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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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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	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 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 REPTILES BIRDS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES SOCIAL GROUPS ECONOMIC GROUPINGS MIGRANTS MINERS CATTLE RANCHES ROAD CONSTRUCTION HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS
Online Access:	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