The Case of the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation

What is the appropriate institutional framework to implement sustainable development in forest landscapes? There is not necessarily an ideal framework, so new ones, such as the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS) have been created. Governments tend to be bureaucratic and inefficient and act mostly in the short-term. Universities explain why solutions don’t work and propose solutions a opposed to solving problems. The pillars of a successful institutional designed strategy are governance, no political engagement of the institution in the elections of local politics, capacity building and recruiting the best staff and collaborators to the team, building partnerships, transparency in accounting, and indicators of results and impacts. Investing in institutional design is very important, whether an existing institution or a new institution.

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