---
title: Amazon Regional Fund Market Engagement Webinar AFOLU
---

[![ukpact-navy-logo](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/hubfs/Core%20Site%20Files%20-%202020/ukpact-navy-logo.svg "ukpact-navy-logo")](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/)

# Amazon Regional Fund: Agriculture, Forests and Other Land-Use (AFOLU) Market Engagement Webinar

#### **Date:** 10 September 2024

#### **Time:** 13:30-15:00 UTC

#### [**View the event slides here**](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/hubfs/Call%20for%20Proposals%20(CfP)%20launches/Amazon%20Regional%20Fund%202024/AFOLU%20Aug%202024/Amazon%20Regional%20Fund%20-%20MEE%20Presentation.pdf)

[**Watch the event recording here**](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/hubfs/Call%20for%20Proposals%20(CfP)%20launches/Amazon%20Regional%20Fund%202024/AFOLU%20Aug%202024/Amazon%20Regional%20Fund%20-%20MEE%20recording.mp4)

[**Click here for the Q&A document**](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/hubfs/Call%20for%20Proposals%20(CfP)%20launches/Amazon%20Regional%20Fund%202024/AFOLU%20Aug%202024/Q%26A%20Amazon%20Regional%20Fund%20AFOLU%20FV.pdf)

**Join our webinar to find out how you can apply for grant funding for the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use (AFOLU) Call for Proposals, within the UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) Amazon Regional Fund programme. Organisations are expected to bring all enquiries to this event.**

### Who is this event for?

We invite all organisations with relevant experience in delivering technical assistance and capacity-building projects in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use sector to register. This could be think-tanks, consultancies, academic institutions, community organisations, NGOs, professional associations, or any similar organisations that have the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver an eligible project.  
   
Proposals from for-profit and non-profit entities are welcome, however government agencies and government departments are not eligible to receive UK PACT funding. 

### **What will we be funding?**

Following bespoke engagement with key government stakeholders, NGOs, civil society and the private sector within the Amazon region, the UK PACT Amazon Regional Fund is now seeking to extend its support to agriculture, forests and land use in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru. UK PACT will deliver technical assistance and capacity-building projects aimed at supporting governments to accelerate an equitable and inclusive transition toward sustainable and resilient systems of practices.

**Projects will be funded under four areas of intervention:**

1. **Deforestation-free production: **support the transition to deforestation-free, sustainable and resilient production in key value chains, including non-timber forest products, cocoa, coffee, beef, dairy and soy, through: 
     - Traceability standards, practices and systems.
     - Climate smart agriculture practices and technologies, pursuing carbon positive systems.
     - Non-deforestation and land conversion strategies.
2. **Consolidate robust MRV systems: **develop and promote governance and transparency under existing reporting frameworks according to UNFCCC data requirements, including for ecosystems such as peatlands.
3. **Enable conditions and promote the development of bioeconomy: **increasing the value of standing forests by the use, commercialisation, and conservation of biological resources. Including access to finance and markets, while strengthening national bioeconomy strategies.
4. **Improve the design and implementation of nature finance mechanisms: **involving national and regional governments, financial sector, local communities, through:

Visit the [**Amazon Regional Fund web page**](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/regional-fund/amazon) to learn more about our work.

### About UK PACT

UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) is a unique capacity-building programme. Jointly governed and funded by the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) through the UK's International Climate Finance, it works in partnership with countries with high emissions reduction potential to support them to implement and increase their ambitions for tackling climate change.

 

[![EXPLORE](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/7376512/0fae3b18-54a7-43f4-a5b3-e2574bbc1203.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/7376512/0fae3b18-54a7-43f4-a5b3-e2574bbc1203)

### Quick Links

**

![ukpact-navy-logo](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/hubfs/Core%20Site%20Files%20-%202020/ukpact-navy-logo.svg "ukpact-navy-logo")

© Copyright 2025     [UK PACT Privacy Notice](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/privacy-notice-ukpact)  [Cookie Policy](https://www.ukpact.co.uk/privacy-notice-ukpact-0)

[Contact Us](https://7376512-hs-sites-com.sandbox.hs-sites.com/contact-us)