Funding changes: The project will work on strengthening existing funding programs to incorporate SLM criteria, which can have a significant impact on replication, such as the Climate Fund, the program for Low-Carbon Agriculture (ABC), the National Environment Fund (FNMA), the Bank of Brazil Foundation (FBB), the Small Grants Program (SGP), the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO), the environmental program of the state oil company (Petrobrás Ambiental) and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). If opportunities arise, it may also be possible to influence policies regarding Green Grants (Bolsa Verde) and other forms of payment for environmental services (PES) or Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+), which are new developments in the policy arena, but are still to be defined. To the extent possible, the project and its wide range of partners will also seek to influence North-South technical and financial cooperation, private international donors and the policies of official and private banks regarding various forms of funding.
