Brazil Environment Program- Territorial and Environmental Management of Indigenous Lands | APS 512 17 000002

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The Brazil Environment Program - Territorial and Environmental Management of Indigenous Lands is a USAID funding opportunity designed to strengthen how indigenous territories are managed and protected from an environmental and land-governance perspective. The focus is on supporting territorial and environmental management activities on indigenous lands in selected areas within three Brazilian states: Maranhao, Rondonia, and Roraima. In practical terms, the opportunity is aimed at improving how indigenous communities and their partners plan, monitor, and carry out actions that help conserve natural resources, reinforce land stewardship, and address pressures that can threaten indigenous territories, such as illegal resource extraction, deforestation, and land-use conflicts.

This opportunity was issued as an Annual Program Statement (APS) under Funding Opportunity Number APS 512 17 000002 and is categorized as an earmark. Funding would be provided through a Cooperative Agreement, which generally means the funding agency anticipates substantial involvement during implementation, such as collaboration on technical direction, coordination, or oversight. The program is placed under the activity category of Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and it is associated with CFDA number 98.001. Although the program is about territorial and environmental management, that classification signals that proposed work may include technical methods, monitoring systems, applied research, data collection, or other evidence-driven approaches to improve environmental governance on indigenous lands.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is open to a wide range of applicant types, as long as they meet any additional eligibility conditions described in the full announcement text. This structure typically allows nonprofits, NGOs, universities, private entities, and other qualified organizations to apply, provided they can demonstrate the technical capacity and compliance ability needed for a USAID-funded cooperative agreement. The issuing agency is the U.S. Agency for International Development, identified in the source data as USAID-Lima (Peru), which indicates the administrative point of contact and procurement office handling the solicitation, even though the geographic focus of activities is Brazil.

From a funding and competition standpoint, the program set an award ceiling of $7,500,000 and anticipated making up to four awards. That suggests USAID expected multiple implementing partners, potentially working in different states, different indigenous territories, or different thematic areas related to land and environmental management. The APS timeline notes a creation date of May 18, 2017, and an original closing date of November 17, 2017, with the APS open for six months. Rather than a single deadline-driven competition, the process was structured to accept concept papers during the open period and evaluate them on a rolling basis as they were received. This kind of setup often encourages applicants to submit early and allows the agency to begin shaping and selecting promising concepts without waiting until the very end of the window.

Overall, the core purpose of the grant opportunity is to channel resources into stronger territorial governance and environmental management in indigenous lands within Maranhao, Rondonia, and Roraima, using a cooperative agreement model and potentially technical, research-informed approaches. The funding size and expected number of awards indicate a program large enough to support meaningful, multi-site initiatives, with USAID maintaining an active partnership role during implementation.

• The Agency for International Development, Peru USAID-Lima in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Brazil Environment Program- Territorial and Environmental Management of Indigenous Lands" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 18, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 17, 2017 This APS will be opened for six (06) months. Concept papers will be considered if received within the due date. Concept papers will be evaluated as they are received.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $7,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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