This project is to fund the second phase of the Amazon Protected Areas Program (ARPA), which aims to curb deforestation through the creation and consolidation of protected areas (PAs). In its first phase, the project created 62 protected areas. In the second phase, the goals are to support the creation of 13.5 million hectares of protected areas in the Amazon, support the consolidation of 32 million hectares of PAs, of which 6.5 million hectares are in PAs already created, but not yet included in the program.