Amazon Region Protected Area Program (ARPA)
- Brazil to Triple Amount of Protected Amazon Rainforest over 10 Years
The biggest tropical forest conservation initiative in history is launched by Brazilian government, GEF, World Bank, and WWF – World Bank Media Center - 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 Bank Press Release
Statement by the Brazilian Minister of Environment at the Organization of American States, February 2002
Allocation of Land for the Creation of Protected Areas (Presentation by the Minister of Agrarian Development Raul Jungmann – March 6, 2002)
SIVAM/SIPAM – Amazon Surveillance System/Amazon Protection System
BioAmazonia – Brazilian Program of Molecular Ecology for the Sustainable Use of the Biodiversity of Amazonia
Recent data on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Forest (June 2002 report by the Brazilian Institute for Space Research)