Save 7.4M Acres of the Most Critical, Unprotected Areas of the Amazon
Support More Work Like This Support More Work Like ThisWide collaboration and innovative funding will help protect millions of acres and shelter countless species in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Species at Risk
Black-faced Black Spider Monkey (EN), Giant Otter (EN), Tucuxi River Dolphin (EN), Arapaima (DD)
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Carbon stored
1,332,151,241*
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Partner
FUNBIO/WWF
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7,400,000 Proposed Acres Conserved by
Designation
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Project Cost: $5,450,000
7,400,000
Wide collaboration and innovative funding will help protect millions of acres and shelter countless species in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Species at Risk
Black-faced Black Spider Monkey (EN), Giant Otter (EN), Tucuxi River Dolphin (EN), Arapaima (DD)
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Carbon stored
1,332,151,241*
*(metric tons of CO2 equivalents) -
Partner
FUNBIO/WWF
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7,400,000 Proposed Acres Conserved by
Designation
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Project Cost: £4,360,000
7,400,000
Highlights:
- Through the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) Communities Initiative, we will help protect 7.4 million acres of rainforest—an area 6x larger than Grand Canyon National Park.
- This major collaboration will establish 20+ protected areas that strengthen communities’ land rights to halt deforestation and connect habitats for endangered species like the Giant Otter and the Tucuxi River Dolphin.
- ARPA support significantly reduced deforestation in Amazon protected areas, with reductions of up to 39% in Sustainable Use Conservation Units between 2008 and 2020
Twenty percent of the Amazon rainforest has been lost to land-grabbing for commercial agriculture, ranching, logging, mining, and wildfires. The threat of deforestation continues to escalate, harming people, wildlife, and our planet’s ecological balance.
We have an extraordinary opportunity to help protect 7.4 million acres of the Brazilian Amazon—an area six times larger than Grand Canyon National Park. Through the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) Communities Initiative, we will support local communities’ land rights that restrict large-scale industrial activities.
Header photo: Endangered Giant Otter © David Havel
The Brazilian Amazon is a refuge for
of Earth’s terrestrial species.
Explore the Biodiversity of the Brazilian Amazon
Endangered Black-faced Black Spider Monkey (Ateles chamek), by Erni
Endangered Tucuxi Dolphin, by Maurizio Photo
Arapaima or Pirarucu fish, by Ayumu Degoshi
Secure the rainforest for wildlife and people
The rainforest sites for this project stretch across the Amazon biome, a complex network of ecosystems, including high-canopy forests, flooded swamps, savannas, and scrublands. Nearly 300 vertebrate species have been recorded in the project areas. The rainforest and its rivers sustain several endangered species like the Black-faced Black Spider Monkey, Giant Otter, and Tucuxi River Dolphin.
More than 20 new protected areas will be established, chosen for their habitat connectivity, importance for biodiversity, threat level, and importance to communities, among other criteria. This project is one of our largest to date, and builds on our previous success in protecting 6.5 million acres across the Amazon.
Invest in an Innovative Funding Solution
Since 2000, ARPA has successfully supported the management of 128 million acres in the Brazilian Amazon. ARPA support significantly reduced deforestation in Amazon protected areas, with reductions of up to 39% in Sustainable Use Conservation Units between 2008 and 2020
The Communities Initiative promotes a broader range of protected and conserved area types that benefit the people and species who live within them.
Our investment will contribute to an international, collaborative fundraising effort aimed at securing increased government funds. The clock is ticking on the Brazilian government’s support for conservation and Indigenous rights. This may be our only chance to grasp this unique opportunity and leverage today’s investments for powerful, long-term impact.
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Conservation work is critical, challenging, and can be costly. We work hard to ensure we raise only the funds needed for each project. In the rare case we raise more money than needed or a project comes in under budget, excess monies will be transferred to the Conservation Action Fund. This fund supports our important conservation work throughout the tropics.
Project Modifications
Rainforest Trust conducts extensive research and due diligence on each of the projects that we support, so that once a project is offered for public support we believe it will succeed. We work closely with our project implementers, offer support, and regularly monitor their progress. Given the nature of the work, projects may not progress exactly as intended and may be unable to meet all objectives. To respond dynamically to the needs of our project implementers and the realities of the landscapes in which they operate, Rainforest Trust expressly reserves the right to modify a project as it deems necessary, provided that donor intent is honored by ensuring that that the original project objectives are diligently pursued and that project funds continue to benefit the landscape and species identified in the project overview. Project modifications that we may need to make in certain circumstances include the specific project implementer, the size of the landscape to be protected, the type of protection to be afforded to the landscape, and the development of sustainability mechanisms.
Partnering to Save Rainforest
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