However, the expansion of protected areas has not been followed by a commensurate increase in resources. A 2012 survey among managers of protected areas revealed that 60% did not have sufficient resources to carry out their activities (Semeia, 2013). The MMA (2009) calculated that maintaining federal protected areas in “satisfactory operational conditions” would require a budget increase of BRL 540 million, at the state level, the financial gap was BRL 360 million. In addition, an estimated BRL 610 million in investment would be needed to adequately consolidate federal protected areas (e.g. to put in place the necessary infrastructure), along with some BRL 1.2 billion for state protected areas (Funbio, 2009).