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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] |
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] |
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] |
2006 Establishments In Brazil
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ICMBio
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] |
Tapajós National Forest
The Tapajós National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Tapajós) is a Brazilian national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. It supports sustainable exploitation of the natural resources in an area of Amazon rainforest. Location The Tapajós National Forest has an area of . It is in the municipalities of Belterra, Aveiro, Rurópolis and Placas in the state of Pará. The unit is bounded by the Tapajós, the Cupari River, a tributary of the Tapajós, and the BR-163 Santarém–Cuiabá road. Part of the forest drains into the Tapajós to the west, and part drains into the Curuá Una River basin to the east. The Moju River, a tributary of the Curuá-Una, rises in the forest. The side of the forest along the banks of the Tapajós has elevations of about cut by ravines and deep valleys. The flat areas are periodically flooded in the rainy season. Further from the river the forest is on the Tapajós-Xingu plateau, with elevations of . Environment The Tapajós National Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itaituba II National Forest
Itaituba II National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Itaituba II) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. Location The Itaituba II 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 Itaituba I and Itaituba II National Forests together cover . The management plan for the two forests defined a zone of sustainable forestry management of , of which were allocated to three forestry concessions. History The Itaituba II National Forest was created by decree nº 2.482 of 2 February 1998. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It 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 and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. Law 12678 of 25 June 2012 ame ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
