IPAM has the objective to promote the recognition of indigenous peoples and lands as an asset for the country's development and for the climate balance in public policies, guaranteeing their rights and, as a consequence, the protection of forest and water resources in the Amazon. This document shows the strategies and achieviments. 

No presente artigo os autores apresentam alguns dos principais instrumentos econômicos e incentivos financeiros previstos pela legislação brasileira tanto quanto aplicados pelos governos a nível nacional ou subnacional.