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Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve
The Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha Cuinarana) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Magalhães Barata, Pará. It has an area of . The reserve protects the mangroves between the east bank of the Marapanim River and the west bank of the Cuinarana River. The Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve lies to the west and the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve lies to the east. History The Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 10 October 2014. The reserve is one of three created by president Dilma Rousseff thirteen days before the 2014 presidential elections. The other two are the Mocapajuba and Mestre Lucindo marine extractive reserves, both also in Pará. The Araí-Peroba Marine Extractive Reserve was expanded by . The reserve is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magalhães Barata
Magalhães Barata is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The municipality contains the Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2014. The Cuinarana River originates near the municipal headquarters. It flows north to join the Marapanim River near the Atlantic coast. It is protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve on the east and the Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve on the west. History As early as 1936, there existed in the city of Marapanim the district of Cuinarana, which on December 29, 1961, was elevated to the status of municipality, gaining the name of Magalhães Barata, in honor of the former governor of the state of Pará, by state law nº 2.460. Notable people * Rony Football player 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 microregi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extractive Reserve (Brazil)
An extractive reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista or RESEX) is a type of sustainable use protected area in Brazil. The land is publicly owned, but the people who live there have the right to traditional extractive practices, such as hunting, fishing and harvesting wild plants. Definition In the broad sense, an extractive reserve is an area of land, generally state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...-owned where access and use rights, including natural resource extraction, are allocated to local groups or communities. Extractive reserves limit deforestation both by the local residents, preventing deforestation within their reserve, and by acting as a buffer zone to keep ranching and extractive industry out of the forests beyond. "Extractive reserve" is among the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Mendes Institute For Biodiversity Conservation
The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Portuguese)". http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2007/lei/l11516.htm It is named after the environmental activist Chico Mendes Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (; 15 December 1944 – 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the h .... References Nature conservation in Brazil Executive branch of Brazil Research institutes in Brazil Biodiversity databases Government agencies established in 2007 Environmental organizations established in 2007 2007 establishments in Brazil {{brazil-gov-stub, date=March 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pará
Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname, to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city is Belém, which is located at the mouth of the Amazon. The state, which is home to 4.1% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for just 2.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Pará is the most populous state of the North Region, Brazil, North Region, with a population of over 8.6 million, being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil. It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area, at , second only to Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas upriver. Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon Rainforest. Pará produces Natural rubber, rubber (extracted from natural rubber tree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marapanim River
The Marapanim River ( pt, Rio Marapanim) is a river of the state of Pará, Brazil. Course The Marapanim River rises in the municipality of São Francisco do Pará. It flows in a generally north direction, and enters the Atlantic Ocean just past Marapanim, Pará, which lies on its left bank. The eastern side of the Marapanim Bay before Maiandeua Island is protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002. Further south the eastern side is protected by the Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve. The western side is protected by the Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2014. Environment At its mouth the river is mainly bordered by mud flats. The area around Rio Marapanim has a low population, with about 18 people per square kilometre. The area has a monsoon climate. The average temperature is . The hottest month is September, with and the coldest month is January, with . Average annual rainfall is . The wettest month is March, with and the dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuinarana River
The Cuinarana River ( pt, Rio Cuinarana) is a river in the state of Pará, Brazil, a tributary of the Marapanim River. Course The river originates near the village of Magalhães Barata, and flows north to the point where it enters the Marapanim River. The mangroves of the east side of the Cuinarana River are protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve The Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Maracanã) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. It protects an area of mangroves, and allows the local population to make sustainable use .... On the west side the mangroves are protected by the Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve. The west bank of the Marapanim River, and the peninsula to the left of the mouth of the estuary formed by the Marapanim and Cuinarana rivers is protected by the Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve. Environment The mouth of the river is mainly mud flats. The area around Rio Cuinar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve
The Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha Mestre Lucindo) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve is located in the municipality of Marapanim, Pará. It has an area of . It protects the west bank of the Marapanim River, and the peninsula to the left of the mouth of the estuary formed by the Marapanim and Cuinarana rivers. The reserve lies on both sides of the coastal towns of Marapanim and Marudá. It adjoins the Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve to the west and the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve and the Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area to the east. History The Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 10 October 2014 with an area of . The reserve is one of three created by president Dilma Rousseff thirteen days before the 2014 presidential elections. The other two are the Mocapajuba and Cuina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve
The Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Maracanã) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. It protects an area of mangroves, and allows the local population to make sustainable use of the natural resources. Location The Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Maracanã in the state of Pará. It has an area of . The municipality of Maracanã was founded in 1653 when father António Vieira arrived in Pará on a mission to the village of Maracanã Indians. Today there are 75 coastal communities in the reserve, mainly living by fishing. Other activities include agriculture, animal husbandry and support of tourism. The holidays are religious, and include the festivals of Saint Michael the Archangel, Our Lady of Nazareth and Saint Benedict. Handcrafts include construction of fishing vessels and fishing equipment. The reserve protects the mangroves of the lower reaches of the Maracanã and Caripi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first woman to have held the Brazilian presidency and had previously served as chief of staff to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010. Rousseff was raised in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte. She became a socialist in her youth and after the 1964 coup d'état joined left-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff was captured, tortured, and jailed from 1970 to 1972. by Bradley Brooks, Associated Press, 31 October 2010. Retrieved from Internet Archive 11 January 2014. After her release, Rousseff rebuilt her life in Porto Alegre with her husband Carlos Araújo. They both helped to found the Democratic Labour Party (PDT) in Rio Grande do Sul, and partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mocapajuba Marine Extractive Reserve
The Mocapajuba Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha Mocapajuba) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Mocapajuba Marine Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of São Caetano de Odivelas, Pará. It has an area of . The reserve covers the mangroves in the São Caetano de Odivelas peninsula and islands of the coastal delta formed by the Barreto and Mocajuba rivers. It adjoins the São João da Ponta Extractive Reserve to the southeast and the Mãe Grande de Curuçá Extractive Reserve to the east. History The Mocapajuba Marine Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 10 October 2014 with an area of about . The reserve is one of three created by president Dilma Rousseff thirteen days before the 2014 presidential elections. The other two are the Mestre Lucindo and Cuinarana marine extractive reserves, both also in Pará. The Araí-Peroba Marine Extractive Reserve was expanded by . The reserve is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araí-Peroba Marine Extractive Reserve
The Araí-Peroba Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha de Araí-Peroba) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Araí-Peroba Marine Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Augusto Corrêa, Pará. It has an area of . It protects the coast and inlets around the east of the Baía do Caeté, and around the Baía de Emboraí and Baía do Chum. It adjoins the Caeté-Taperaçu Marine Extractive Reserve to the west and the Gurupi-Piriá Marine Extractive Reserve to the east. The mangroves include '' Avicennia germinans'', '' Avicennia schaueriana'', '' Laguncularia racemosa'' and '' Rhizophora mangle''. The last is the most common. The reserve has cellular telephone coverage and electricity. The community fishes and uses non-timber products. History The Araí-Peroba Marine Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 20 May 2005. The reserve is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
