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THE PLACE The Atlantic Forest is one of the planet’s most biodiverse and most threatened ecoregions, stretching across Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. It is a mosaic of natural areas, working lands, and communities, and its future depends on ecological restoration and other conservation actions that reach across borders and unite many partners behind a shared vision. THE CHALLENGE Conservation ambition across these landscapes was high, but partners working in different countries needed a shared, structured framework to turn that ambition into coordinated action. The challenge was to align organisations across three countries around common biodiversity goals, identify the root causes of habitat loss and fragmentation, and link restoration investments directly to measurable outcomes. |
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OUR APPROACH GCS partnered with BirdLife International to design, strengthen, and refine landscape-level conservation strategies across the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Working with BirdLife and local partners, we co-developed a regional restoration and conservation strategy focused on Key Biodiversity Areas within the Atlantic Forest. Grounded in the Conservation Standards and adaptive management best practices, we facilitated multi-country planning workshops to align partners around a shared vision and measurable goals, led structured threat and driver analyses, and supported the prioritisation of strategies based on feasibility and ecological impact. We then developed theories of change, SMART objectives, and a monitoring framework to track progress over time. RESULTS & IMPACT A regional restoration and conservation strategy aligning partners across Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay Stronger cross-border coordination with clarified institutional roles and responsibilities Designed clear, time-bound goals to establish the desired future state of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest ecoregion Prioritised strategies linked to measurable biodiversity outcomes through results chains and SMART objectives |