Program Officer­ - Through sharing ofpractical experiences and methodologies ofEE in both Brazil and the UK, valuable internal capacity building was provided for both. Hamish and Irineu developed together the proposal for the next five years ofthe education component ofWWF's Freshwater Project: Capacity Building in education for sustainability in WWF community-based initiatives in ICDPs in Brazil.

Staffing List WWF • Irineu Tamaio, oversees the Environmental Education Program • Leonardo Lacerda, WWF-Brazil Conservation Superintend, provided project oversight.

Partners • Projects: COOPER-CA, IESB, ASPAC, FVA, ASSOCIA<;:AO MICO LEAO DOURADO, VEADEIROS PROJECT, SOS AMAZONIA, JUPARA, UNA MUNICIPALITY and ALTO pARAiso MUNICIPALITY.

Annexes Report ofthe Second National Workshop on Environmental Education in ICPD in Itacare, Bahia, Brazil

20 Component III - Capacity Building Training Conservation Professionals

I'rogress Nineteen candidates (lO women. 9 men) were awarded grants in support oftheir Master's and Doctorate theses -- Eleven ofthe students are enrolled in Ph.D. courses and eight ofthem are working toward their Masters' degrees. Sixteen ofthe students are taking their graduate courses in universities located in Brazil (University ofBrasilia; Federal Universities of ParalMuseum Emilio Goeldi, , Rondonia, Paraiba, Sao Carlos, INPA, and Rio Grande do Sui; and state universities ofSao Paulo, Paulista, and ), three in foreign research institutes (University ofCambridge-UK, Arizona State University, and Yale University). Fields ofstudy include: genetics and molecular biology, zoology, public policies and environmental management, forest resources, regional development, development and the environment, ecology, marine geography, communications and , ecology and natural resources, anthropologial biology, ecology, sociology, and plant biology.

Long-term training: 26 people

Short-term courses. conferences and practical training Thirty-five professionals (23 men, 12 women) have been granted support to attend short-term courses, conferences and practical training. Courses attended included: • Architectural design incorporating ecological considerations • and wildlife management • environmental education in integrated conservation and development projects • administration and management ofprotected areas • identification and management ofbotanical material • use ofcommunications and information technologies in local communities • reproductive ecology and preservation offreshwater turtles • monitoring oflarge vertebrate populations • family agriculture and sustainable development • conflict resolution 21 .'.

• ecological socio-economic modeling systems • management ofwater resources in waterways • digital image processing • rural development based on the management ofnatural tropical ecosystems.

In addition to the courses listed above support was provided for field visits to national parks as well as for attendance at events such as the V Brazilian Ecology Congress, World Social Forum, Amazon Social Forum, First International Tapir Symposium, CoP in Marrakesh, and the Symposium on Landscape Futures.

Nine in-country training events were sponsored. with 671 participants -- The following training events were organized: • Medicinal Herbs: rescuing traditional knowledge in Jail National Park (FVA) • International Enviroumental Law Course (Fundayao Bi6tica) • Training Course for Municipal Councilors (Centro de Recursos Ambientais -CRA) • Fourth Encounter ofthe Brazilian Society ofEconomic Ecology (Eco-Eco); • Second Latin American Course on Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management (IPE); • Environmental Education: Community ofGuarani da Aldeia Boa Vista do Sertao do Promirim (CPI/SP); • Training in Community Leadership in the Ribeira Valley and Feeder Rivers ofthe Metropolitan Region ofSao Paulo ( ISA) • Exhibit (ISA) • Third Conference ofCivil Society Organizations ofEastern Amazonia (Forum da Amazonia Oriental- FAOR)

Six "Natureza e Sociedade Workshops" took place. with 148 participants <77 women. 71 men) -- The courses offered in the reporting period included: • Fourth Training Course in Environment Policy • First Course on Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Business • Fifth Communications and Environment Course • Second Course on Economic Tools for Tropical Forest Conservation in Brazil • Second Course in Environniental Law • First Course on Ecology and the Carbon Cycle.

Staffing List WWF Leandro Valle Ferreira, Program Officer, responsible for the N&S selection committee. Leonardo Lacerda, Program Director, responsible for project oversight· Sandra Silva, responsible for the management ofthe grants

SUNY Staff Cecelia Skott, Project Director, is responsible for overall project administration, planning, and reporting as well as implementation ofproject activities both in the U.S. and Brazil. Sally Crimmins-Villela, Associate, supports Ms. Skott in most aspects ofproject administration,

22 planning and implementation. Ana Soares, project assistant, makes travel, housing, and most other logistical arrangements and payments on behalfofparticipants trained outside Brazil. Maria Jose Gontijo, the sole full-time staffmember on the project, is responsible for all aspects ofBrazil-based activities, including recruitment, selection, implementation, and reporting on all in-country training activities. Ms. Gontijo is aided by administrative assistant Camila Pinheiro.

Annex - Complete List ofTrainees

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Component III - Capacity Building "Natureza Viva" Radio Show On Sustainable Development For The Amazon

Highlights A total of26 "Natureza Viva" programs (or 26 hours ofair time) on sustainable development and gender issues for rural commnnities in the state ofAcre were produced and broadcast by a network oflocal stations during the reporting period, with an average oftwo interviews per program. The highlight was the signing ofa new agreement between WWF and the Fnndayao Elias Mansour, Acre's fonndation for culture and communications. FEM controls six radio stations throughout the state, reaching most ofthe southwestern Amazon region, a priority area for conservation. The agreement was signed on January 21'" 2002 and secures the broadcasting of''Natureza Viva" nntil the end ofthis year. It will then be renewed until further notice. Another highlight was the special broadcast held in Xapuri, Chico Mendes' hometown, on January 20'\ when "Natureza Viva" was broadcast live for 4 hours from the main square in celebration ofSaint Sebastian, a local religious event. Over 20,000 people attended the day-long celebration and could listen to the show. A total of500 posters promoting ''Natureza Viva" were distributed to the participating audience. Progress The agreement signed by WWF and FEM represents the institutional strengthening ofthe project and a better synergy between the two key partners - WWF as responsible for the product (i.e. the radio show) .and the Government ofAcre as responsible for the distribution (through its network ofradio stations). The program has also entered a new phase with more local support provided by WWF's local representative, SWA Coordinator Luis Meneses, who has added quality to the broadcast by acting as collaborator collecting news and interviews from local communities. The commitment from the state government with this project could be ensured by the official appointment ofa local representative, Ms. Krisba Leitao,who now is the liaison for radio matters. She works for the Secretary ofForests and Extrativism and is also in a good position to provide information on these subjects. Staffing List WWF-Brazil- Ulisses Lacava (project oversight), Regina Vasquez (radio show content), Luis Meneses (news from the field) Project staff- Mara Regia di Perna (Radio show producer /presenter), Michelle Lopes Barbosa (producer assistant / interviewer), Krisba Leitiio (local producer in Acre, appointed by partner Government ofAcre as point person for this project) Annex· Description ofprograms produced since September 2001. In Portuguese.

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LIST OF ANNEXES

Component I- Protected Areas: A: Jan National Park - Borges, S.H. & Almeida, R.AM. 2001). First Brazilian record ofthe Yapacana Antbird (Mirmeciza disjuncta, Thamnophilidae) with additional notes on its naturalhistory. Ararajuba, 9 (2): 163-165.

- Rebelo, G.H. & Luigi, L. (2001). Distribution and abUlldallCe offour caiman species in Jail National Park, Amazonas. Rev. BioI. Trop. 49 (3): 1019-1033.

- Borges, S.H., Cohn-Haft, M., Carvalhaes, AM.P., Henriques, LM.P., Pacheco, J.F., Whittaker, A. (2001). Birds ofJail National Park, Brazilian Amazon: species check-list, biogeography and conservation. Omitologia Neotropical12.

- Barnett, AA, & Castilho, C.V. (2000). Report on a short study ofthe dry season feeding ecology and habitatpreferences ofthegolden-backed uacari or bico, Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary (Cebidae: Pitheciinae), on the lower Rio Jail, Amazonas, Brazil. Akodon Ecological Consulting. Igap6 Study Project Report Series, No 2, 18p.

B: Timber Management Grogan, James, Barreto, Paulo, & Verissimo, Adalberto. (2002). Magno Na Amazonia Brasileira: Ecologia e Perspectivas de Manejo. Arima, Eugeuio, Verissimo, Adalberto. AmeQ/;:as e Oportunidades Economicas. Verissimo, Adalberto, Cochrane, Mark, Souza, Carlos, & Salomao. (2002) Priority Areas for Establishing National Forests in the Brazilian Amazon. Amaral, Paulo (2001) Evaluacion de las condiciones, processos y resultados del Manejo Forestal Comunitario en la Amazonia Brasilefia. MS thesis. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

C: Palm Heart Management No ilnnex.

Component II - Amazon Development Policy FSC Chain ofCustody Certified Products, March 2002. Chart. Various clippings

Component III - Capacity Building A: Environmental Education • Report ofthe Second National Workshop about Environmental Education in ICPD in ltacare, Bahia, Brazil

B: Training Conservation Professionals List ofTrainees

C: Natureza Viva Radio Show Description ofNatureza Viva Programs 25