The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is currently structuring a programme to finance investments that enhance the bioeconomy in the Amazon region with resources of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname as beneficiary countries.

The document provides a rapid assessment of the existing legal frameworks relevant to the bioeconomy for Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname with a view to informing the development of the GCF Funding Proposal. It presents a mapping of the legal regime per country on three areas relevant for the Programme, namely, legal acts related to country implementation of:

• The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• REDD+ and forest policies
• Laws and policies related with the promotion of the bioeconomy