Regulation of the Amazon Rainforest:
- Peru regulates importation and export of endangered plants and animals, and wildlife trade in general
- Need permit to purchase wildlife or wildlife products in Peru
- Citizens from America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the EU need only a passport for entry and are given a 60 or 90 day visa
- No poaching laws in affect
- In 2003, Brazil set up the Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program
- ARPA objectives include:
- Establish approximately 283,000 km2 of new protected areas for strict conservation use
- Transform approximately 125,000 km2 of existing but neglected parks by bringing them up to effective management standards.
- Establish approximately 89,000 km2 of sustainable use reserves in which local communities will have a stake and will benefit from effective stewardship.
- Set up a long-term Protected Areas Trust Fund to ensure the financial viability and integrity of the park system in perpetuity. The funding target is US$ 220 million
- Secure protection of important habitats, ecosystems, and biological diversity
- Act as a barrier to deforestation and forest fire
- Provide natural resource management alternatives to local communities