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    The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA; Portuguese: Programa Áreas Protegidas da Amazônia) is a joint initiative sponsored by government and...
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    Amazonian Park" for French Guiana's protected rainforest area. The Amazon represents over half of the total area of remaining rainforests on Earth, and...
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  • Environmental Protection Agency Amazon Region Protected Areas Program, an initiative to expand protection of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil American Rescue...
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    inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest altered the forest's ecology by selective cultivation and the use of fire. Scientists argue that by burning areas of the forest...
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    rainforest on the planet, representing over half of all rainforests. The Amazon region includes the territories of nine nations, with Brazil containing the...
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    to events of deforestation. The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program resulted in a 68% increase in protected areas and indigenous territories from 2004-...
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    created in 2010. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. Another reason why the Jaú park is conserved is that of...
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    deliveries was 56% by Amazon's directly contracted services (mostly in urban areas), 30% by the US Postal Service (mostly in rural areas), and 14% by UPS....
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    Tumucumaque Mountains National Park (category Protected areas of Amapá)
    the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. Its Management Plan was published on March 10, 2010. Tumucumaque Mountains National Park has an area of more...
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  • Matupiri State Park (category Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state))
    22 July 2014. As of 2016 the park was supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The Mura people occupy the Cunhã-Sapucaia Indigenous Territory...
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  • Xingu State Park (category Protected areas of Mato Grosso)
    in the park. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. PES do Xingu – ISA. Parque Estadual do Xingu – Via Rural...
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  • In addition to safeguarding the Amazon rainforest and protecting the biodiversity of the region, ACT works to protect indigenous medicinal traditions...
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    Anavilhanas National Park (category Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state))
    created in 2010. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. "Anavilhanas National Park". Ramsar Sites Information Service...
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  • in these areas, and so far has politically justified the protection of the Brazil nut concession areas for extractive purposes. ACA's program offers technical...
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  • Serra da Cutia National Park (category Protected areas of Rondônia)
    Corridor. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The area surrounding the park is inhabited by a community of...
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    Chandless State Park (category Protected areas of Acre (state))
    Ambiente do Acre. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The objective is to preserve natural ecosystems of great...
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    Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are...
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  • Guariba State Park (category Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state))
    eco-tourism. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The Apuí Mosaic was created by decree 55 of 12 March 2010...
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    Reuters. August 7, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020. "Brazilian Amazon protected areas 'in flames' as land-grabbers invade". Mongabay Environmental News...
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    Serra Ricardo Franco State Park (category Protected areas established in 1997)
    was supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The park is in the Guaporé Depression. It is in the ecotone region between the Brazilian...
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    Serra do Pardo National Park (category Protected areas established in 2005)
    Resources and the federal police. The park is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The consultative council was created on 26 December 2012...
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    University of Texas at Dallas. Retrieved April 10, 2010. "The Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico) inscribed on the List of World Heritage...
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  • Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve (category Protected areas of Acre (state))
    supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The reserve would be included in the proposed Western Amazon Ecological Corridor. Approximately...
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    environmental protection and conservation in Brazil, such as the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program, in which he is part of the Arpa Scientific Advisory Panel...
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  • Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve (category Protected areas of Amapá)
    was created. As of 2016 the reserve was covered by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA). The reserve is in the Guiana Shield, with rocks...
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  • hour-long program were located in the Vancouver, British Columbia region. Mitchell filmed five hundred "ride alongs" with the police in the program's first...
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  • Igarapés do Juruena State Park (category Protected areas of Mato Grosso)
    the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. In 2014 the federal government was considering a proposal to declare the Juruena National Park an area of public...
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  • Guajará-Mirim State Park (category Protected areas of Rondônia)
    areas along the Corrente stream have been deforested, but there are no inhabitants. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected...
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    Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve (category Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state))
    the internet. As of 2016 the reserve was supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. RDS de Uacari – ISA, Informações gerais. RDS de Uacari...
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    Deforestation in Brazil (category Deforestation by region)
    new protected forest areas in the Amazon for future sustainability. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as WWF have been active in the region, and...
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