Amazon Indigenous Rights& Resources | AID RFI 530 17 000001

Opportunity Information: Apply for AID RFI 530 17 000001

The Amazon Indigenous Rights and Resources (AIRR) opportunity is a USAID Peru (USAID-Lima) grant-related activity under USAID's Amazon Regional Environment Program (AREP). Its central aim is to strengthen the role and influence of Indigenous peoples in how Amazon forests and waters are governed, with the broader environmental goal of supporting biodiversity conservation and reducing land-based greenhouse gas emissions in and around Indigenous territories. In practical terms, the activity is framed around the idea that stronger Indigenous representation, stronger rights-based engagement, and better oversight of high-impact development can lead to better environmental and social outcomes across the region.

The opportunity is built around four connected objectives. First, it focuses on building the capacity of selected Indigenous groups so they can more effectively advocate for their rights and negotiate their interests when facing large-scale infrastructure projects and extractive industries. This implies training, technical support, organizational strengthening, and improved negotiation and advocacy skills so Indigenous organizations are better prepared to engage governments and companies on equal footing. Second, it seeks to promote the implementation and scaling of both mandatory and voluntary best practices for infrastructure and extractive activities, specifically practices that benefit the targeted Indigenous groups. This suggests attention to compliance with required safeguards as well as encouraging higher standards through voluntary commitments, with an emphasis on approaches that can be expanded beyond pilot locations.

Third, AIRR aims to ensure selected Indigenous groups can effectively monitor and evaluate large-scale infrastructure and extractive activities. That points to strengthening community-based and organization-led monitoring systems, data collection, reporting, and accountability mechanisms so Indigenous stakeholders can track impacts, flag problems, and support enforcement or corrective action. Fourth, the activity is designed to mainstream Indigenous strategic planning and priorities into broader regional and national planning and governance, meaning Indigenous perspectives are not treated as an add-on but are integrated into formal decision-making processes, policies, and development plans that affect Amazon landscapes.

From the source details, the funding opportunity is listed under the title "Amazon Indigenous Rights and Resources" with opportunity number AID RFI 530 17 000001. It is categorized as "Other" for both the opportunity category and funding instrument type, with a funding activity category of Natural Resources and a CFDA number of 98.001. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, indicating the solicitation was open to a wide range of applicants rather than being limited to a narrow applicant class. The issuing agency is USAID-Lima in Peru, the posting date (creation date) is January 10, 2018, and the original closing date is February 9, 2018. The award ceiling and expected number of awards are not specified in the provided data, so the level of available funding and how many awards were anticipated are not clear from this summary alone.

Overall, AIRR is best understood as a governance-and-rights focused Amazon conservation initiative: it targets the intersection of Indigenous rights, oversight of infrastructure and extractive development, and environmental protection, aiming to produce durable improvements in representation, safeguards, monitoring capacity, and the integration of Indigenous priorities into official planning and governance systems.

• The Peru USAID-Lima in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Amazon Indigenous Rights& Resources" 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 2018-01-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-02-09. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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