The Tropical Conservation and Development Program at the University of Florida is launching a new project on Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) with support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The initiative is a continuation of the collective learning process of the UF Amazon Workshop on Tools and Strategies for Conservation and Development in the Amazon: Lessons Learned and Future Pathways. See this link for workshop report, links to presentations, and other materials.
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GIA project webpage.
Working with partners, UF aims to create, strengthen and expand a Community of Practice for learning and reflection on the use of tools and strategies by key Amazon stakeholders to improve social-environmental governance and reduce threats from infrastructure development.
This new project will facilitate networking, training, and research in partnership with networks of practitioners who seek to inform planning and implementation of infrastructure projects, especially dams, roads, and waterways, in three focal mosaics that contain protected areas and indigenous territories.
Building and strengthening a community of practice across the Amazon provides a platform for practitioners to exchange experiences about infrastructure planning and governance of protected areas mosaics; identify gaps in understanding; learn from each other; and, improved the effectiveness of our work. Questions to be explored include:
| What tools and strategies are being used to translate knowledge and information into governance impact? | What factors enable and limit effective governance, and how do these affect the impacts of tools and strategies? | What’s working, what’s not working, and what lessons can be learned? | How can we strengthen and improve the use of tools and strategies? |
