Founded on February 8th 2008, the Foundation For Amazon Sustainability (FAS) is a non-profit civil society organization operating in the Amazon. With no political party links, it provides social assistance for vulnerable populations. It is an institution that promotes regional development through research, development and innovation activities.
Contribute to the environmental conservation of the Amazon by enhancing the socio-economic benefits of the standing forest and its biodiversity, while improving the quality of life of remote communities by implementing and disseminating knowledge about sustainable development.
To be a world reference in solutions for sustainable development in the Amazon, through enhancing the socio-economic benefits of standing forests and their biodiversity, community empowerment and the expansion and strengthening of partnerships.
Photos: Bruno Kelly, Dirce Quintino e Caio Palozzo.
Partnership with the Marriott hotel chain with the technical project REDD +
Elaboration of FAS’ 1st Strategic Planning in partnership with Bain & Company
Partnership with Samsung for the construction of the Conservation and Sustainability Center in the Rio Negro Environmental Protection Area
Partnership with the Amazon Fund to support the Standing Forest Program
Partnership with Google for Amazon Street View for remote communities in the Amazon
Action Market Research opinion and satisfaction survey
Review of the FAS Business Model in partnership with Bain & Company
Expansion of the partnership with Coca-Cola for actions in the Rio Negro Reserve
Partnership with Grupo Abril for education actions in the Juma Reserve
Definition of control and operational execution mechanisms in partnership with Bain & Company
Beginning of the first project funded by the Municipal Fund for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (Fumcad)
Partnership with the Brazilian government Entrepreneurship Service (Sebrae) in the Remote Amazon Community Entrepreneurship Program
Partnership with the Brazilian Service of Micro and Small Business Support (shortened to Sebrae in its original Portuguese) in the Ribeirinho Entrepreneurship project
FAS launches the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the Amazon (SDSN-Amazônia)
FAS participates in several events of the Conference of the Parties (COP20) in Lima (Peru)
First Urban Sustainability Event is held in Manaus involving more than 8 thousand people
Impact HUB incubation at the FAS headquarters
Action Market Research opinion and satisfaction survey
New contribution from the Amazon Fund
Partnership with SAP for Entrepreneurship in Remote Amazon Communities
Elaboration of the 2018-2030 Strategic Planning, in partnership with Bain & Company
Launch of the Standing Forest call for proposals
Celebration of 10 years of FAS
First higher education course in a Conservation and Sustainability Unit
FAS receives UNESCO Award
Action Market Research opinion and satisfaction survey
The awards received by FAS are the result of a joint effort of the team, partners and remote communities in the co-creation and development initiatives that work towards sustainable involvement in the Amazon. Since its inception, FAS has received 16 regional, national and international achievements.
UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development
Best NGOs Award
Amazonas Quality Award
Bank of Brazil Foundation Award for Social Technology
Honorary Certificate of Merit from the Legislative Assembly of Amazonas (in celebration of the 10 years of FAS)
André and Lucia Maggi Foundation Award
Best NGOs Award
SDG Brazil Award
Amazonas Quality Award (PQA)
Best NGOs Award
Amazonas Quality Award (PQA)
Calouste Gulbenkian Award – Best International Institution to Promote Human Values
Environmental Management Award in the Amazon Biome “Environmental Monitoring, Control and Recovery”
VI Hugo Weneck Sustainability & Love of Nature Award – Best example from the Third Sector
von Martius Sustainability Award “Project Manage to Conserve”
SDG Brazil Award “Bolsa Floresta Program”
The term “Ecosystem” describes the environment in which different actors are mobilized, in the pursuit of sustainable development. FAS cultivates an ecosystem of real added value, with institutions engaged in the common objective of promoting the eradication of poverty and environmental conservation. This includes financing partners, strategic cooperations, partners in programs and projects and other institutional arrangements. In 2019, the institution had a total of 261 partners, among them, community associations, companies, non-governmental organizations, government institutions, multilateral organizations, in addition to research, teaching and innovation institutions.
Keeping the forest standing is a goal that requires innovation and empowerment to generate income, in turn, conserving the forest. As an integral part of the Social Assistance program, FAS develops the program investing in actions of participatory planning and improvement of the infrastructure for sustainable production; in addition, FAS ensures that public policies guarantee the rights of families at a local level.
Funded by philanthropic and corporate social responsibility sources, the program is developed on the basis of four components: income generation, entrepreneurship, community infrastructure and empowerment. The program also implements the Bolsa Floresta, a public policy that aims to compensate families living in protected areas in the state of Amazonas.
This program seeks to guarantee the rights and access to public policies for remote communities through education, health and citizenship. Since 2012, FAS’ Education, Health and Citizenship Program implements a set of initiatives that aim to stimulate citizen protagonism and participation of those living in the Deep Amazon.
The program implements a set of projects and initiatives in the area of quality education, cultural and artistic activities, and professional development, with the goal of strengthening communities. The actions have a special focus on children and adolescents who will be future leaders to act in defense of their rights and access to public policies.
With the goal of promoting a new vision for the future of the Amazon Forest and the planet, FAS’ Innovative Solutions Program promotes research and technological innovation initiatives with a focus on the sustainable development of the Amazon. The program is based on the principle that keeping the forest standing is not only possible and necessary, but can lead to innovative initiatives that can change the world on a global scale.
The program fosters the creation of transformational strategies and together with different actors and partners, aims to analyze, improve and perform sustainable solutions to contribute to paradigm shifts and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Amazon.
Directly connected to FAS’ General Directory, since 2018, the Management and Transparency Program supports the Foundation’s strategic management together with the internal community. The program’s operation occurs through the periodic elaboration of actions for planning and monitoring our institutional management.
Evaluations of our other programs and projects are conducted in order to promote possible adjustments in how we undertake our activities. The program offers support for FAS’ initiatives in order to secure resource efficiency and optimization. These procedures are undertaken systematically and transversally so that all of our institutional results reach interested parties objectively and transparently.
Since 2017, FAS possesses a Strategic Planning model coinciding with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This plan was created precisely to direct our strategies and enable improvements in our management processes. On top of this, the program supports the establishment and updating of our goals, as well as the assessment of our implementation plans, with biannual revisions.
You can support FAS’ programs and projects from anywhere within Brazil or throughout the world. By donating, you’re directly supporting conservation and sustainability initiatives in the Amazon that produce income for the true protectors of the forest: traditional and indigenous populations. Joint conservation efforts with vital communities support the reduction of deforestation. In 2019, the protected areas supported by FAS reduced their deforestation rates by 76%. Help us reach more people and join the fight for the conservation of the largest tropical forest in the world.
