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Amazon Region Protected Areas Program
The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA; pt, Programa Áreas Protegidas da Amazônia) is a joint initiative sponsored by government and non-government agencies to expand protection of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Foundation The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) originated in a 1998 promise by the Brazilian government to triple the area of the Amazon that was legally protected. The program was launched in 2003, supported by government agencies, NGOs and major donors. The program is based on a major two-year planning exercise with experts from different disciplines, representatives of the indigenous people and others. This defined a set of priority areas for new parks and reserves throughout the Amazon. Objectives Initial objectives were: * Establish about of new strictly protected conservation units of Brazil * Upgrade about of neglected existing parks to effective standards of management * Establish about of sustainable use reserves supported by local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. or Amazonia is a Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses , of which are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 formally acknowledged Indigenous territory (Brazil), indigenous territories. The majority of the forest is contained Amazônia Legal, within Brazil, with 60% of the rainforest, followed by Peruvian Amazonia, Peru with 13%, Amazon natural region, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Four nations have "Amazonas (other), Amazonas" as the name of one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecological Station (Brazil)
An ecological station ( pt, Estação Ecológica) in Brazil is a type of protected area of Brazil as defined by the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC). The purpose is to preserve untouched representative samples of the different biomes in Brazil. Objectives and restrictions In the 1970s the Special Secretariat of the Environment under the environmentalist Paulo Nogueira Neto launched a program of ''estações ecológicas'' (ecological stations) with the aim of establishing a network of reserves that would protect representative samples of all Brazilian ecosystems. The objective of an ecological station is to preserve nature and conduct scientific research. It establishes the right of eminent domain, with the private areas included in its boundaries requiring expropriation Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandless State Park
The Chandless State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Chandless) is a state park in the state of Acre, Brazil. It protects an important but relatively unexplored region of rainforest with bamboos holding great biodiversity. It is valuable as an ecological corridor between adjoining conservation units and indigenous territories. Some parts of the park are used by uncontacted nomadic indigenous people. Location The Chandless State Park is in the municipalities of Sena Madureira (11.73%), Santa Rosa do Purus (22.68%) and Manoel Urbano (65.59%) in the state of Acre. The park is bordered to the west by the international border with Peru and Peru's Manú National Park. To the east it adjoins the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve. It adjoins the Alto Rio Purus Indigenous Territory to the north and the Mamoadate Indigenous Territory to the south. The park has an area of . It is difficult to access. The headquarters may be reached by boat from Manuel Urbano or by charter float plane from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantão State Park
The Cantão State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Cantão) is a state park in the state of Tocantins, Brazil. It protects the Cantão wetlands, an area of igapó flooded forest in the ecotone where the Amazon rainforest merges into the cerrado. Location The Cantão State Park is located in the municipality of Pium, Tocantins. It has an area of . The park is bounded to the west by the Araguaia River, which forms the border with the state of Pará. The Javaés River separates the state park from the Araguaia National Park to the south. It is bounded by the Ilha do Bananal / Cantão Environmental Protection Area to the east. The park would be in the proposed South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor. History The Cantão State Park was created by state law 996 of 14 July 1998 with an area of . The primary purpose is protecting fauna, flora and natural resources with tourism potential to ensure their rational, sustainable use compatible with preserving the local ecosystems. The delib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Park (Brazil)
A state park ( pt, Parque Estadual) in Brazil is a legally defined type of protected area operated by one of the states. Their goal is to preserve important or beautiful natural ecosystems. Public access is allowed subject to regulations defined by the responsible agency. Definition State parks fall under the same regulations as national parks, defined by law 9.985 of July 2000. The park's basic objective is preservation of natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty. This enables the conduct of scientific research and the development of educational activities and environmental interpretation, recreation in contact with nature and eco tourism. The park is publicly owned, and private areas included in its limits will be expropriated when it is established. Public visitation is subject to the rules and restrictions set out in Unit Management Plan, rules established by the body responsible for its administration, and those provided for by regulation. Scientific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Acre Ecological Station
Rio Acre Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Rio Acre) is an ecological station in the state of Acre, Brazil. Location The Rio Acre Ecological Station, which covers , was created on 2 June 1981. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The ecological station lies in the municipalities of Assis Brasil and Sena Madureira in the state of Acre. It contains Amazon forest bounded to the north by an Indian reservation and to the south by the Acre River. Environment The vegetation is characterized by open forests of palms and bamboos. 255 species of birds have been found in the alluvial forests, and 189 species in the open forests. The first occurrence in Brazil of several species of birds was first recorded in the ecological station, including sapphire-spangled emerald (Amazilia lactea), Guianan warbling antbird (Hypocnemis cantator), buff-fronted foliage-gleaner (Philydor rufum), wedge-billed woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juami-Japurá Ecological Station
Juami-Japurá Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Juami-Japurá) is an ecological station in the municipality of Japurá, Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Ecological Station of was created by decree on 3 June 1985, amended on 11 October 2011. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor, created in 2002. The protection unit is located on the right bank of the Japurá River in the municipality of Japurá, Amazonas. It is only accessible by boat. Environment Juam-Japurá Ecological Station lies in the Amazon plain, with altitudes that range from above sea level. It covers the entire basin of the black water Juami River, which flows into the white water Japurá River. The highest land is on the edges of the unit, and delimits the river basin. The conservation unit has a tropical rainforest climate. Average rainfall is . Temperatures range from with an average of . The vegetation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station
The Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Rio Roosevelt) is an ecological station in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station (ESEC) has an area of . It is in the municipality of Colniza in the state of Mato Grosso. It is bordered by the Tucumã State Park to the west, by the Roosevelt River to the east, and by the border between the states of Mato Grosso and Amazonas to the north. It adjoins the Manicoré State Forest in Amazonas, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005. The MT-206 road runs through the southern part of the ESEC. The ESEC is home to 30 people from one family, living in three communities. There are two archaeological sites in the unit. The Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station is a unit of the Southern Amazon Mosaic of conservation units. The ESEC would be in the proposed South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor. It is the responsibility of the Conservation Units Coordinator (CUCO) of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Ronuro Ecological Station
Rio Ronuro Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Rio Ronuro) is an ecological station in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It protects an area of contact between Amazon rainforest in the north and Cerrado semi-deciduous forest in the south. Since being created in 1998 it has been reduced in size and has suffered from significant deforestation. History The Rio Ronuro Ecological Station was created on 23 April 1998 by the state of Mato Grosso to protect the environment, with an area of about , in the municipality of Nova Ubiratã, Mato Grosso. The Xingu Indigenous Park is to the north east of the unit. On 20 April 2005 the state legislative assembly reduced the area to . The advisory council was formed on 12 April 2010. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. Environment The Rio Ronuro Ecological Station (ESEC) is in the Xingu River basin, and is drained by the Santo Cristo, Hinternam, Von Den Steinen and Ronuro rivers. It is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jari Ecological Station
Jari Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Jari) is an ecological station in Brazil, located in the states of Amapá and Pará, created in 1984. Location The Jari Ecological Station lies in the municipalities of Almeirim, Pará, and Mazagão, Amapá. It has an areas of . It lies in the Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests ecoregion of the Amazon biome. Altitude varies from . The Jari River drains the eastern part and the Paru River drains the south west part. In north west the main watercourse is the Carecuru River. The reserve is bounded by the Paru State Forest to the north, and the Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve to the northeast. Environment Temperature ranges from . The vegetation is mainly land forest. Emergent trees reach . The protected unit is in excellent condition. There are traces of two old mines, which caused some changes to the landscape. Small numbers of people have settled along the Jarí River, which flows through the unit, built house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grão-Pará Ecological Station
The Grão-Pará Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará is a strictly protected ecological station in the state of Pará, Brazil. It managed by the state of Pará. With of well-preserved Amazon rainforest it is the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit in the world. Location The Grão-Pará Ecological Station is on the left bank of the Amazon River in the west of the state of Pará. It contains parts of the basins of the Maicuru, Curuá, Cuminapanema, Erepecuru, Trombetas and Mapuera rivers. It has an area of , which makes it the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet. The unit covers parts of the municipalities of Oriximiná (75.89%), Alenquer (13.31%), Óbidos (7.36%) and Monte Alegre (3.44%). Its boundaries are: *North: Tumucumaque Mountains National Park and Guyana. *East: Tumucumaque National Park Indian Territory, Rio Paru D'Este Indian Territory and Maicuru Biological Reserve. *South: Trombeta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niquiá Ecological Station
Niquiá Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Níquia) is an ecological station in the Caracaraí municipality of Roraima state, Brazil. History The station, which has an area of , was created on 3 June 1985. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The unit was created to preserve the genetic banks of the flora. It is named after the stream from which Aniquiá takes its name. It lies in the Caracaraí municipality of Roraima state. Status As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia, with a terrestrial area of . The station is a region of transition forest, with tall trees with thin trunks. Fauna are representative of both the Amazon and the cerrado. The white-bellied spider monkey The white-bellied spider monkey (''Ateles belzebuth''), also known as the white-fronted or long-haired spider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
