Consórcio Interestadual Amazônia Legal

What Consórcio Interestadual Amazônia Legal does

Consórcio Interestadual Amazônia Legal is a public inter-state consortium constituted in 2019 and comprising nine Brazilian states of the Legal Amazon (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins, and Maranhão). It serves as the formal coordination body for regional policies on sustainable development, climate, bioeconomy, environmental conservation, tourism, and education across roughly 60% of Brazil's territory. Its "customers" are its nine member state governments, which fund it through state contributions and rotate the presidency among their governors — currently held by Maranhão Governor Carlos Brandão since January 29, 2026. The consortium operates with a lean administrative footprint of eight staff from a headquarters in Brasília.

The consortium's portfolio spans strategic planning documents (Estratégia Amazônia 2050, Plano de Transformação Ecológica da Amazônia Legal), the Marca Amazônia regional tourism brand (built with Embratur and FutureBrand, winner of three Cannes Lions in 2024), climate-education resources, and innovative financial instruments such as the Payment for Environmental Services program developed with NatureFinance. Its digital infrastructure consists of a transparency portal, open data platform, citizen information service (SIC), ombudsman (Ouvidoria), and e-government services, all required under Brazilian access-to-information and data-protection law. The consortium has no commercial pricing or revenue model; it is a public coordination entity funded by member-state contributions.

Strategically, the consortium is positioning itself as the institutional platform for international and philanthropic capital flows into the Amazon, evidenced by its flagship partnership with United World Colleges (UWC) to establish the first UWC school in South America (up to US$1 billion potential investment) and its alignment with the UN Brazil Amazon Fund. It is not a commercial investable entity in the PE/VC/M&A sense; rather, it is a public governance platform whose expansion of mandate, partnerships, and brand recognition defines its trajectory.

Name

Consórcio Interestadual Amazônia Legal

Legal name

Consórcio Amazônia Legal - Consórcio Interestadual de Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Website

https://consorcioamazonialegal.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Public inter-state consortium of nine Brazilian Legal Amazon states that coordinates regional sustainable development, climate, bioeconomy, tourism, and education policy through shared governance, strategic international partnerships, and the Marca Amazônia regional brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intergovernmental Sustainable Development Coordination

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924), Public Administration (92)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Permitting & Impact Assessment (EIA/NEPA) (BPAIAMAK)

Keywords

• Intergovernmental coordination
• Sustainable development policy
• Climate policy coordination
• Regional brand development
• Environmental services financing

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. State Contributions: The consortium is funded through contributions from its nine member states. Governance is rotated among state governors, with current presidency held by the State of Maranhão under Governor Carlos Brandão since January 29, 2026.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Consórcio Interestadual Amazônia Legal is a public inter-state consortium of nine Brazilian states (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins) that coordinates sustainable development policies, climate initiatives, bioeconomy programs, and regional branding across Brazil's Legal Amazon region. It operates inter-governmental forums, delivers transparency and citizen information services through digital portals, develops regional strategy documents such as Estratégia Amazônia 2050, and executes joint initiatives including the Marca Amazônia regional tourism brand and Payment for Environmental Services financial instruments.

Product overview

Consórcio Interestadual Amazônia Legal is a inter-state government consortium for sustainable development in Brazil's Legal Amazon region, comprising 9 states. Rather than a technology product company, it offers a portfolio of institutional services including strategic planning (Plano de Transformação Ecológica, Estratégia Amazônia 2050), the Marca Amazônia regional brand developed through the Tourism Forum and Rotas Amazônicas Integradas, transparency and citizen services portals (SIC, Ouvidoria, Dados Abertos), and innovative financial instruments like Payment for Environmental Services developed with NatureFinance. The consortium also manages educational initiatives including the UWC school partnership for the first South American campus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal de Transparência (Transparency Portal) Public-facing transparency portal providing access to budgets, contracts, accounts, fiscal management, procurement, and government oversight information for citizens, oversight bodies, and member states.
• Serviço de Informação ao Cidadão (SIC) Formal information service channel enabling citizens to request access to information produced or held by the consortium's public administration, operating under the Brazilian Access to Information Law.
• Ouvidoria (Ombudsman) Ombudsman service operating through the Fala.BR platform to receive suggestions, praise, requests, complaints, and reports from citizens and stakeholders regarding the consortium's public administration activities.
• Dados Abertos (Open Data Portal) Open data portal providing public access to government datasets produced by the consortium, supporting transparency, research, and third-party analysis of inter-state activities.
• Marca Amazônia (Amazon Regional Brand) Collaboratively constructed regional brand built by the nine Legal Amazon states through the Tourism Forum, designed to promote the Amazon region as a tourism destination nationally and internationally and to position member states under a unified brand identity.
• Carta de Serviços (Service Charter) Public service charter documenting the full portfolio of public services offered by the consortium, including conditions for access, commitments, and service standards for citizens and member states.
• Governo Digital (Digital Government Services) Digital government service program covering digital transformation initiatives and regulations adopted by the consortium to modernize inter-state public service delivery.

Quantifiable outcome

• Three Cannes Lions awards for Marca Amazônia regional brand, positioning the Amazon on the world stage of creativity and tourism
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• United World Colleges (UWC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Strategic partnership to establish the first UWC school in South America in the Brazilian Amazon. Initiative aims to transform Amazonian education with estimated investment of up to US$1 billion, connecting youth to one of the world's most recognized educational networks. Mission conducted June 1-2, 2026 in Costa Rica to study UWC model.
• NatureFinancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2024Partnership to develop innovative Payment for Environmental Services instrument presented at Bioeconomy Amazon Summit. Project seeks to recognize and compensate environmental services provided by Amazon states, transforming forest conservation into fiscal capacity and investment opportunities.
• FutureBrandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgency responsible for strategic construction of the Marca Amazônia brand. Conducted institutional visit to align implementation next steps and strengthen regional brand governance and articulation potential.
• Embratur (Brazilian Tourism Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through Rotas Amazônicas Integradas (RAI) initiative for development of the Marca Amazônia regional tourism brand.
• Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alignment meeting with Minister João Paulo Capobianco to advance priorities for strengthening environmental and climate policies. Discussed Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), bioeconomy, climate financing, deforestation prevention, and REDD+ implementation.
• University for Peace (UPEACE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN-mandated institution visited during Costa Rica mission, recognized internationally for work in sustainability, human rights, global governance, and leadership formation. Potential future cooperation on education and sustainable development themes.
• United Nations (UN) / UN BrazilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLink to UN Brazil Amazon Fund displayed on consortium website, indicating alignment with UN sustainable development initiatives and international environmental frameworks.
• Brazilian Embassy in Costa RicaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional agenda during Costa Rica mission to strengthen cooperation and exchange between Brazil and Costa Rica on education, sustainability, and regional development.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group: Global network of major cities coordinating on climate action. Analogous multi-jurisdictional coordination model focused on climate, though at the city rather than state/provincial level — provides a comparable peer in coordination architecture and international climate diplomacy.
• Native Amazon Operations (ONA): Broader Brazilian federal Ministry of Environment apparatus and related bodies covering Amazon policy at the national level. Adjacent in mandate and the entity that the consortium coordinates with on CAR, REDD+, and bioeconomy policy.

Direct peers

• Under2 Coalition: Coalition of subnational governments committed to deep decarbonization. Analogous in being a state/provincial-level coordination mechanism for climate action, sharing best practices, and accessing international climate finance collectively.
• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability: Global network of local and regional governments working on sustainability. Comparable as a multi-jurisdictional coordination body that enables collective action on climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development that individual members could not pursue alone.
• Governors' Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF Task Force): US-based subnational coalition of 39 states and provinces coordinating on reducing emissions from deforestation. Closely comparable in structure and mandate: subnational governments pooling capacity for climate finance access, jurisdictional REDD+, and shared sustainability frameworks.

Regional players

• Imazon (Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia): Amazon-focused research institute working on sustainable land use, forestry monitoring, and policy. Operates in the same geography and addresses similar sustainable development themes, though as an independent research nonprofit.
• Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM): Brazilian research institute focused on Amazon sustainable development. Comparable regional player working on the same geography and themes (deforestation, climate, bioeconomy), though operating as an NGO/research entity rather than a governmental consortium.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/Cons%C3%B3rcioAmaz%C3%B4niaLegal
• Facebookfacebook.com/consorcioamazonia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cons%C3%B3rcio-interestadual-amaz%C3%B4nia-legal
• Instagraminstagram.com/consorcioamazonialegal_

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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