Campinas Metropolitan Connectivity Area: a case of policy and planning integration for biodiversity conservation in Brazil

Consolidation of a Connectivity Area proposal by ICLEI South America and the Metropolitan Region of Campinas was incorporated into the "Strategic Areas for Metropolitan Action” section of the Document of Preliminary Proposals for the Integrated Urban Development Plan. Collaboration between the municipalities enabled specific and reliable information on the priority areas where conservation and restoration efforts should be made. Also, by identifying the main pressures on the ES in the area, clearer and more adequate policy can now mitigate the impacts of such activities. The valuable content has been made available through the Ecosystem Services Map, a tool that enables the visualisation of these results. Establishment working groups to discuss the six pillars that sustain the implementation of the connectivity area with representatives from the twenty cooperating municipalities on the MRC focused on the themes of Urban Green Areas, Ecological Corridors, Local Wild Fauna, Linear Parks, Inspection, Compensation and Regulation and Communication and Articulation. These groups have been developing technical guidelines that define the specific processes required for the implementation of each theme. Currently, the results from these efforts and additional inputs are being systematized by a consultancy and will result in the development of the LBSAP for the MRC.