Amazon Region Protected Areas Project. Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade - FUNBIO operates in Brazil.
The overall objective of the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA)
is to expand and consolidate protected areas in the Amazon region of
Brazil. The proposed project would be the first Phase of a 10 year ARPA
program. The specific objectives of Phase #1 (the proposed project) are:
(a) create 18 million hectares in new protected areas (9 million hectares
of "strict protection" Protected Areas and 9 million hectares of
"sustainable use" Protected Areas); (b) Consolidate 7 million hectares of
existing "strict protection" Protected Areas,(c) Establish and operate an
endowment fund for protected areas. (d) Establish a biodiversity
monitoring and evaluation system at the Protected Area and regional
levels
