ARPA

Brazilian Portuguese acronym for Programa Áreas Protegidas da Amazônia (ARPA), which means Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The program was launched in 2002 by Federal Decree #4,326 and went into operation in 2003. The ARPA program aims to protect significant samples of Amazonian biodiversity on an unprecedented scale, bringing together state of the art in conservation biology and participatory integration of local communities.

By the end of 2012, a total of 117 protected areas were supported by ARPA.

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Parties

Refer to the countries that are part of a convention. These can be individual countries or economic blocs, such as the European Union.

Non-Annex I parties

These are all of the Climate Convention parties not listed in Annex I, basically developing contries, including Brazil.

First commitment period

Refers to the 2008-2012 period under the Kyoto Protocol.