Integrated Community-Led Infrastructure in the Tapajos Basin
Centro de Estudos Avancados de Promocao Social e Ambiental
- Program Environment
- Program Initiative Land, Water and People of the Amazon Basin
- Grant Amount $600,000
- Grant Period October 1, 2026–September 30, 2028
- Location Santarém, Brazil
- Geographic Focus Brazil
About this grant
The Centro de Estudos Avançados de Promoção Social e Ambiental, a nonprofit organization founded in 1985, promotes sustainable development and the conservation of the Amazon by strengthening public policies and improving livelihoods for Indigenous and traditional communities. In the previous grant period, the grantee expanded off-grid renewable energy access for primary health care facilities and trained local solar technicians in the Tapajós River basin. In the next grant period, the grantee will implement renewable energy technologies in the Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve while strengthening community governance to manage the systems.