Sustainable and resilient cities for a living Amazonia.
The Amazonia is currently home to around 60 million people, more than 70% of whom live in urban areas. Accelerated and unplanned urbanization threatens ecosystems that are key to global climate and biodiversity, as well as the quality of life of its populations, especially the most vulnerable.
Advancing sustainable and resilient Amazonian cities is essential to ensure the well-being of their inhabitants, strengthen urban productivity and employment, and protect the forest.
Through the Amazonia Forever program, we are fostering partnerships among key stakeholders and generating knowledge to promote public policies tailored to the region’s urban diversity, with governance that balances development and nature.
A pioneering initiative supported by the IDB and composed of more than 40 cities from 8 Amazonian countries, advancing the development of a common and strategic agenda for local governments to promote sustainable urban development in the region.
For the first time, and with the support of the IDB, the Forum of Ministers and Senior Housing and Urbanism Authorities of Latin America and the Caribbean has a Working Group of the eight Amazonian countries. This regional cooperation initiative among national governments focuses on the collaborative development of a Strategic Framework for Sustainable Urban Development in Amazonia.
The publication sheds light on the ongoing urbanization in Amazonia and emphasizes the need for urgent action to guide it towards sustainability, improving both forest protection and the well-being of its residents. It highlights critical topics such as environment and climate, infrastructure and productivity, education and health, subnational and fiscal governance, as well as fragility, conflict, and criminal violence, while also providing recommendations to address these challenges.
World Cities Day is an opportunity to highlight the vital role Amazonian cities can play in sustaining a healthy Amazonia—and, in doing so, protecting its extraordinary biodiversity and ecological functions.
A regional coordination program for sustainable and inclusive development that collaborates with the public and private sectors, multilateral development banks, and non-governmental and civil society organizations for the Amazon region.
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