Amazon Protected Areas Program (ARPA)
Project/Juridiction proponent
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
Brazilian Biodiversity Fund | #http://www.funbio.org.br/# | Brazil | NGO/private non for profit |
Project/Juridiction Partners
Name | Website | Location of headquarters | Organization type |
---|---|---|---|
KfW Development Bank | ND | Brazil | Public |
The World Bank | ND | Brazil | International organization |
ARPA(ARPA) | ND | Brazil | ND |
Global Environment Facility(GEF) | ND | Brazil | ND |
Project characteristics
- ID-RECCO ID244
- Project status 2022Ongoing
- Project nameAmazon Protected Areas Program (ARPA)
- Secondary name
- CountryBrazil
- Last IDRECCO update year2020
- Size (in hectare)ND
- Start yearND
- End yearND
- DurationND
- Project descriptionThe second phase of this project aims to curb deforestation through the creation and consolidation of protected areas (PAs). In its first phase, the project created 62 protected areas. In the second phase, the goals are to support the creation of 13.5 million hectares of protected areas in the Amazon, support the consolidation of 32 million hectares of PAs, of which 6.5 million hectares are in PAs already created, but not yet included in the program. The strategic objectives of the project are conservation of biological diversity and maintenance of important ecosystem services, including the reduction of carbon emissions from deforestation.
- Objective 1biodiversity conservation
- Objective 2climate
- Objective 3social development
- Deforestation driversND
- Type of forestND
- Project activityREDD
- Project TypeREDD
- Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activityNA
- Multiple locations?Yes
- Jurisdiction level 1States : Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia and Roraima
- Jurisdiction level 2all
Carbon accounting
- Crediting periodND
- Period to calculate annual carbon creditsND
- Annual carbon creditsND
- Total carbon creditsND
- Leakage is expected?ND
- Carbon pools includedND
- Gasses includedND
- Reference period start yearND
- Reference period end yearND
- Carbon standard 1ND
Carbon certification
- Carbon standard 1 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 1 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 1 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 1 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 2ND
- Carbon standard 2 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 2 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 2 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 2 Expiry dateND
- Carbon standard 3ND
- Carbon standard 3 ProgressND
- Carbon standard 3 Publication dateND
- Carbon standard 3 WeblinksND
- Carbon standard 3 Expiry dateND
- Source of informationhttp://www.theredddesk.org/countries/brazil/info/activity/amazon_protected_areas_program_arpa; http://www.amazonfund.gov.br/FundoAmazonia/fam/site_en/Esquerdo/Projetos/2011_04_14_ARPA_PROTECTED_AMAZON_AREAS.html; http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/vision_amazon/models/amazon_protected_areas/financing/arpa/
Community level intervention
- Any monetary benefits?Yes
- Monetary benefit typeNon-conditional
- Monetary benefit detailGrade 1: technical team comprisiong of at least two employees; Grade 2 a technical team of at least five employees
- Provides employment?Yes
- Are there non-cash benefits?Yes
- Economic activities - typeND
- Is there tenure clarification?ND
- Is there environmental education?ND
- Is there forest access restriction or control/monitoring of deforestation?ND
- Is there forest enhancement?ND
- Is there community infrastracture improvement?ND
- Is there other community benefits?ND