Common use of BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION Clause in Contracts

BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION. The Regional Project to manage, monitor and control wild fauna and flora species threatened by trade (Bioamazon Project), is part of a commitment between the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and the German Government for the financing of a Regional Project in the area of biodiversity conservation, forest protection and climate change, with non-reimbursable financial cooperation funds channeled by KfW. The goal of the project is to contribute to the conservation of Amazonian Biodiversity, particularly of CITES- listed species, by increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of management, monitoring and control of wild fauna and flora species threatened by trade.