Forests

Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) Fact Sheets

Safeguarding the Amazon: The First Milestone -- Tumucumaque (PDF format, 2.27M)
Tumucumaque Mountains National Park, the first national park formally established by the Government of Brazil under the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program, harbors untold biological secrets and is an inspiring flagship park in an unprecedented undertaking to safeguard the natural riches of the Amazon.

Safeguarding the Amazon: Meeting an Urgent Need (PDF format, 775k)
The Amazon Basin, with its staggering biodiversity and unmatched natural resources, is under siege. A window of opportunity is open for actions to safeguard what may well be the most important natural place on Earth.

Safeguarding the Amazon: A Sound Management and Finance Strategy (PDF format, 763k)
With a total cost of $370 million over 10 years, and program activity spread out over an area larger than Western Europe, the Amazon Region Protected Area (ARPA) design and operation required a new conservation approach and the financial and organizational tools and controls to back it up.

Safeguarding the Amazon: Making Conservation History (PDF format, 388k)
The Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program aims to ensure comprehensive protection for 12 percent of the Brazilian Amazon by creating a system of well-managed parks and sustainable natural resource management reserves.

Featured Publications

Buying Time: A User's Manual for Building Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change in Natural Systems (PDF format 1.14M)
In this recent publication we assess the damage to forests being caused by climate change and explore ways to prevent future harm.

Building a Better Business through Responsible Purchasing (PDF format, 3.9M)
A tool designed by the North American Forest & Trade Network to help businesses develop and implement policies that enhance forest management practices and eliminate illegal logging in valuable and threatened forest ecosystems around the world.

Building a Better Business Through Responsible Purchasing: A Brief for U.S. Companies Purchasing Forest Products from the Mekong Region  (PDF format, 591k)  
Do you know where your forest products come from? Have they been harvested responsibly from well-managed forests? The Mekong region is under increasing pressure to meet the growing global demand for forest products. Learn what U.S. buyers can do to protect the Mekong's forests.