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The federal government announced on Tuesday (9/9) in Manaus (AM), investments of R $ 26.9 million for Acre, Amazonas and Rondônia, focusing on environmental and land regularization, restoration of degraded areas and access to drinking water for traditional communities. The funds are part of the Amazon Fund and the Union with Municipalities program for reducing deforestation and forest fires in the Amazon (UCM), coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) and executed by BNDES.
In Acre, the program foresees georeferencing of properties, registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and elaboration of recovery projects of degraded areas, directly benefiting rural families and family farmers. The services will be performed by the National Agency for Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Anater), with the aim of strengthening local governance in controlling deforestation and promoting sustainable land use.
Resources include technical assistance, georeferencing and recovery of degraded areas/photo: reproduction
During the event, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva highlighted the importance of the participation of municipalities in the preservation of the Amazon. According to him, local mayors know closely the challenges faced in each region and, with proper resources, will be able to combat deforestation and forest fires more efficiently.
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, stressed that investments will expand environmental and land regularity in the state, ensuring greater security and access to credit for traditional farmers and communities. In addition, resources will allow the restoration of degraded areas and the implementation of quality water access technologies, promoting a better quality of life for Acre families.
Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva and President Lula/Photo: Reproduction
The Restaurante Amazon program, linked to the Amazon Fund, will also allocate part of the resources to Acre. Up to 2,200 hectares of forest will be recovered through 13 projects, generating direct and indirect jobs and strengthening conservation units, rural settlements, indigenous lands and permanent preservation areas. The project is part of the Restoration Arch, which seeks to recover 6 million hectares by 2030.
In addition, the Federal Government announced the implementation of the Sanear Amazonian project – drinking water for Amazonian communities, which will receive R $ 14 million to install rainwater capture and treatment systems, rivers and artesian wells, benefiting families from rural and traditional areas of the state.
The event also released the results of edicts aimed at preventing and fighting forest fires, strengthening municipal prevention plans and creating socio -environmental education and cooperation centers, measures that have federal resources and complement actions in Acre and throughout the Amazon.
R $ 79 million from the Amazon Fund to the Amazon Restaurante
Three new notices of the Restaurante Amazon program, in the total amount of R $ 79 million, were also released at the event. The measure will primarily serve conservation units (UCs) located in the area of the deforestation arc, which covers seven Amazonian states. Up to 2,200 hectares of forest should be recovered through 13 projects. The expectation is to generate approximately 880 direct and indirect jobs.
The funds from the Amazon Fund will be divided as follows: R $ 26.9 million to Acre, Amazonas and Rondônia; R $ 30.7 million for Mato Grosso and Tocantins; and R $ 21.6 million for Pará and Maranhão. The values include the compensation of the Managers of Restaurante Amazônia – Brazilian Institute of Municipal Administration (IBAM), Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development (FBDS) and Conservation International of Brazil (CI Brazil).
Proposals may be sent until November 10, 2025. The selected projects will have up to 48 months for implementation.
The initiative is part of the Restoration Arch Project, a partnership between MMA, the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) and BNDES to recover 6 million hectares by 2030.
Launched in 2024, Restaurante Amazonia seeks to rebuild the so-called deforestation arc, turning it into a biome protection belt. The strategy has R $ 450 million of resources from the Amazon Fund to restore conservation units, indigenous and quilombola lands, permanent preservation areas (APP) and legal reserves of settlements and small farmers.
The program is aligned with the National Plan for Native Vegetation Recovery (Planaveg), an MMA instrument to implement the National Policy for the Recovery of Native Vegetation (Proveg). Planaveg provides for the recovery of up to 12 million hectares of degraded areas across the country.
