Policy Brief – Connectivity First: Free-Flowing Rivers for the Brazilian Amazon
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Publication link: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21981623
Publication Year: 2026
Publication Author: Amazon Waters, Science Panel for the Amazon, Standford, TNC, WCS, WWF
The connectivity of Amazonian aquatic ecosystems is a strategic ecological and territorial condition for the Brazilian Amazon. Free-flowing rivers constitute a critical ecological asset for the country and should be treated as central assets of Brazil’s environmental, water, and territorial policies. This analysis identifies 19 rivers that are crucial to the connectivity of the Brazilian Amazon and the wider Amazon Basin.