Context

The project "Protection of Indigenous People and Their Lands in the Amazon Region - PPTAL", is part of The Pilot Program for the Conservation of Brazilian Tropical Forests - PPG7, established for the protection of Tropical Forests and the conservation of biodiversity reducing the emission of Carbon and encouraging a better knowledge of the sustainable activities of Tropical Forests. This program started in 1990, in Houston, as a result of a meeting of the G7, made up of Germany, Canada, the USA, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom . On that occation, the participating heads of state expressed interest in supporting of iniciatives directed at the protection of brazilian tropical forests . A year later, in Geneva, representatives from Brazil and from the countries comprising the G7 defined the first phase of the PPG7 with resources amounting to US$ 250 million. Out of this figure, 20% is destined for the creation of the Rain Forest Trust Fund - RFT, a fund administered by the World Bank and intended exclusively for the program. The remaining US$ 200 million will be apportioned in the form of co-associate financing.

Objective

PPTAL´s objective is to improve the quality of life of the indigenous population and to promote the conservation of their natural resources by regularising indigenous lands of the Legal Amazon as well as the application of protection measures in those areas.