Workgroups
Bioeconomy
Objective: The Bioeconomy Working Group aims to promote collective, participatory and inclusive actions in favor of the Amazon’s bioeconomy, based on affinities and synergies around areas of interest, with a focus on the sustainable business ecosystem, investments and the production of knowledge linked to the region’s socio-biodiversity. To act as a reference, creating connections in order to aggregate forces between institutions and projects, catalyzing agendas and enhancing solutions that accelerate the transition and advancement of sustainable development in the Amazon.
Education
Objective: Since 2023, the Education Working Group aims to: a) consolidate the ” Amazon Concertation” initiative as a knowledge hub on education in the Legal Amazon territory, through the production of articles and experience reports, curation of content on the subject, and identification of good practices in the territory; b) reflect on and build processes directed towards the modalities of rural education, indigenous school education, and quilombola school education; c) consider the production and development processes of didactic and pedagogical materials that are based on collaboration among the actors of the ecosystem and the connection with the training of educators.
Facilitation: Roda Educativa
Territorial Planning and Regularization
Objective: The Working Group on Territorial Planning and Land Regularization aims to promote the understanding that territorial planning and land regularization are essential processes for sustainable development and for curbing illegal deforestation in the Amazon. To this end, the group proposes to qualify the debate on these issues, identifying bottlenecks and potential, as well as recommendations for overcoming the land chaos in the region. The group also seeks to bring together the key players involved in this dynamic, debating, generating and sharing knowledge, as well as coordinating the implementation of projects that can contribute to this agenda and help overcome historical barriers that persist to this day.
Health
Objective: The Health Working Group (WG) was established in early 2024 to strengthen the health agenda in the Amazon from a planetary or comprehensive health perspective. Its ambition is to formulate recommendations for the region based on a collectively formulated structuring initiative and to integrate various organizations from the Amazon and beyond into a concerted effort.
Security & Human Rights
Objective: The Security and Human Rights Working Group (WG) was established in 2025 with the following objectives: to unite organizations working in the field of security in the Amazon; to connect the dimensions of security and combating crime with aspects of daily life and access to citizenship for local populations. The idea is to generate “new headlines” about the weaknesses of security and the increase in crime in human rights, territorial rights, and the exercise of citizenship.
Facilitation: Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública