Brazil DGM for Indigenous People and Traditional Communities Phase 2

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The Brazil DGM Phase Two will foster: (a) the adoption of sustainable natural resources management practices, (b) the adoption or expansion of resilient, low-carbon and climate-smart productive systems, and (c) awareness raising and knowledge exchange on adaptation to climate change.Brazil has historically developed a strong policy framework to foster sustainable natural resources management and address climate change. In 2009, The Brazilian government created the National Policy on Climate Change – NPCC (Law 12,187/2009) to guide the country to fulfil with the national voluntary commitment to reduce GHG emissions between 36.1% and 38.9% of the projected emissions by 2020. Brazil’s 1988 Federal Constitution recognizes the social organization, customs, languages, beliefs and traditions of indigenous peoples and other traditional communities as well as their rights to occupy their traditional territories. The Federal Constitution (Articles 215 and 216) determines that the State protects popular, indigenous and Afro-Brazilian cultural manifestations and that the Brazilian cultural heritage must be promoted and protected by the Public Power, considering both material and immaterial goods – the way of expressing, being and living – of the different groups that make up the Brazilian society. The Biodiversity Law (Law 13.123/2015) protects the traditional knowledge associated with the genetic heritage of indigenous peoples, traditional communities or traditional farmers against illicit use and exploitation. Finally, Brazil signed the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No.169 on Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Populations and The United Nations Declaration of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and regulated its provisions. ILO Convention 169 was regulated and made effective in Brazil with the publication of Decree 5,051/04.The proposed Brazil DGM Phase 2 will rely on and aim to expand the achievements made by the Brazil DGM Phase 1 project. Phase 1 was an ambitious and innovative effort to address the climate change consequences of rapid land-use change in the Cerrado biome, which has made relevant contributions to: (i) strengthen the connections between IPQTCs, (ii) enhance the institutional capacity of their representative organizations, (iii) expand their understanding of climate change and REDD+, (iv) promote sustainable natural resources management and livelihoods within their territories and (v) recovery from adverse impacts of the pandemic. At the end, project beneficiaries have been empowered to protect natural resources over an area above six million hectares. Considering the lessons learned with and the satisfactory implementation of the Brazil DGM Phase 1, the proposed Phase 2 also comprises three components that have been agreed upon during consultations held with IPQTCs and Peoples from the Cerrado Biome:Component 1: Sustainable Initiatives (Estimated budget USS 650,000). Under this component, technical assistance and subgrants will be provided to implement sustainable initiatives proposed by IPQTCs, representative organizations and Regional Networks. These initiatives will be selected by the DGM National Steering Committee and must focus on: (i) Sustainable livelihoods subprojects and (ii) Adaptation to climate-change. The component will also allocate resources for the provision of technical assistance in support of the selected community subprojects (up to 15 percent of the subproject value). Technical assistance may be provided by the Executing Agency with in-house capacity or by social organizations or private firms located closer to the beneficiary communities.Component 2: Capacity Building, Communication and Knowledge Exchange (Estimated budget US$ 100,000). Under this component, the Brazil DGM Phase 2 will support: (i) The meetings of the Brazil DGM National Steering Committee; (ii) Capacity building training events aimed at: (a) enhancing managerial skills and access of beneficiary communities to markets; (b) promoting sustainable natural resources management practices and climate-smart livelihood practices such as agroecology; and (c) valuing traditional healing practices and knowledge of the Cerrado biodiversity; and (iii) The elaboration and distribution of good practices factsheets (digital and printed versions) on climate change adaptation, sustainable natural resources management practices and climate-smart livelihood practices supported by the Project as well as other well-recognized initiatives.Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation (Estimated budget US$ 180,000). Under this component, the project will support: (i) The administrative and fiduciary management of the grant, including the technical coordination of Components 1 and 2, and monitoring and evaluation; (ii) the implementation of the environmental and social risk management instruments according to the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards; and (iii) the two Auditing Reports.The project is consistent with the World Bank Group’s Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2018–23 for the Federative Republic of Brazil (Report no. 113259-BR) discussed by the Executive Directors on July 16, 2017. The CPF proposes a reorientation of new lending and advisory services and analytics toward supporting the government in addressing the main development constraints identified in the Systematic Country Diagnostic, including natural resource management. The proposed project would directly contribute to the third focus area of the CPF (Inclusive and Sustainable Development), namely by conserving and fostering the recovery of the Cerrado. The engagement in the country (and specifically in the Cerrado) seeks to: (i) combine conservation with the promotion of local and regional economic development; (ii) support increased sustainability of agricultural production and forestry; (iii) focus on long-term solutions to further capitalize on its natural resource assets (a vast quantity of biodiversity content and the world’s largest forest carbon stocks) in a sustainable manner; and (iv) improve the sustainable management of natural resources and enhance resilience to climate shocks, while maximizing contributions to local economic development and enabling local communities, civil society and the private sector to participate actively in policy formulation and implementation.