Large indigenous territories receive protection in Peru
The Peruvian government today announced the creation of one of the largest combined protected areas and indigenous territories in the world.
Brazil protects millions of hectares of Amazon
Brazil announces the creation of two new major protected areas in the Amazon.
Brazil protects three million hectares of Amazon forests
Efforts by WWF in Brazil has helped create three million hectares of protected areas in the Amazon.
US$1 million for Amazon protected areas
WWF and Brazil's Amazonas government have agreed to invest US$1 million in new protected areas in the Amazon, as well as to improve management of existing ones.
US$4.5 million programme to conserve biodiversity in Brazil's World Heritage Sites
An innovative and modern system to manage Brazil's seven World Heritage Sites has been launched by the Brazilian government, UNESCO, and three conservation groups, including WWF.
Urgent action needed to stop rapid rate of Amazon deforestation
With new figures showing no let up in the shocking rate of deforestation in the Amazon, WWF calls on the Brazilian government to do much more to halt the increasingly rapid destruction of the world's largest and most important rainforest.
Urgent measures needed to stop shocking deforestation rate in the Amazon
The shocking new deforestation rate in the Amazon announced by the Brazilian government shows that implementation of drastic measures are urgently needed to revert such a trend, said WWF today.
WWF contributes US$11.5 million for parks and reserves in the Brazilian Amazon
After 5 years of joint work by WWF and the Brazilian government to protect the landscapes and genetic resources of the Amazon Region, as well as the diversity of local communities, the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) Programme in Brazil is now effective.
Brazil to triple amount of protected Amazon rainforest over 10 years
ARPA, the biggest tropical forest conservation initiative in history, is launched at WSSD by the Brazilian government, GEF, World Bank and WWF.
World's largest tropical forest park created in the Amazon, with WWF help
WWF welcomes the creation of Tumucumaque National Park, in the Amazon - the world's largest tropical forest protected area - for the implementation of which the conservation organization will provide US$1 million.