Technology and Trust in the Amazon

Strengthening integrity in environmental services markets through innovation: lessons from carbon markets

Maps the digital infrastructure, geospatial monitoring, AI, blockchain and community-led data systems now shaping traceability, governance and climate integrity across Amazon carbon and nature markets.

With Nature Tech Collective · Climate Ventures

Under the Radar: Territorial and Regulatory Security Risks in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon

Governance and security challenges affecting sustainable investment and local actors

Survey and interview evidence on how land conflict, criminal networks and thin state presence expose organisations working in the region — and what investors and donors should build into project design.

With Igarapé Institute

Sustainable Investments in the Amazon, Volume I

Reframing investment approaches to reflect the social, environmental and governance realities of the Amazon

Volume I sets out why context-rooted investment matters and where externally designed models break down, drawing on interviews across the region and decades of accumulated practice.

With LACLIMA Institute

Sustainable Investments in the Amazon, Volume II

From principles to practice: tools and approaches adapted to territorial realities

Volume II turns the case for responsible investment into a decision-making framework — legal, cultural and institutional — showing how “standing forest, standing economy” works as an actual strategy.

With LACLIMA Institute

Best Practices for High Integrity Carbon Projects in Brazilian Amazon

Practical guidance on legal compliance and socio-environmental safeguards — launched at COP30

Sets out who can implement carbon projects in Brazil, how they interact with the national emissions trading system, and what land rights, FPIC and benefit-sharing require in practice.

With VCMI · Climate Focus · LACLIMA · GCF Task Force · Governments of Acre and Rondônia

Building Trust, Scaling Impact: An Integrity Ecosystem for Carbon in the Amazon Region

A vision for high-integrity carbon markets that link forest conservation with justice and local development

AIC’s argument for shifting carbon markets from transactional to transformational, with Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities recognised as decision-makers and legitimate beneficiaries of climate finance.