Project data
- Started: 1, Apr 2006
- Planned end date: 30, Jun 2012
- Executant: Claudio C. Maretti
- Managing Office: WWF Brazil
- Address:
WWF Brazil
/ SHIS EQ QL 6/8
Conjunto E
71620-430 Brasilia /
Brazil /
+55 61 3364 7400 - Status: active
- Modified: 8, Sep 2009
- Published: 23, Sep 2009
Geographical location:
Latin America/Caribbean > South America > Brazil
Summary
WWF Brazil's main mission on its Programme on Protected Areas and Support to ARPA is to accompany and support the execution of the Amazon Region Protected Areas Programme (ARPA).
Background
ARPA is a federal government initiative created in 2002. It aims to implement a network of protected areas for the conservation of an ecologically representative sample of the biological diversity present in the different landscapes of the Brazilian Amazon. Over 10 years, ARPA will bring a total of 50 million ha under effective protection.
Objectives
- Improving the methodology for the identification of priority areas for conservation adopted by ARPA
- Completion of studies upon which to base proposals for the creation of new protected areas.
- Capacity building of local government environmental officers and NGOs at the Amazon.
- Lobbying for the creation of new protected areas.
- Supporting public consultations within the process of creating new protected areas.
- Elaborate protected areas management plans.
- Supporting planning for the administration of mosaics of protected areas and conservation corridors.
- Supporting the formation, functioning and invigoration of protected area management councils.