Actions in this pledge

• Conserving trees and forest landscapes

  Supporting actions

  Permanent conservation

  Secure a forest through acquisition or legal agreement to avoid planned or unplanned deforestation or degradation, and/or ensure permanent conservation of land

  Conservation support activities

  Support the operating costs and activities of existing conservation areas, including advocacy for conservation policy

  Additional details

  Driving deforestation to near-zero in the next decade is critical for hitting the Paris Agreement goals and staving off the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Significant investment is urgently needed to help communities set a course for sustainable economic development that protects the forest, particularly in tropical forest regions. We believe ending deforestation requires effective government policy that protects forests and provides for sustainable livelihoods, across entire landscapes within a government’s jurisdiction. Amazon’s participation in the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition is an example of this approach.

  

  Conserving

• Restoring and growing trees and forest landscapes

  Supporting actions

  Reforestation

  Re-establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land classified as forest, that has been degraded or where trees are unlikely to regenerate naturally

  Agroforestry

  Activities that establish and manage the integration of trees into agricultural landscapes, silvopastoral systems, farming in forests and along forest margins and tree-crop production

  Mangrove restoration

  Establishment or enhancement of mangroves along coastal areas and in estuaries

  Watershed protection and erosion control

  Establishment and enhancement of forests on very steep sloping land, along water courses, in areas that naturally flood and around critical water bodies

  Urban tree planting

  Planting and maintaining trees within urban areas

  Additional details

  Science-based pathways to global net-zero emissions under the Paris Agreement will require removing billions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year over the coming decades, and nature-based carbon removal has enormous potential to help close the gap. Amazon’s nature-based carbon removal actions center on building systems, tools, scientific knowledge, and scalable business models for reforestation and regenerative agroforestry. Over time, we will look to expand our focus to include other forms of nature-based carbon removal, such as restoring mangrove forests and marine ecosystems.

  

  Restoring & Growing

• Enabling activities for trees and forest landscapes

  Supporting actions

  Nursery and seedling development

  Establish tree nurseries, including actions such as identification and collection of seeds and/or growing seedlings

  Sustainable forest management

  Activities that support the stewardship and use of forests (including by local communities and indigenous peoples), to maintain their biological diversity, productivity, and regeneration capacity, as well as their potential to fulfil relevant ecological economic and social functions

  Data collection, management and technological tools

  Activities that provide data and/or technological tools to support conservation and restoration (e.g. monitoring etc.)

  Financial innovation

  Activities that create additional financial opportunities and incentives for conservation, restoration and reforestation (e.g. blended financing vehicles, etc.)

  Other enabling activities

  Funding for scientific research

  Additional details

  Amazon aims to increase the integrity, quality and supply of nature-based solutions, and supports the advancement of science, technology and methodologies in this space.

  

  Enabling