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Lower Rio Negro Mosaic
The Lower Rio Negro Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico do Baixo Rio Negro is a protected area mosaic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It coordinates between eleven conservation units of different types in the Amazon rainforest to the northwest of the state capital, Manaus. Location The Lower Rio Negro Mosaic was established to cover 11 protected area in six Amazonas municipalities: Manaus, Novo Airão, Iranduba, Manacapuru, Barcelos and Presidente Figueiredo, with a total area of . It contains conservation units in the Amazon biome in the state of Amazonas. The mosaic is part of the Central Amazon Biosphere Reserve and Ecological Corridor. It covers an area of high biodiversity and high socio-cultural diversity. It includes igapó, terra firma forest, campina, campinaranas, and caatinga-igapós. Background The people of the mosaic include traditional riparian communities, indigenous people, artisan fishers, small farmers and gatherers, as well as people involved in tourism, extraction, bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the state, the city is the center of the Manaus metropolitan area and the largest metropolitan area in the North Region of Brazil by urban landmass. It is situated near the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the only city in the Amazon Rainforest with a population over 1 million people. The city was founded in 1669 as the Fort of São José do Rio Negro. It was elevated to a town in 1832 with the name of "Manaus", an altered spelling of the indigenous Manaós peoples, and legally transformed into a city on October 24, 1848, with the name of ''Cidade da Barra do Rio Negro'', Portuguese for "The City of the Margins of the Black River". On September 4, 1856, it returned to its original name. Manaus is located in the center of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve
Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Amanã) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) covers in the north-central part of Amazonas. It covers parts of the municipalities of Maraã, Codajás, Barcelos and Coari. It partly overlaps with the Jaú National Park to its east. To the north the RDS adjoins the Rio Unini Extractive Reserve. To the west it is bounded by the Japurá River and the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve on the other side of the river. The reserve is in the area of the middle course of the Solimões River, near the point where it is joined by the Japurá River, and is about west of Manaus. It contains Amanã Lake, , the largest lake in the Amazon region. The reserve connects the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve to its south west with the Jaú National Park. The three form one of the largest contiguous ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Environmental Protection Areas Of Brazil
A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale from microscopic to global in extent. It can also be subdivided according to its attributes. Examples include the marine environment, the atmospheric environment and the terrestrial environment. The number of biophysical environments is countless, given that each living organism has its own environment. The term ''environment'' can refer to a singular global environment in relation to humanity, or a local biophysical environment, e.g. the UK's Environment Agency. Life-environment interaction All life that has survived must have adapted to the conditions of its environment. Temperature, light, humidity, soil nutrients, etc., all influence the species within an environment. However, life in turn modifies, in various forms, its conditions. S ... [...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] |
Tupé Sustainable Development Reserve
The Tupé Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Tupé) is a sustainable development reserve (RDS) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Tupé Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) is west of the city of Manaus, on the north bank of the Rio Negro about from the urban area. It includes the communities of Livramento, Julião, Central, Tatu, São João do Lago do Tupé and Agrovida. It has an area of . Vegetation includes igapó and terra firma forest dominated by large trees. Tupé beach is a sand bar at the mouth of the Tupé stream where it enters the Rio Negro. The beach, which can only be accessed by boat, varies in width from depending on the river's water level. It provides an excellent place for swimming, diving and boating, and receives many visitors on weekends and holidays. As of 2016 the population was about 5,000. Residents say SEMMAS, the municipal environmental authority, prohibits planting crops or harvesting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Unini Extractive Reserve
The Rio Unini Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Rio Unini) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Rio Unini Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Barcelos, Amazonas. It has an area of . It extends upstream along the left (north) bank of the Unini River from its mouth on the Rio Negro and then upstream along the left bank of its main tributary, the Água Preta stream. The eastern section adjoins the Jaú National Park, and the western section adjoins the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve, both to the south of the river or stream. The reserve is part of the Amazonia Central Corridor, the Biosphere Reserve of the Central Amazon and the Lower Rio Negro Mosaic. The mosaic was created in 2010 with eleven conservation units, giving a forum for diverse social actors to communicate and manage development projects in the broader region. Environment Average annual rainfall is about . Temperatures range from with an average of . The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve
The Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Negro) is a sustainable development reserve (RDS) in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Brazil. Location Parts of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve lie in the municipalities of Manacapuru (3.78%), Iranduba (80.12%) and Novo Airão (16.1%), all in the state of Amazonas to the west of the city of Manaus. It has an area of . The reserve may be accessed from Manaus or Novo Airão by river, or by the paved AM-070 highway and the AM-352 Estrada do Manairão. The reserve is covered in rain forest. It extends along the right (south west) bank of the Rio Negro above the point where it joins the Solimões River to form the Amazon River. It is surrounded on the south, west and north by the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area. Most of the river and islands opposite the reserve are protected by the Anavilhanas National Park. The reserve belongs to the Central A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Negro State Park South Section
Rio Negro State Park South Section ( pt, Parque Estadual do Rio Negro Setor Sul) is a State park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest to the east of the Rio Negro that is home to the endangered pied tamarin. The area was reduced in 2001 and was further reduced in 2014 to create a sustainable development reserve for the people that had been living there since before the park was created. Location The Rio Negro State Park South Section is in the municipality of Manaus in the state of Amazonas. The park is about from the city of Manaus, accessible from there by boat. It has an area of . The park is near the right (east) bank of the Rio Negro near the point where it joins the Amazon River, set back about from the river. The Rio Negro in this region is protected by the Anavilhanas National Park. The Margem Esquerda do Rio Negro Environmental Protection Area surrounds the park on the west, north and east. The Cuieiras River defines its sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Negro State Park North Section
The Rio Negro State Park North Section ( pt, Parque Estadual do Rio Negro Setor Norte) is a state park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest to the west of the Rio Negro. Location The Rio Negro State Park North Section is in the municipality of Novo Airão in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of and a perimeter of . It is from Manaus, and is accessed by boat from the Rio Negro. To the northeast the state park is bounded by the right bank of the Rio Negro. The state park adjoins the Jaú National Park along its north west boundary. Most of this boundary follows the Carabinani River, which flows north east to enter the Jaú River a few kilometres before that river enters the Rio Negro. The state park adjoins the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area along its south east boundary, which is formed by the Puduari River. The terrain rises to a maximum elevation of in the watershed in the centre of the park. Environment The re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area
The Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Margem Direita do Rio Negro) is an Environmental protection area (APA) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location Parts of the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area lies in the municipalities of Iranduba (21.17%), Manacapuru (18.96%) and Novo Airão (59.87%) in the state of Amazonas. It covers most of the land along the right (west) bank of the Rio Negro from the mouth of the Puduari River, which separates it from the Rio Negro State Park North Section south to the point where it joins the Solimões River to form the Amazon River at Manaus, including part of the left bank of the Solimões. It does not include the section of the right bank covered by the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve, or the surroundings of the town of Novo Airão. The section from Manaus to Novo Airão is mainly accessed by boat or float plane. There is also access along the AM-340 highway. The AP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area
The Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Margem Esquerda do Rio Negro) is an environmental protection area in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest on the left bank of the Rio Negro near Manaus. There is a small human population, and sustainable use of forest resources is allowed. The southern section, near to Manaus, is subject to pressure from poor residents of an official settlement project who clear forest to make charcoal for sale in the city. Location The Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the Amazonas municipalities of Manaus (74.64%), Novo Airão (23.61%) and Presidente Figueiredo (1.75%). It has an area of . The APA is divided into two unconnected sections. The larger Aturiá–Apuauzinho section covers land to the north and east of the Anavilhanas National Park, which protects the Rio Negro's Anavilhanas archipelago in this region, and surround ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve
Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Puranga Conquista) is a sustainable development reserve (RDS) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest on the left bank of the Rio Negro near Manaus. The reserve was carved out of the Rio Negro State Park South Section after a lengthy struggle by the occupants of the area who had lived there for years before the state park was created. Location The Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) is in the municipality of Manaus in the state of Amazonas. There are fifteen communities within the RDS: Deus Proverá, Tatulandia, Caioé, Baixote, Araras, Bela Vista, Santa Maria, Terra Preta, Vila Nova do Chita, Pagodão, e Barreirinha, Boa Esperança, Nova Esperança, São Francisco do Solimõeszinho and Nova Canaã. It has an area of . The RDS is on the left (east) bank of the Rio Negro, most of which is protected by the Anavilhanas National Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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