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  2. Amazon Region Protected Areas Program - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) originated in a 1998 promise by the Brazilian government to triple the area of the Amazon that was legally protected. The program was launched in 2003, supported by government agencies, NGOs and major donors. [1] The program is based on a major two-year planning exercise with experts from ...

  3. Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [2] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [3]

  4. Amazonas (Brazilian state) - Wikipedia

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    Amazonas (Brazilian state) /  5°S 63°W  / -5; -63. Amazonas [4] ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ɐmaˈzonɐs] ⓘ) is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the north-western corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the ninth-largest country subdivision in the world.

  5. In the battle against Amazon deforestation, Brazil offers ...

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    In a bid to slow deforestation in the Amazon, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will provide financial support to municipalities that have reduced deforestation rates the most. During the country ...

  6. National Institute of Amazonian Research - Wikipedia

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    The National Institute of Amazonian Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia or INPA) is a public educational and research institution headquartered in Manaus, Brazil. It was founded in 1952, with the purpose of furthering scientific knowledge of the Brazilian Amazon Region. Most of INPA's research focuses on tropical forest ...

  7. Amazônia Legal - Wikipedia

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    Amazônia Legal ( Portuguese pronunciation: [amaˈzonjɐ leˈɡaw] ), also known as Brazil's Legal Amazon ( BLA ), is the largest socio-geographic division in Brazil, containing all nine states in the Amazon basin. The government designated this region in 1948 based on its studies on how to plan the economic and social development of the Amazon ...

  8. Amazon River - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon River ( UK: / ˈæməzən /, US: / ˈæməzɒn /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.

  9. Amazônia National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Amazônia National Park ( Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Amazônia) was created in 1974, as a national park comprising 1,070,737 ha. It is situated in Itaituba and Trairão municipalities, Pará state, in the north region of Brazil. It is located in the watershed of the Tapajós River, about halfway between Manaus and Belém.

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