GLA II PROGRAM

The GLA II (Green Livelihoods Alliance) Program promotes inclusive and sustainable management of the territories of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) and Protected Area Management Committees in the greater Chiquitanía-Chaco, Pantanal, and Southern Amazon regions. It optimizes actions to ensure that Indigenous territories, protected areas, and municipalities participate in processes of effective protection, sustainable governance, forest management, and the preservation of their livelihoods. GLA II aims to encourage governments to develop and implement policies that respect forests, human rights, the rights of IPLCs and women, and to empower stakeholders to defend their territories.

It is projected that the PICLs will participate in inclusive decision-making processes regarding the development model and policies that affect ecosystems and the rights of peoples and communities, and, together with the Management Committees and protected areas, favorably position demands for local governments to recognize and support the sustainable management of their territory, jointly monitoring extractive activities that affect the region; in addition, they will assert their constitutional rights related to access, use and protection of their territories and livelihoods.

GLA II promotes the recognition of PICLs by international bodies as protectors of forests and the global climate, and that networks of civil society organizations, embassies and international bodies respond quickly to human rights and environmental emergencies in Bolivia.

Since 2018, the Association for Conservation, Biodiversity Research and Sustainable Development – SAVIA, has been implementing actions that promote and drive the objectives proposed within the framework of the GLA II Program, working with local actors, such as authorities and leaders, carrying out processes that contribute to reducing the impacts on biodiversity and the common good of indigenous peoples.