Project profile — Amazon Business Alliance

• Peru (100.00%)

• Agriculture: Agricultural development (31120) (20.00%)
• Forestry: Forestry development (31220) (15.00%)
• Biosphere protection:
Biosphere protection (41020) (30.00%)
Bio-diversity (41030) (15.00%)
• Other Multisector: Rural development (43042) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (principal objective)
• Biodiversity (significant objective)
• Climate change mitigation (principal objective)
• Climate Change Adaptation (significant objective)

This project focuses on mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon. The objective is to limit deforestation and forest degradation by restoring degraded ecosystems, while creating and strengthening bio-enterprises in the region that generate income for vulnerable populations, particularly women and indigenous peoples of the Amazon. Project activities include: 1) creating a public-private financing platform for bio-enterprises; 2) providing technical assistance to producers in commercial and financial management, as well as in the sustainable management of natural resources and land; 3) developing national and regional laws, policies, regulations and programs favorable to bio-enterprises.

The expected results of this project include: 1) increased sustainable management of natural ecosystems and biodiversity in the Amazon by sustainable and gender-sensitive communities and bio-enterprises that address climate change; 2) an improvement in the gender-sensitive enabling environment and climate governance for the growth and emergence of bio-enterprises that improve the conservation and use of biodiversity.

Results achieved as of January 2025 include: (1) access to financial and entrepreneurial development services for more than 991 bio-enterprise projects (entrepreneurs or farmers) to achieve sustainable natural resource management; (2) projects generated more than US$15.6 million in co-investment for environmental purposes by the public and private sectors; (3) improved natural resource management and restoration of forest cover across 79,441 hectares of biologically important areas; (4) facilitated the proposal, adoption, and implementation of laws, policies, regulations, or standards dealing with biodiversity conservation and other officially proposed, adopted, or implemented environmental issues. This is in addition to the project's assistance and promotion of gender equality and interculturalism; and (5) more than 5,525 people, including 1,816 women, acquired benefits (monetary or non-monetary) associated with the implementation of sustainable activities for adaptation to climate change.

• Proactive disclosure