ICMBio National Action Plan for Jaguar Conservation, 2013.

This 2013 ICMBio National Action Plan for Jaguar Conservation, under the Endangered Species Series nº 19, is the result of a joint effort mobilized by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation on behalf of the National Centre for Research and Conservation of Carnivorous Mammals, CENAP, which consolidated a network of experts for the jaguar conservation. The establishment of this network reinforces the institutional mission of Protecting Natural Heritage and Promoting Socio-Environmental Development in the form of a commitment agreed with society to perpetuate the Brazilian greatest heritage for future generations, the biodiversity.
All Jaguar Conservation Units (JCU) were identified as priority areas for jaguar conservation in Brazil. Additionally, experts have demarcated areas that should not qualify as JCU, but are believed to be crucial areas for long-term conservation. For example, parts of the eastern Amazon have been severely fragmented as the arc of deforestation advances. These areas, for the most part, have a high rate of endemism and may no longer support resident populations of jaguars, but they may be essential as bridges to maintain connectivity with the western Amazon. The JCU and these other areas are collectively called priority areas for jaguars. Experts developed a framework to specify large-scale actions appropriate to priority areas to address the most urgent conservation needs and agreed on priority areas and actions to be carried out.