Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil
The 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 bou...
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okr-10986-103952021-04-23T14:02:50Z Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil World Bank AGROFORESTRY AMAZON AMAZON BASIN AMAZON REGION BIODIVERSITY BUFFER ZONES COASTAL REGION COMMERCIAL FISHING CONCESSION CONSERVATION CONSERVATION OF NATURAL DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATES EARTH SUMMIT ECOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPLOITATION FISH FISHERIES FISHING FOREST FOREST FOREST COVER FOREST DWELLERS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCT FOREST REGIONS FORESTS INCOME LAND TENURE LAND TENURE PROBLEMS LIVING CONDITIONS LOGGING MONITORING NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTATIONS RAIN FOREST RAIN FORESTS RAINFOREST RESERVES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE SPECIES OF BIRDS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TROPICAL FORESTS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS RAIN FOREST CONSERVATION FRESH WATER BIODIVERSITY CONDITIONS PLANTS FISH REPTILES BIRDS URBAN AREAS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES SOCIAL GROUPS ECONOMIC GROUPINGS MIGRANTS MINERS CATTLE RANCHES ROAD CONSTRUCTION HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS DEFORESTATION The 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. 2012-08-13T11:20:45Z 2012-08-13T11:20:45Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2511741/lessons-rain-forest-experiences-pilot-program-conserve-amazon-atlantic-forests-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10395 English en breve; No. 16 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Brazil |
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AGROFORESTRY AMAZON AMAZON BASIN AMAZON REGION BIODIVERSITY BUFFER ZONES COASTAL REGION COMMERCIAL FISHING CONCESSION CONSERVATION CONSERVATION OF NATURAL DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATES EARTH SUMMIT ECOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPLOITATION FISH FISHERIES FISHING FOREST FOREST FOREST COVER FOREST DWELLERS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCT FOREST REGIONS FORESTS INCOME LAND TENURE LAND TENURE PROBLEMS LIVING CONDITIONS LOGGING MONITORING NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTATIONS RAIN FOREST RAIN FORESTS RAINFOREST RESERVES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE SPECIES OF BIRDS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TROPICAL FORESTS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS RAIN FOREST CONSERVATION FRESH WATER BIODIVERSITY CONDITIONS PLANTS FISH REPTILES BIRDS URBAN AREAS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES SOCIAL GROUPS ECONOMIC GROUPINGS MIGRANTS MINERS CATTLE RANCHES ROAD CONSTRUCTION HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS DEFORESTATION |
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AGROFORESTRY AMAZON AMAZON BASIN AMAZON REGION BIODIVERSITY BUFFER ZONES COASTAL REGION COMMERCIAL FISHING CONCESSION CONSERVATION CONSERVATION OF NATURAL DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION RATES EARTH SUMMIT ECOLOGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXPLOITATION FISH FISHERIES FISHING FOREST FOREST FOREST COVER FOREST DWELLERS FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCT FOREST REGIONS FORESTS INCOME LAND TENURE LAND TENURE PROBLEMS LIVING CONDITIONS LOGGING MONITORING NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTATIONS RAIN FOREST RAIN FORESTS RAINFOREST RESERVES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE SPECIES OF BIRDS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TROPICAL FORESTS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS RAIN FOREST CONSERVATION FRESH WATER BIODIVERSITY CONDITIONS PLANTS FISH REPTILES BIRDS URBAN AREAS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES SOCIAL GROUPS ECONOMIC GROUPINGS MIGRANTS MINERS CATTLE RANCHES ROAD CONSTRUCTION HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS DEFORESTATION World Bank Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil |
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The 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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Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil |
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Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil |
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Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil |
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Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil |
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Lessons from the Rain Forest : Experiences of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Amazon and Atlantic Forests of Brazil |
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lessons from the rain forest : experiences of the pilot program to conserve the amazon and atlantic forests of brazil |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2511741/lessons-rain-forest-experiences-pilot-program-conserve-amazon-atlantic-forests-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10395 |
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