Amazon Fund Logical Framework

In its ten chapters, this present paper aims at presenting the main topics covered throughout the elaboration of the Amazon Fund Logical
Framework.
The Logical Framework, also known as Logical or Results Matrix, is a management tool used to ensure that supported efforts contribute
to the overall objective of a program and is quite useful to monitor the impacts of its activities.
This document, the first version for full disclosure, was prepared by staff from different areas of the BNDES, and has undergone
commentary and critiquing by several experts from different institutions. Among the outside parties consulted, the following may be
mentioned: the technical cooperation agency of Norway (NORAD), the technical cooperation agency of Germany (GTZ), the Brazilian
Forest Service (BFCS), the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The introduction provides a brief diagnosis of the problem-situation, based on an analysis of the Amazon’s human occupation and its
deforestation dynamics. Chapter 2, "The Amazon Fund and the Logical Framework Methodology," presents the methodology of this tool,
which has been increasingly used by various institutions in monitoring the achievement of objectives and goals.
After the methodology presentation, Chapter 3 highlights some important considerations to contextualize the Amazon Fund Logical
Framework, including the difficulty in establishing indicators, the need to conduct field research to evaluate the impacts of the Amazon
Fund, which, in the end, is just one among several initiatives - public and private - that have impact on the Amazon reality.