The Tarapoto Proposal of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainability of the Amazon Forest

The Tarapoto Proposal was adopted in February 1995 in Tarapoto, Peru, in a meeting held under the auspices of the Organization of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty.

The eight signatory countries have identified seven national level criteria and 47 indicators. Four criteria and 22 indicators were also identified for the forest management unit level and one criterion and seven indicators for the regional level.

National Consultations for Validation were conducted in each of the participating countries between December 1996 and July 2000 to evaluate the relevance and applicability of these criteria and indicators in light of national conditions and needs.

Member countries

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

More information

Report on the Tarapoto Process on the Amazon Forest's Sustainability Criteria and Indicators.

Proyecto sobre Validación de 15 indicadores priorizados de sostenibilidad del Bosque Amazónico
TCP/RLA/3007 For more information contact:mario.mengarelli@fao.org or froylan.castaneda@fao.org
C&I National coordinators 

Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ATCO)

Regional Office of FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean[missing link label]

Publications

  • Consulta Boliviana de Validación del Proceso de Tarapoto sobre Criterios e Indicadores de Sostenibilidad del Bosque Amazónico
  • Informe - Memoria. Seminario-taller consulta nacional sobre sostenibilidad del bosque amazónico. Consulta Ecuatoriana de Validación
  • Guyana’s national consultation workshop on criteria and indicators for sustainability on the amazon forest. Amazon Cooperation Treaty Pro Tempore Secretariat (Georgetown – Guyana)
  • Análisis de la propuesta de Tarapoto sobre criterios e indicadores de sostenibilidad del bosque amazónico. Consulta Peruana de Validación
  • Suriname’s national consultation workshop on criteria and indicators for sustainability of the Amazon forest. (Paramaribo – Suriname)
  • Proceso de Tarapoto sobre criterios e indicadores de sostenibilidad del bosque amazónico. Consulta Venezolana de Validación.
  • Processo de Tarapoto sobre critérios e indicadores de sustentabilidade da floresta amazônica Validação de 15 Indicadores Priorizados de Sustentabilidade da Floresta Amazônica

    Contacts

    Mario Mengarelli
    Forest Officer
    Regional Office of FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean
    Dag Hammarskjold 3241
    Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
    Phone: ++562 337 2165
    E-mail: mario.mengarelli@fao.org

    Carlos Aragon
    Assessor Senior
    Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica
    SHIS Qi 05, Cj. 16
    Casa 21; Brasília – DF
    Phone: ++55 61 3248 4119
    E-mail: carlos.aragon@otca.org.br

    Mr. Raimundo Deusdará Filho
    Tarapoto Proposal - Brasil
    Jefe de Programas Forestal del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente;
    Ministério do Meio Ambiente - MMA;
    Esplanada dos Ministérios,
    Bloco B, Sala 716;
    70.068-900 Brasília D.F., Brasil
    Tel: + 55 61 317 1140 / 317 1493 / 224 3785;
    Fax: + 55 61 323 7936;
    E-mail:raimundo.deusdara@mma.gov.br

    Román Ospina;
    Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira;
    Investigador Asociado Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales;
    UTP-Sede la Julita;
    Pereira, Colombia;
    Tel: 321 87 38;
    E-mail:romanospina@yahoo.com

    Rubén Darío Guerrero Useda;
    Advisor, Ministerio del Medio Ambiente;
    Calle 37 No. 8-40, 2do. Piso; Bogotá, DC, Colombia;
    Tel: 571-3323400, Ext. 343;
    Fax: 571-3406206;
    E-mail:rdguerrero@minambiente.gov.co

    Hans Thiel Klinger;
    Casilla 17-22-2007;
    Quito, Ecuador;
    TeleFax: 5932-2377306;
    E-mail:hthiel@accessinter.net

    List of other contacts 

    • last updated:  Friday, November 28, 2008