Conservation Projects:
  1. Amazon Region Protected Area Program (ARPA) (as of 09/19/02, courtesy of WWF):
    • launched by the Brazilian Government during the recent World Summit Conference on Sustainable Development recently held in Johannesburg, South Africa
    • main partners: WWF-Brazil, the World Bank and GEF (Global Environment Facility)
    • will protect 12% of the Brazilian Amazon Forest by 2012
    • estimated cost of the program is US$ 395 million over the next 10 years
    • creation of a Fiduciary Fund, generating an income to assure the future maintenance and conservation of the protected areas <--
    • locations defined in a technical study made by Ibama
    • created the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve 
      • in the state of Acre
      • located between the Purus and Macauã Rivers and crossed over by the Caetê River
      • total area of 7.5 thousand sq. km
      • was defined in the land use plan of the state of Acre (Ecologic Economic Zoning) <-- {cooperation with local government}
      • an area where biodiversity conservation is carried out together with the sustainable use of natural resources  (such as rubber tapping and Brazil nut collection)
    • increased the area of the Uatumã Biological Reserve 
      • in the state of Amazonas
      • borders the Balbina hydro-electric power plant reservoir
      • total area of 9.4 thousand sq. km
    • 45 thousand sq. km (or 4.5 million hectares) of strict use protected areas (such as national parks and biological reserves)
    • 15 thousand sq. km (or 1.5 million hectares) of sustainable development protected areas (such as extractive reserves)
    • the creation of the 38,867 sq km Tumucumaque National Park, the world’s largest tropical forest park
    • the creation of the Jatuarana National Forest (in the state of Amazonas), with 8.4 thousand sq. km of area to be used for sustainable timber extraction (not part of ARPA)
    • The ARPA Program (2002 – 2012) will:
      • Protect 500 thousand sq. km (or 50 million hectares) of Amazon rainforest - an area equal in size to Spain, or twice as big as the United Kingdom, or almost twice the size of the State of Texas, in the USA – by creating a mosaic of strict-use protected areas (national parks, biological reserves and the like) and sustainable use protected areas (extrative reserves and sustainable use reserves, where local communities can improve their income by sustainably exploiting natural resources while maintaining their cultural heritage) as follows:
      • Creation and implementation of 285 thousand sq. km of new strict-use protected areas;
      • Creation and implementation of 90 thousand sq. km of new sustainable use protected areas;
      • Implementation of 125 thousand sq. km of already existing strict-use protected areas;
      • It means to triple the amount of rainforest already protected in the Brazilian Amazon, from 4% to 12%;
      • And to protect 3.6% of the world´s remaining tropical forests; 
    • ARPA will also:
      • Create a Fiduciary Fund to secure the long-term financial viability of the protected areas. Once protected areas are consolidated, they will be elegible to receive the Fund’s profits to cover their maintenance. It is the first time such fund is created in Brazil;
      • Establish a participatory scheme open to local communities and other stakeholders to be part of the decision-making process regarding the creation and implementation of protected areas;
      • Establish a biodiversity monitoring and evaluation system at protected area and regional levels;
      • ARPA is estimated to cost US$ 395 million;
      • The World Bank and WWF have committed to raise US$70 million each to help meet the long-term target, in addition to funds already allocated to ARPA’s Phase I.
    • ARPA’s Phase I (2002 – 2006) will:
      • Create 90 thousand sq. km of new strict-use protected areas, a 75% increase over existing areas;
      • Create 90 thousand sq. km of new sustainable use protected areas, a 250% increase over existing areas;
      • Implement 70 thousand sq. km of existing protected areas, benefiting 20 parks and reserves;
      • Increase the forest area under protection from 4% to 8.4%;
      • Will cost US$ 81.5 million, with funds provided by the Brazilian Government (US$ 18.1 million), GEF (US$ 30 million), WWF (US$ 16.5 million), German bilateral agency KfW (US$ 14.4 million) other donors (US$ 2.5 million).
Source: The above information is from the World Wildlife Fund-Brazil. Retrieved October 16th, 2002, from http://www.wwf.org.br/english/amazonia/default.htm.

  1. Monitoring and Analysis Project {information courtesy of World Bank}:
    • Approval Date: 12/08/1998
    • Closing Date: 12/31/2003
    1. Integrated Monitoring
    2. Studies and Analyses
    3. Dissemination
      • is intended to disseminate strategic lessons generated by the Pilot Program to relevant target audiences in Brazil and internationally, so that such lessons can be applied on a larger scale. This component will be implemented in collaboration with other Pilot Program projects and agencies, as well as public and private media organizations. The two audiences targeted for dissemination are: (i) decision makers, including project managers and donors associated with the Pilot Program and policy makers at the federal, state and local level whose decisions influence the use of tropical forests in Brazil; and (ii) resource users in the Amazon and Atlantic forest regions, ranging from company executives and large landowners to low-income rural communities. Lessons will be disseminated directly through a series of technical booklets and technical briefing notes, as well as in collaboration with other Pilot Program projects actively engaged in disseminating results, and through partnerships with media organizations that broadcast by newspaper, radio and television. The impacts of dissemination will be evaluated to reveal the degree of absorption and application of strategic lessons by target audiences.
Source: The above information is from the World Bank. Retrieved October 21st, 2002, from http://www4.worldbank.org/sprojects/Project.asp?pid=P044289.

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