F.a: CNS advocacy on the establishment of gatherer reserves Through the project CNS i) participates in the national level drafting and implementation of public policies regarding the Amazon region gatherer population by negotiating with the government or by confronting it in order for the government programmes to t
ruly reach the local communities, ii) collaborates with the national parliament on drafting the most important laws and directives concerning the Amazon region and iii) supports bringing forward the demands of the regional CNS organisations before the stat
e and federal governments. The project advances the aim of CNS: an ecological agrarian reform, e.g. establishment of different kinds of gatherer reserves, forest conservation and improvement of the quality of life of the people living in them. The project 
entails the following objectives: establishment of three new collectively managed territories and expansion of two existing ones, resolving third parties’ status and completion of the registration process of two reserves, extension of the technical assis
tance programme (ATER) into the Amazonas and Amapa states, approval of three reserves’ forest management plans, granting of the usufruct permit (CDRU) to four territories, increase of gatherer products’ minimum prices by 8 %, democratizing the manageme
nt of the institute in charge of the reserves under the ministry of environment (ICMBio) by establishing an advisory board parallel to the director of the institute, as well as strengthening CNS’ work in Brasilia in order to advance the state level deman
ds there. Within the Brazilian Amazon region approximately 1 500 000 people live within the gatherer reserves or are otherwise connected to the gatherer economy. They all form part of the direct and indirect beneficiaries of the project. The advocacy work 
is directed towards ministries, institutes functioning under the ministries, the national parliament and the state governments. The national commission on traditional communities’ sustainable development (CNPCT) is an important partner.