Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil

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dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2012-08-13T11:20:45Z
dc.date2012-08-13T11:20:45Z
dc.date2003-01
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dc.descriptionThe largest hydrographic basin in the world, the Amazon is the source of 20 percent of all the fresh water on the planet. The Basin covers some 600 million hectares in nine countries, over half of which are located within Brazil's national boundaries. A striking characteristic of the Amazon region is its tremendous biodiversity, which includes an estimated 50,000 species of plants, 3,000 species of fish and over 400 known species of mammals. To date, scientists have classified 467 species of reptiles and 516 species of amphibians. Nearly 2,000 known species of birds and the majority of the world's primates are endemic to Amazonia. An estimated 20 million people currently live in the Brazilian Amazon, the majority in urban areas. The region is home to over 170 indigenous groups with distinct cultures, in various levels of contact with the outside world. A variety of social and economic groups are also part of the rural landscape, including rubber-tappers, Brazil nut gatherers, riverine populations, migrant settlers, placer miners, loggers and cattle ranchers. In the 1960s and 1970s, a rapid process of frontier expansion was initiated in the Brazilian Amazon, associated with cattle ranching, commercial logging, and creation of rural settlements, mining, road construction and hydroelectric projects. Over a period of four decades, approximately 78 million hectares in the Brazilian Amazon (15.3 percent of the total area) were cleared. About 70 percent of this deforestation has occurred along the southern flanks of the Amazon, in the states of Para, Mato Grosso and Rondonia.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2511741/lessons-rain-forest-experiences-pilot-program-conserve-amazon-atlantic-forests-brazil
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10395
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/10395
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/416807
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.relationen breve; No. 16
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGROFORESTRY
dc.subjectAMAZON
dc.subjectAMAZON BASIN
dc.subjectAMAZON REGION
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectBUFFER ZONES
dc.subjectCOASTAL REGION
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL FISHING
dc.subjectCONCESSION
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectCONSERVATION OF NATURAL
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION RATES
dc.subjectEARTH SUMMIT
dc.subjectECOLOGY
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectENDANGERED SPECIES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectEXPLOITATION
dc.subjectFISH
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFISHING
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST COVER
dc.subjectFOREST DWELLERS
dc.subjectFOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFOREST PRODUCT
dc.subjectFOREST REGIONS
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND TENURE PROBLEMS
dc.subjectLIVING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectLOGGING
dc.subjectMONITORING
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectPLANTATIONS
dc.subjectRAIN FOREST
dc.subjectRAIN FORESTS
dc.subjectRAINFOREST
dc.subjectRESERVES
dc.subjectRESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectRESOURCE USE
dc.subjectSPECIES OF BIRDS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN CENTERS RAIN FOREST CONSERVATION
dc.subjectFRESH WATER
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY CONDITIONS
dc.subjectPLANTS
dc.subjectFISH
dc.subjectREPTILES
dc.subjectBIRDS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectINDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL GROUPS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROUPINGS
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectMINERS
dc.subjectCATTLE RANCHES
dc.subjectROAD CONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectHYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.titleLessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil
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