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Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve
The Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Cazumbá-Iracema) is an extractive reserve in the state of Acre, Brazil. The inhabitants extract rubber, Brazil nuts and other products from the forest for their own consumption or for sale, hunt, fish and engage in small-scale farming and animal husbandry. The reserve was created in 2002 as a sustainable use conservation area after a long campaign by the rubber tappers to prevent the government from evicting them and clearing the Amazon rainforest for cattle ranching. The reserve is rich in biodiversity, and helps form a buffer zone for the adjoining Chandless State Park. Due to decreases in rubber prices, some families want to clear the forest to raise cattle, which is seen as more profitable. Location The Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve is the fifth largest in Brazil. It is mainly in the municipality of Sena Madureira (97.71%) with a small part in the municipality of Manoel Urbano (2.29%), both in the state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sena Madureira
Sena Madureira () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the center of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Acre (state), Acre. Its population is 46,511 and its area is , making it the largest municipality in the state. It has a climate which combines temperatures of with humidities in the upper 90s percent, all year round. It is 143 km from Rio Branco, Acre, Rio Branco. The oldest church in Acre state is located in Sena Madureira, the Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição Church (1910). Conservation The municipality contains part of the Rio Acre Ecological Station. It also contains part of the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use environmental unit created in 1990. It contains the Macauã National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1988. It also contains the São Francisco National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001. It contains 98% of the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractive Reserve, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
