SynPAm: Synthesis for Policy in Amazonia

What's the challenge?
Evidence-informed solutions are urgently needed to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises––the 21st-century greatest challenges. Amazonian forests are among Earth's most diverse ecosystems and contribute to climate change mitigation through carbon storage. Yet, multiple stressors threaten Amazonia's socio-ecological importance, highlighting the need for coordinated efforts between multiple actors to reduce these threats (França et al 2021).

How and when do we aim to tackle it?
Effective engagement with policy and decision-makers can improve research development (França et al 2016; Parker et al 2014) and conservation planning success (Wu & Hobbs 2002). To inform efficient policies and practices that safeguard nature, we need knowledge co-production that aligns key scientific evidence with policy needs. This is particularly true for biodiversity conservation, but it is rarely done in Amazonia. To address this science-policy gap, SynPAm seeks to answer two questions: 1) What are the key questions for different stakeholders involved in biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Amazon? and 2) How can current scientific evidence be better mobilised to address these questions and inform conservation policy and practices?