Project/Juridiction proponent

Project/Juridiction Partners

Project characteristics

• ID-RECCO ID
  244
• Project status 2022
  Ongoing
• Project name
  Amazon Protected Areas Program (ARPA)
• Secondary name
• Country
  Brazil
• Last IDRECCO update year
  2020
• Size (in hectare)
  ND
• Start year
  ND
• End year
  ND
• Duration
  ND
• Project description
  The 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 1
  biodiversity conservation
• Objective 2
  climate
• Objective 3
  social development
• Deforestation drivers
  ND
• Type of forest
  ND
• Project activity
  REDD
• Project Type
  REDD
• Details for Afforestation/Reforestation activity
  NA
• Multiple locations?
  Yes
• Jurisdiction level 1
  States : Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia and Roraima
• Jurisdiction level 2
  all

Carbon accounting

• Crediting period
  ND
• Period to calculate annual carbon credits
  ND
• Annual carbon credits
  ND
• Total carbon credits
  ND
• Leakage is expected?
  ND
• Carbon pools included
  ND
• Gasses included
  ND
• Reference period start year
  ND
• Reference period end year
  ND
• Carbon standard 1
  ND

Carbon certification

• Carbon standard 1 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 1 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 2 Expiry date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Progress
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Publication date
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Weblinks
  ND
• Carbon standard 3 Expiry date
  ND
• Source of information
  http://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 type
  Non-conditional
• Monetary benefit detail
  Grade 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 - type
  ND
• 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