WWF's Living Amazon Initiative - WWF UK

FOR A LIVING AMAZON
WHAT WE NEED TO
ACHIEVE: CONSERVATION
TARGETS AND GOALS
WWF’s Living Amazon Initiative page 34
Over the past 50 years, 17 % of the Amazon
habitat has been lost due to human-induced
processes. Given this rate of habitat loss and
degradation, the question of what needs to
be conserved in the Amazon Biome is more
critical than ever if this ecological system is
to continue to provide its bountiful goods and
services to the multitude of species that make
the Amazon their home, its local residents, the region’s, countries and
the world.
WWF has defined a set of conservation targets that embody the
ecological attributes and functions that are most critical to maintaining
the functionality of the Amazon Biome, together with corresponding
conservation goals that lay out our desired status for the Biome by
2030.
consErvation
tarGEts
The diversity of terrestrial
and aquatic ecological
systems found in the
Amazon Biome
The natural flow regimes that
maintain aquatic connectivity
and dictate the pulse of the
largest river basin on the
planet
Global and regional climate
regulation role of the Amazon
Biome
2030
consErvation GoaLs
The diversity of terrestrial and
freshwater ecosystems 8 of the Amazon
Biome is conserved 9 to ensure the
survival of the species that live
there and the continued provision of
environmental goods and services
to local peoples, the countries of the
region, and the world.
The quality, quantity, and timing of
flow regimes in priority 10 rivers and
their headwaters are maintained at
levels that ensure the integrity of
aquatic ecosystems and the continued
provision of ecological services that
sustain local livelihoods and regional
economies.
The region’s political and
institutional framework supports the
implementation of a climate-adaptive
conservation and development
agenda that increases the resilience
of the Amazon Biome’s key ecological
process and services.