Amazon Scenarios in relation to ARPA and SWA Ecoregional Program Jaime Cavelier , Matt Perl

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Amazon Scenarios in relation to ARPA and SWA
Ecoregional ProgramJaime Cavelier , Matt Perl
Carlos ScaramuzzaWWFUS, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
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ARPA in a nutshell

• Large-scale
• 29.5 million hectares new areas for strict
  conservation use,
• 12.0 million hectares of pre-existing parks
  strengthened
• 9.5 million hectares of new sustainable use areas
• Long-term financial viability - Permanent
  Protected Areas Trust Fund
• Cost - 390 million over 10-years with 81.5
  million committed
• Supporting Institutions - Brazilian Ministry of
  the Environment, IBAMA, World Bank, GEF, Gordon
  and Betty Moore Foundation, Government of
  Germany, WWF, FUNBIO.

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Tumucumaque Mountains NP
Uatuma BR expansion
Chandless State Park
ARPA Polygons
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SWA (Global 200) 1. SWA Moist Forest 2.
Jurua-Purus Moist Forest 3. Madeira-Purus Moist
Forest 4. Madeira-Tapajos Moist Forest
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Peru
Bolivia
SWA Global 200
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SWA Ecoregional Programin a nutshell

• A conservation approach for the Southwest Amazon,
  including lowland forests in Brazil, Peru and
  Bolivia. Phase I Amazon Headwaters Initiative
• It envisions a network of areas for
• strict protection (Level I)
• traditional extractive uses, including I.
  Reserves (Level II)
• commercial extraction and sustainable forestry
  (Level III)
• Implementing and Supporting Institutions
• WWF-Brazil, WWF-Peru Program Office, WWF-Brazil
  Program Office
• WWF-US, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, USAID

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Level I Nominated Strict Protected Areas
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Chico Mendez
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Alto Purus
Itenez
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Level I Existing Strict Protected Areas
(Green) Level II Traditional Extractive Uses
(Blue)
Indigenous territories are to biodiversity as
China is to Foreign Policy D. Cleary
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The Complete network of areas in the SWA
Climate Resilience Configuration of
network Species vs proxys
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Applications of the Amazon ScenariosNo. 1

• What are the proposed and existing protected
  areas most at risk and of highest priority if
  deforestation continues in a business as usual
  scenario ?

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Applications of the Amazon ScenariosNo. 2

• In what ways can the SimAmazonia model help us
  assess if the proposed network of areas
  (location, number, size, shape and connectivity)
  is sufficient to protect the Amazons rainfall
  system and avoid a spiral of degradation

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Applications of the Amazon ScenariosNo. 3

• Can we incorporate conservation visions with
  Amazon Scenarios to give decision makers a better
  framework for conservation ? What tools would be
  most appropriate ?
• Can positive experiences taking place in the
  State of Acre and MAP region be incorporated
  into Amazon Scenarios ?

Brazil

• The M.A.P Region
• Madre de Dios Peru
• Acre Brazil
• Pando Bolivia

Peru
Bolivia