Brazilian biodiversity fund funbio annual report
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- TOTAL FUNDS CONTRACTED BY DECEMBER 2000 TO SUPPORT PROJECTS 1
- PROJECTS FUNDED BY YEAR AND VALUE DISBURSED YEAR NO. OF PROJECTS
- Total funds disbursed by 2000
ResultsAs of December 2000, FUNBIO had raised approximately US$ 3 million for biodiversity projects. The forecast is that by the end of 2001 the Fund will have raised US$ 5 million, thus reaching the goal set by the GEF. During the year 2000, FUNBIO grew over 100% both in the number of projects funded and the amount spent to ensure progress in the preservation/conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use of natural resources in Brazilian territory. This growth expresses the efficiency and credibility achieved over the course of the institution’s brief history. In addition, during this same period FUNBIO launched a search for partners to fund projects and succeeded in expanding the involvement and participation of private companies, who are now responsible for over half – 57.1% of the financial resources allocated in the Partnership Funds Program. The public sector participated directly with 7.1% of these funds, with the rest coming from foundations and institutes (24%) and nongovernmental organizations (11.9%). [atenção: no gráfico abaixo, substituir vírgula com ponto nos percentuais, p. ex. 11,9% >> 11.9%, etc., e inserir do lado direito os seguintes termos, por cor: amarelo - Companies; vermelho - Public Agencies; azul - Foundations/Institutes; verde - NGOs] 
To illustrate FUNBIO’s scope of action, suffice it to cite the agreement signed with the Ford Foundation, responsible for funding nine projects which directly and indirectly benefit 500 thousand people, the equivalent of the population of a medium-sized Brazilian city. The programs supported by FUNBIO cover all the regions of the country, with the following biomes: Cerrado (Savannah), Atlantic Forest, Araucaria (Paraná Pine) Forest, Caatinga (Scrub Forest), the Amazon, and Mangroves. [atenção: no gráfico abaixo, inserir os seguintes termos, por cor: amarelo - Cerrado (Savannah); verde - Atlantic Forest; azul claro - Araucaria Forest; vermelho - Caatinga (Scrub Forest); blue- Amazon; lilás - Mangroves] 
[atenção: no gráfico abaixo, inserir do lado direito os seguintes termos, por cor: amarelo - Central-West; vermelho - Southeast; azul claro - South; verde - North; rosa - Northeast] 
FUNBIO’s thematic areas include non-lumber forest management, agrobiodiversity, and management of fishing resources, areas in which positive action is crucial to both the preservation of biological diversity and the production of food and wealth in the context of the new world order. A new front, ecotourism, was also launched in 2000 and will continue in 2001, focuses on training all the sectors involved in developing non-predatory tourism. [atenção: no gráfico abaixo, mudar o título para “Support by Thematic Area” e inserir do lado direito os seguintes termos, por cor: verde - Ecotourism; azul - Non-Lumber Forest Management; lilás - Lumber Forest Management; amarelo - Management of Fishing Resources; vermelho - Agrobiodiversity; laranja - Dissemination of Experiences; azul claro - Conservation] 
Analyzed according to the types of institutions that have been funded, FUNBIO focused primarily on supporting the work of nongovernmental organizations, with 53% of all the projects, followed by consortiums involving the public sector and NGOs, with 13%, and community associations and cooperatives, with 11% each. In addition to these work fronts, FUNBIO also acts in partnership with nationally and internationally renowned research institutes and academic organizations, thus highlighting direct involvement by important segments of Brazilian society. [atenção: no gráfico abaixo, inserir do lado direito os seguintes termos, por cor: amarelo - Government Organizations; rosa - Foundations; azul - Companies; verde - NGOs; laranja - Community Associations; azul claro - Cooperatives; vermelho - Consortiums of Public Agencies and NGOs] 
Beyond the quantitative importance of the scope of FUNBIO’s work, this distribution by region and biome and the involvement of such different segments of the populations has a strong qualitative significance: the excellence of these projects constitutes a positive reference for stimulating more and similar initiatives. Such facts express the work of FUNBIO, which intends to consolidate itself as an outstanding institution among the organizations focused on the preservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of Brazil’s natural heritage, always with a view toward better living conditions and human development. According to a survey by Conservation International, of the l7 countries on Earth with the richest biodiversity, Brazil occupies first place, with 23% of all the species on the planet. In the Brazilian Amazon alone there are 20,000 endemic species, i.e., ones that are only found in Brazilian territory. Within the current planetary context of scarce natural resources, this rich biological diversity can mean wealth and power. But it can also mean an immense challenge and a huge responsibility, a challenge and responsibility that are faced by FUNBIO and all its collaborators, as illustrated by the figures below.
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