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Forum
Only avaliable in portuguese. Check it out.
FAP statute
The regiment of the Protected Areas Fund (FAP) is only avaliable in portuguese. Download it here.
MOP- ARPA’s Operational Manual
MOP, The document that contains the regiment of the ARPA Program and its rules, procedures and recommendations, is only avaliable in portuguese. Download it here.
GEF reports – ARPA Phase II reports
Since january 2010, The word bank GEF publishes reports about Arpa’s second phase. The most recently ones, about implementation status and results, can be acessed below:
The remain reports are avaliable at GEF’ site.
How to become a donor
You can donate funds to implement the program and contribute to develop Arpa’s Protected Areas. Ensuring financial resources for the management of those areas in the short and long run means to promote the sustainable development at Amazon.
Large institutions already support ARPA.Check the list of donors and the donors of the Protected Areas Fund (FAP).
To become an ARPA donor, please contact us.
Full list: PAs supported by ARPA
Presently, ARPA supports the consolidating of 95 Conservation Units at the Amazon forest. Informations about all these protected areas are avaliable at:
- Arpa’s committee spreadsheet;
- SISARPA system;
- CNUC’s spreadsheet;
- Conservation Units Observatory (WWF);
- The full list linked with the oficial webpages from the management organizations responsable for ARPA’s Conservation Units
Sponsors and resources
ARPA is funded by resources from four main donors, whose donations are intended for direct investment in protected areas or to the Protected Areas Fund (FAP), which seeks to ensure the benefits of the program in a long time:
KfW – Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
To see the complete list of donors FAP, click here.
Staff
- Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA) – The Brazilian Ministry of the Environment
- Unidade de Coordenação do Programa Arpa (UCP/DAP/SBF/MMA) – Arpa’s coordination
- Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade (FUNBIO) – The Brazilian Biodiversity Fund
Arpa’s collegiate:
• Comitê do Programa Arpa (CP) – Arpa’s committee
• Painel Científico de Aconselhamento (PCA) – Scientific Advisory Panel
• Pontos Focais do Fórum Técnico (FT) – Focal Points from the Technical Forum
About the Program
ARPA – The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program – is a Brazilian government program created in 2003, in partnership with donor organizations, environmental agencies and NGOs, and coordinated by the he Brazilian Ministry of the Environment (MMA). It’s the largest conservation program of tropical forests on earth. ARPA has the goal of expanding, consolidating and maintaining 50 million hectares of protected areas at the Amazon biome.
Since the beginning, the program was planned to be executed in three independent and continuous phases. ARPA was created in order to expand and strengthen the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC) in the Amazon, ensuring financial resources to the management of these areas and promote sustainable development at the region.
Recognized internationally, ARPA combines the conservation biology with the best practices of planning and management. The protected areas supported by the program are benefited with necessary patrimony, constructions and contracting services to promote integration with surrounding communities, councils organization, management plans, land surveys, surveillance activities and other actions necessary for its proper operation.