Private Sector Roadmap for a Sustainable Amazonia
The Pan-Amazonia region — encompassing parts of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname — is approaching a critical tipping point that could trigger irreversible ecosystem collapse. At the same time, global demand for nature-based solutions (NbS) and bio-based products has never been higher, offering private sector leaders an unprecedented opportunity to address forest loss while opening new markets and driving technological innovation.
This White Paper argues that the future of Amazonia must go beyond a defensive conservation paradigm and instead embrace a development vision that combines prosperity, sustainability, and technology — a vision built from within the region by those who know it and shape its economy every day.
The document is the result of a collective effort to define the private sector’s role in shaping a prosperous future for Amazonia. It was developed under the framework of the Amazonia Forever Private Sector Task Force, established within the Americas Business
Dialogue, a regional initiative led by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, with the support of the finance ministers of the eight Pan-Amazonian countries.
It presents a practical agenda for entrepreneurs and investors built around two main tracks: Leapfrogging Opportunities, aimed at accelerating progress toward a new economic model, and Game-Changing Initiatives, which require coordinated public-private action. The proposed approaches involve adopting modern, sustainable systems that value Amazonia’s natural assets while creating opportunities for its people. They also highlight the region’s capacity to lead complex innovation, rather than being seen merely as a recipient of external solutions. Successful execution of these strategies is essential to shifting the region’s economic trajectory at a scale that meets the magnitude of the ecological challenge.
Learn more about this topic in Markets and Forest: Under the Radar: Territorial and Regulatory Security Risks in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon, Transforming the Economy in the Amazon
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