Representatives of government institutions and civil society organizations in Acre state met to discuss an agenda for the project “Process-based management of Diversity Generates sustainable Yield” (Prodigy), approved by the German Ministry of Education and Research in December, 2016. The initiative seeks alternatives to conciliate different land uses with environmental, economic and social sustainability in the region of the triple border called MAP (Madre de Deus - Peru, Acre -Brazil and Pando - Bolivia). Coordinated by the researcher Prof. Dr. Hermann Jungkunst, from the University of Koblenz-Landau, the project relies on a partnership between Embrapa Acre and other institutions from Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. Project activities include the exchange and integration of studies and research in the areas of biology, ecology, modeling, environmental economics, geoecology, political science, soil science and climate science. Embrapa is going to contribute with research in the areas of forest management, agroforestry systems, soil and climate zoning, soil and vegetation mapping, as well as greenhouse gas dynamics and carbon balance in agricultural production systems. The process of elaborating the proposal started in May 2015, during a workshop at Embrapa Acre. According to head of Technology Transfer and international liaison officer of the Unit, Patrícia Drumond, it is a transdisciplinary and multi-institutional project due to initially last three years, renewable for another three. “We will have had seven years of joint work once we include the year the project was elaborated. Having all partners be involved in the planning will be fundamental for a good implementation of the activities”, she observes. According to the general head of Embrapa Acre, Eufran Amaral, the project benefits research in the MAP region. He highlights the proposal as a great opportunity to create a research network and to share knowledge. “Despite the social, cultural and economic differences between the countries, we are located within the same biome: the South-Western Amazon Rainforest. The result of such studies will make the elaboration of common strategies for this territory possible, thus it is essential to join efforts", he asserts. The researcher of the University of Berlin's Institute of Latin American Studies, Regine Schönenberg, stresses that the work in cooperation with civil society and the local population is fundamental for the development of the activities. To define the lines of research and the shared choice of the areas in which the studies will take place, a workshop will held this year with project partner institutions from the triple border. “The first challenge was to gather professionals from different areas and countries. The next stage is to build a database with information on the MAP region and make the project implementation as transparent as possible”, she explains. The participants in the meeting comprised representatives from the University of Berlin, Embrapa, State Environment Secretariat (Sema), Federal University of Acre (Ufac), Acre Institute of Climate Change (IMC), WWF-AC, and the Acre Agroforestry Systems Research and Extension Group (Pesacre). The event was held in Rio Branco, Acre, on Thursday (23), at Sema's headquarters. Food sovereignty Another project focused on Food Sovereignty, under the leadership of the researcher Regine Schönenberg, was approved by the Ministry of Education and Research of Germany. The proposal comprehends a workshop, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2017, to establish an international study and research network. “It is a theme that involves a diversity of stakeholders and interests. Dialogue among all of those concerned must be encouraged. We need to be united if we want quality, healthy food at fair prices", Schönenberg remarks. The Embrapa Acre researcher Cleísa Cartaxo and Pesacre's general coordinator Eduardo Amaral are participating in the project with other representatives of Brazilian institutions.