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| | WWF | Forests | Conservation Results | ARPA |
 | | Upon ARPA's certification by the World Bank, which approved the program's financial controls and operational procedures in April 2003, ARPA contributors like WWF, GEF, KfW (the German aid agency), and the Brazilian Government are set to release funding totaling more than $74 million to help establish parks and reserves, and ensure their long-term protection. |
 | | In the two years since its inauguration, the ARPA program has already established over 20,000 square miles of protected areas, including the 15,000 square mile Tumucumaque National Park, the largest tropical forest national park in the world. |
 | | Under the ARPA initiative, scientific surveys of this area--virtually uninhabited by humans--will soon begin, potentially unlocking the secrets of its rare and wild flora and fauna. |
| www.worldwildlife.org /forests/results/arpa.cfm (254 words) |
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