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Jacareacanga
Jacareacanga is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. It is at the very centre of South America. Conservation The municipality contains the Crepori National Forest, created in 2006. It contains 14% of the Tapajós Environmental Protection Area, created in 2006. It contains part of the Amaná National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006. Indigenous territories The municipality contains the Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory, established in 1991. It contains part of the Mundurucu Indigenous Territory, established in 2004. It would contain part of the reservoir of the proposed Chacorão Dam on the Tapajós, if approved. However, as of 2010 Eletronorte had not applied for registration with the National Electricity Agency to start feasibility studies for the Chacorão hydroelectric power plant, since the dam would flood parts of the Mundurucu and Sai Cinza indigenous territories. A spokesman said that without a decree to regul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crepori National Forest
The Crepori National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Crepori) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is home to rich biodiversity including several endangered animal species. Location The Crepori National Forest is in the municipality of Jacareacanga, Pará. It has an area of . It adjoins the Tapajós Environmental Protection Area to the north and east and the Mundurucu Indigenous Territory to the west. The northernmost part of the forest is in the Southern Pará Peripheral Depression, the central and eastern part in the Tapajós Residual Plateau and the southern and southwestern parts in the Amazon Lower Plateau domain. Altitudes range from . The forest takes its name from the Crepori River, an important right tributary of the Tapajós, which rises in the Serra do Cachimbo at on the border between the municipalities of Itaituba and Jacareacanga. The river's main tributaries are the Marupá River, a left tributary that enters the Crepori about upstream from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundurucu Indigenous Territory
The Mundurucu Indigenous Territory ( pt, Terra Indígena Mundurucu) is an indigenous territory in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is occupied by the Apiacá and Munduruku people. A proposed dam on the Tapajós river is on hold since it would flood part of the territory, and the constitution does not allow projects that would force relocation of indigenous people. Location The Mundurucu Indigenous Territory (TI) is divided between the municipalities of Itaituba and Jacareacanga, Para. It has an area of . The territory adjoins the Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory to the north and the Kayabi Indigenous Territory to the south. The Tapajós river and its tributary the Teles Pires define the north and west boundary of the territory. To the east it adjoins the Crepori National Forest and the Rio Novo National Park. The TI lies entirely in the Tapajós river basin, in the Amazon biome. Vegetation includes dense rainforest (17.27%), open rainforest (24.28%), savanna-rainforest contact (37. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory
The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory ( pt, Terra Indígena Sai Cinza) is an indigenous territory in the state of Pará, Brazil. A proposed dam on the Tapajós river is on hold since it would flood part of the territory, and the constitution does not allow projects that would force relocation of indigenous people. Location The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory is in the municipality of Jacareacanga, Pará. It has an area of . It adjoins the Mundurucu Indigenous Territory to the south. The western part of the territory is bounded by the Tapajós river to the north. In the east the territory contains land on both sides of the river. The reserve is entirely within the Tapajós basin and the Amazon biome. Vegetation is 82.69% dense rainforest and 17.31 savanna-rainforest contact. History The Sai Cinza Indigenous Territory was declared by decree 94.604 of 14 July 1987. It was approved by decree 393 of 26 December 1991. The reservoir of the proposed Chacorão Dam on the Tapajós river wou ... [...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] |
