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The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) originated in a 1998 promise by the Brazilian government to triple the area of the Amazon that was legally protected. The program was launched in 2003, supported by government agencies, NGOs and major donors. [1]
The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve is in the Amazon biome. [3] Average temperatures range from 22 to 32 °C (72 to 90 °F). [1] Vegetation is relatively intact due to the distance from urban centres, with very high biodiversity. Human activity has little impact, with degraded areas recovering quickly.
The Biological Reserve is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. [2] Since 2002 management of the Rio Trombetas Biological Reserve and the Saracá-Taquera National Forest, which is adjacent to the south, has been combined. [5] The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. [6]
The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program resulted in a 68% increase in protected areas and indigenous territories from 2004- 2012. [27] Many of these newly protected areas were created in active agricultural frontiers. Since 2005 the annual rate of deforestation in Brazil has continued to decline while soy and beef production have continued to ...
With the other protected areas and indigenous lands in the region it connects the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor to the west with the Amapá corridor to the east. [1] The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. [10]
The Ecological Station is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. The purpose is to conserve significant samples of pioneer formations in the coastal marine environment influenced by the Amazon River. [2] The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. [4]
Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to ...
These protected areas, as well as conserving biodiversity of the Amazon and the Cerrado contact areas, have proved the most effective as a barrier against deforestation. [2] The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program .