ACEEA_Stöd för bevarande av ekosystem till Pando ACEAA_Ecosystem Conservation Support to Pando The impact expected with the project is to “Promote the conservation of Pando Amazonian Forest through the strengthening of the non-timber forest products (NTFPs) value chain, supporting the regional institutions and local initiatives”. 
The initiative will be co executed along with a partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank Den förväntade effekten av projektet är att "främja bevarandet av Pandos Amazonasskog genom att stärka värdekedjan för icke-träbaserade skogsprodukter (NTFP) och stödja de regionala institutionerna och lokala initiativen".
Insatsen kommer att genomföras som ett gemensamt partnerskap med Inter-American Development Bank The whole intervention aims to "Promote the conservation of the Amazonian forests of Pando by strengthening the value chains of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) through support for departmental institutions and community enterprises". This will generate an increase in family incomes with the sustainable use of NTFPs, in addition to maintaining the carbon stocks in above-ground biomass in Amazon Forest areas with good management practices and keeping deforestation rate low. 

It is expected that this model could be replicated throughout the Amazon, promoting an inclusive and smart economy, maintaining standing forests, reducing negative impacts on the biodiversity, improving the livelihoods of Amazonian communities, and mitigating climate change through avoided deforestation. To achieve this impact, it is important to work at two levels, one at the departmental level and another at the local level.

At the departmental level, the outcome 1 aims to "Generate the appropriate conditions for the comprehensive and sustainable management of forests in Pando", with an emphasis on those that allow scaling up the diversified management of NTFPs. To achieve this, knowledge for decision-making will be strengthened; forest governance conditions will be improved through the strengthening of key departmental platforms such as the Interinstitutional Platform of the Amazonian Fruits Complex of Pando (PICFA); and strategic plans will be developed and implemented to scale up the sustainable use of NTFPs and their connection to markets beyond Pando. Therefore, in the departmental-scale component, the following outputs are proposed: 
1.1) Improved the functioning of the Amazonian Fruits and Climate Change Observatory (OFACC); 
1.2) Strengthened the main structures of participatory forest governance in Pando; and 
1.3) Implemented departmental strategies for technical and financial sustainability of NTFP management. 
This outcome will also improve the levels of articulation of subnational authorities with national public bodies responsible for sustainable forest management and the submission of national reports to international agreements such as the CBD and the UNFCCC, highlighting the General Direction of Biodiversity and Protected Areas and the Plurinational Mother Earth Authority.

At the local level, outcome 2 aims to "Diversify and strengthen the management of NTFPs with enterprises model that improve the living conditions of local communities". To achieve this, actions will be implemented in four protected areas in Pando, where the models will be promoted supporting the six existing community associations linked to 31 local communities engaged in NTFP harvesting, in over 244,000 hectares. It is also necessary to strengthen the capacities of local actors to promote more efficient and safer collection processes, as well as to improve the transformation processes of the NTFPs by applying good manufacturing practices. Finally, it is essential to strengthen the links of local associations with key markets. Thus, in this local-scale component, the following outputs are planned: 
2.1) Local populations trained in good practices of collection, processing, and marketing of the NTFPs; 
2.2) Improved operation of the pulp processing plants; and
2.3) Local producer associations linked to productive value chains. 

Therefore, with these local enterprises, the goal is to address the main bottlenecks so that they become model enterprises of diversified NTFP management, and this model can be replicated throughout the department.

The number of people involved in the conservation and management of the Amazon Forest through NTFPs is estimated at 80,000. The project comprises four protected areas in Pando, supporting six community associations linked to 31 local communities (30 peasants and 1 indigenous), covering 244,000 hectares, and benefiting 1,390 people directly and 3,258 indirectly. 

Other key stakeholders include 1) subnational entities such as the Autonomous Departmental Government of Pando and 14 municipal governments where non-timber resources are managed; and 2) another 270 indigenous and peasant communities that base their livelihoods on NTFPs in the Department of Pando. Indirect beneficiaries include intermediaries and private companies with processing potential.

At the end of the intervention is expected to:
i)increase NTFPs´ harvest to 434 tons.
ii) increase family income by 15%, iii)
iii)maintain stored carbon (around 56 million tons), 
iv)scale up the model nationwide.