This project brought a water-energy-food (WEF) ‘nexus approach’ to analyse trade-offs across sectors and scales of governance; working closely with the national governments of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru to achieve the following objectives:

• Increased understanding and awareness by the identified national government of policy gaps and governance challenges in managing WEF resource trade-offs in this part of Amazonia;
• Increased commitment by national governments to proactively manage and optimise WEF resource trade-offs in Amazonia through the improved coordination of their development and climate adaptation plans; and
• Increased awareness by selected national governments of the role of the private sector in impacting WEF resource trade-offs and opportunities to improve their engagement and involvement.

The project was carried out in six months. Within this time period the following activities or outputs were delivered:

• A Stakeholder Engagement Plan
• A policy brief assessing policy coherence in Brazil, Colombia and Peru using a Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach
• A case study on corporate sector behaviour and expansion under different governance contexts in Amazonia and the opportunities for better managing future WEF trade-offs

The following features were presented to accompany the project:

• Water, food and energy security trade-offs in Amazonia
• Transparency in agricultural supply chains – Key to protecting Amazon’s resources
• The Water-Energy-Food nexus – Insights from Amazonia

  Project funding: £133,910