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Altamira National Forest
Altamira National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional Altamira) is a national forest in the state of Pará Brazil. Location The Altamira National Forest is in the Amazon biome. It has an area of . It covers parts of the municipalities of Altamira, Itaituba and Trairão in the state of Pará. The forest lies in the Amazon lowlands, with altitudes from . The forest spans the watershed between the Tapajós and the Xingu River. It contains part of the Curuaés River in the Xingu basin. The annual plan of 2009 authorized the grant of four forest management units totalling , which were allocated to two companies with contracts expected to last 40 years and to create about 900 formal jobs, 80% of which would be local. Environment Average annual rainfall is . Temperatures range from with an average of . Vegetation is mostly open rainforest with lianas, but also includes dense submontane rainforest and alluvial forest. Rapid ecological assessment studies found 212 species of flora in 145 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novo Progresso
Novo Progresso is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The city is served by Novo Progresso Airport The municipality contains part of the Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005. It also contains part of the Rio Novo National Park, a conservation unit created in 2006. In contains the Jamanxim National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006 in which uncontrolled clearance of the Amazon rainforest was proceeding at a rapid pace. Climate See also *List of municipalities in Pará This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pará (PA), located in the North Region of Brazil. Pará is divided into 144 municipalities, which are grouped into 22 microregions, which are grouped into 6 mesoregions. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IUCN Protected Area Categories
IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part of a strategy being used toward the conservation of the world's natural environment and biodiversity. The IUCN has developed the protected area management categories system to define, record and classify the wide variety of specific aims and concerns when categorising protected areas and their objectives. This categorisation method is recognised on a global scale by national governments and international bodies such as the United Nations and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Categories Category Ia – strict nature reserve A strict nature reserve (IUCN Category Ia) is an area which is protected from all but light human use in order to protect its biodiversity and also possibly its geological/geomorphical features. These areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itaituba I National Forest
Itaituba I National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Itaituba I) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Itaituba I National Forest is in the Amazon biome. It has an area of . It covers parts of the municipalities of Itaituba and Trairão in the state of Pará. The forest is in the Tapajos residual plateau and in the Tapajos river basin, on the right bank of that river. The forest may be accessed by land via BR-163 and BR-230, the main federal highways in the region, or by boat via the Tapajós and Jamanxim rivers, and tributaries such as the Igarapé do Botica and the Ratão. There are some airstrips in and around the forest. Tributaries of the Tapajos include the Cururu, das Tropas, Cupari and Jamanxim. The Jamanxim, which rises in the Serra do Cachimbo in the extreme south of the state, has fast-flowing passages and areas where it sprawls into backwaters, making travel by large boats difficult along most of its length. Its main tributaries are th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trairão National Forest
Trairão National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Trairão) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. It contains a large area of Amazon rainforest with high biodiversity. It is a sustainable use conservation unit in which logging is allowed subject to a management plan, and was created in an effort to curb illegal deforestation in the area. Location The Trairão National Forest covers of Amazonia biome. It was created on 13 February 2006 and is administered by the federal Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It covers parts of the municipalities of Trairão (69.2%), Rurópolis (22.0%) and Itaituba (8.8%) in the state of Pará. The main urban centres nearby are Trairão, Itaituba, Rurópolis and Santarém. It borders the Riozinho do Anfrísio Extractive Reserve to the east and the Jamanxim National Park to the south. The forest is named after the Trairão municipality, which in turn is named after the trairão (''Hoplias lacerdae'') fish. The area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamanxim National Forest
The Jamanxim National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Jamanxim) is a National forest (Brazil), national forest created in 2006 in the state of Pará, Brazil. The purpose is to ensure sustainable use of forest resources. The forest contains a sizeable population of settlers without land titles, and informal forest clearing and burning was continuing two years after the national forest had been created. Disputes over the legality of the forest creation were continuing in 2015. Location The Jamanxim National Forest is in the Amazon biome. It has an area of . It was created by decree on 13 February 2006 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It is contained in the municipality of Novo Progresso in the state of Pará. The forest consists of about 85% open rainforest and 14% dense rainforest. It was created in the context of land planning in the area influenced by the BR-163 highway, with the objective of slowing deforestation in one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaná National Forest
Amaná National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Amaná) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. Most of it has been allocated for use in sustainable forestry or community forestry. Mining is allowed. Location The Amaná National Forest is in the Amazon biome. It was created by decree on 13 February 2006 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It has an area of . It covers parts of the municipalities of Jacareacanga and Itaituba in the state of Pará. The forest is in the south west of the state of Pará along the border with the state of Amazonas, between the Madeira River and the Tapajós. To the west it adjoins the Urupadi National Forest in Amazonas, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2016. Usage The Amaná National Forest is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) with the objective of sustainable multiple use of forest resources, mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Do Meio Ecological Station
Terra do Meio Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica da Terra do Meio) is an ecological station (ESEC) in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Terra do Meio Ecological Station has an area of . It covers parts of the municipalities of Altamira and São Félix do Xingu in the state of Pará. The station covers parts of the lowlands and the residual plateau of the southern Amazon. It lies between the Xingu River and its tributary the Iriri River, which runs through the station from south to north. The Iriri rises in the Serra do Cachimbo and flows for before joining the Xingu. The rivers vary greatly in volume depending on the season, and in the dry season include waterfalls, rocks and rapids. The ESEC borders the Serra do Pardo National Park to the southeast. The proposed South Amazon Ecological Corridor would link the ESEC to other protected areas and indigenous territories in the region. Environment The Terra do Meio Ecological Station is in the Amazon biome. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nascentes Da Serra Do Cachimbo Biological Reserve
The Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo) is a biological reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. The reserve protects an area in the transition between the Cerrado and Amazon biomes, supporting highly diverse flora and fauna including many endemic species. It is accessible via the BR-163 highway, and is among the federal conservation units in the Amazon Legal that has suffered most from deforestation. Location The Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve has an area of . The reserve covers parts of the municipalities of Altamira and Novo Progresso in the state of Pará. The reserve is adjacent to the BR-163 highway and abuts the Panará and Menkragnoti indigenous territories. The Serra do Cachimbo complex is partly a continuous mass of mountains with a south west alignment, partly plateau with flat-bottomed valleys. Altitude ranges from above sea level. Erosion has created ridges and ravines. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Do Pardo National Park
The Serra do Pardo National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Serra do Pardo) is a National park in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Serra do Pardo National Park is divided between the municipalities of São Félix do Xingu (51.28%) and Altamira (48.72%) in the state of Pará. It covers an area of . The park takes its name from the mountain range that stretches along the Pardo River. The mountains have an average height of and rise to a maximum altitude of . The Pardo River defines the northwest boundary of the park. On the north, the park is bounded by the Rio Xingu Extractive Reserve. The west and south of the park adjoin the Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area. To the northwest, it adjoins the Terra do Meio Ecological Station. To the east, it is bounded by the Xingu River. The park is part of the Terra do Meio Mosaic, a grouping of protected areas. History The park was used for rubber extraction until the rubber crisis of the 1950s, then was occupied by squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Novo National Park
Rio Novo National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Rio Novo) is a national park in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Rio Novo National Park has an area of . It covers parts of the municipalities of Novo Progresso and Itaituba in Pará. The park is in an area of low-relief plateaus and depressions. The east is in the Jamanxim-Xingu depression, with flat terrain at elevations of , rising in small areas to the residual tablelands of southern Pará, with clusters of hills and low mountains with heights of . The west is on the Parauari-Tropas plateau, broken hilly country with elevations from The southwest is dominated by the Serra do Cachimbo, rising to , with a sharp escarpment forming its northern face. The park is in the basins of the Jamanxim and Crepori rivers, tributaries of the Tapajós. The main river in the park is the Rio Novo, a major tributary of the Jamanxim formed by the juncture of the Inambé and Marrom rivers. There are several waterfalls and rapids in the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamanxim National Park
The Jamanxim National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Jamanxim) is a national park in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Jamanxim National Park covers of Amazon rainforest. It is in parts of the municipalities of Altamira, Itaituba and Trairão in the state of Pará. The Trairão National Forest lies to the north. The park mostly lies in the Jamanxim-Xingu depression, with relatively flat terrain ranging from in altitude. The Southern Pará plateau rises to . Two small areas of the Tapajós Plateau in the west contain hills rising from . The park contains the sub-basins of the Jamanxim, Tocantins and Aruri rivers within the Tapajós basin. It also holds very small parts of the Ratão and Iriri basins. Average annual rainfall is . Temperatures range from with an average of . Vegetation includes open rainforest with vines and palms trees, dense submontane rainforest with emergent canopy and dense alluvial rainforest with uniform canopy. The trees include species wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazônia National Park
The Amazônia National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Amazônia) was created in 1974, as a national park comprising 1,070,737 ha. It is situated in Itaituba and Trairão municipalities, Pará state, in the north region of Brazil. It is located in the watershed of the Tapajós River, about halfway between Manaus and Belém. It has expanded since its inception and now covers . It is a very biodiverse habitat and contains a wide range of animals and plants. The specific objectives of the park are the preservation of various Amazonic ecosystems, through scientific, educational and recreational means. Geography The park lies on either side of the Tapajós River. The habitat is dense lowland rain forest and there are areas of white-sand grasslands beside the upper reaches of the Tapajós. This river rises in the Precambrian crystalline shields area of ancient igneous rock and carries little sediment. The river acts as a barrier so that some of the animals and plants on one bank are not f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
