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Nascentes Do Lago Jari National Park
Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Nascentes do Lago Jari) is a national park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest in the BR-319 highway area of influence. Location The Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park has an area of . The park is in the Amazon biome. The park covers an area west of the BR-319 highway and east of the Purus River, to the south of Lago Jari and to the south west of the Matupiri State Park. About 6% of the park is in the Beruri municipality and 94% in the Tapauá municipality, both of the state of Amazonas. The park protects the basin of the Jari River, an important right tributary of the Purus in its middle course, as well as the natural resources and associated fish. It is part of an important ecological corridor in the region between the Purus and Madeira rivers in combination with the Apurinã do Igarapé Tauamirim Indigenous Territory, Abufari Biological Reserve and Piagaçu-Purus Sustai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapauá
Tapauá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 17,015 (2020) and its area is 89,324 km2, making it the third largest municipality in Amazonas and the fifth largest in Brazil, comparable to South Carolina or Jordan. Geography Conservation The municipality contains the Abufari Biological Reserve, a strictly protected area. It contains 30.35% of the Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003. The municipality contains about 9% of the Balata-Tufari National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005. The municipality also contains about 94% of the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park, an protected area established in 2008. It contains 0.33% of the Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008. It contains 98% of the Tapauá State Forest The Tapauá State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual Tapauá) is a state forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Tapauá State Forest is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lago Do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve
The Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Lago do Capanã Grande) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas. Location The Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Manicoré, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve is bounded by the BR-319 highway along the northwest border. To the southwest the reserve adjoins the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park. The southeast boundary of the reserve is close to the Madeira River and is crossed by Lago do Capanã (Capanã Lake), after which the reserve is named. To the northeast it adjoins the Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve. The terrain is flat or slightly undulating. The region is mainly drained by the Madeira River. The main streams within the reserve are the Capanã igarapé and the Amapá River, a tributary of the Matupiri River. There are many other smaller streams or bayous, some completely dry in the dry season. The reserve contains the Barbaço an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Region Protected Areas Program
The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA; pt, Programa Áreas Protegidas da Amazônia) is a joint initiative sponsored by government and non-government agencies to expand protection of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Foundation The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) originated in a 1998 promise by the Brazilian government to triple the area of the Amazon that was legally protected. The program was launched in 2003, supported by government agencies, NGOs and major donors. The program is based on a major two-year planning exercise with experts from different disciplines, representatives of the indigenous people and others. This defined a set of priority areas for new parks and reserves throughout the Amazon. Objectives Initial objectives were: * Establish about of new strictly protected conservation units of Brazil * Upgrade about of neglected existing parks to effective standards of management * Establish about of sustainable use reserves supported by local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lago Do Cuniã Extractive Reserve
The Lago do Cuniã Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Lago do Cuniã) is an extractive reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Location The Lago do Cuniã Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Porto Velho, Rondônia. It has an area of . The reserve is on the left (west) bank of the Madeira River. It adjoins the Cuniã Ecological Station to the east and north and the Rio Madeira Sustainable Yield Forest (''Floresta de Rendimento Sustentado'') to the north and west. The reserve contains the floodplains of large and small rivers, surrounded by fluvial terraces. The relief is one of soft, rounded hills. Altitude ranges from . The reserve drains into the Madeira River. The Cuniã Lake (Lago do Cuniã), after which the reserve is named, has an area of about and is fed by stream originating in the reserve. Environment Temperatures range from with an average of . Average annual rainfall is . The vegetation is mainly savanna-rainforest contact and pioneer fluvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Médio Purus Extractive Reserve
The Médio Purus Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Médio Purus) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Médio Purus Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Lábrea (91.41%), Pauini (8.26%) and Tapauá (0.33%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve extends along the Purus River from just below the town of Pauini to the west, down to the town of Lábrea to the east. The Purus River has muddy waters and often shifts its bed. The reserve is largely surrounded by indigenous territories. The Canutama Extractive Reserve is downstream from the Médio Purus Extractive Reserve. The Iquiri National Forest lies to the south. Temperatures range from with an average of . Vegetation includes dense alluvial rainforest and dense tropical lowland rainforest. Tree species include Piranhea trifoliata, Brazil nut (''Bertholletia excelsa''), rubber tree (''Hevea brasiliensis''), ''Hevea spruceana'' and ''Parki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Ituxi Extractive Reserve
The Ituxi Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Ituxi) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Ituxi Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Lábrea, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve in on the banks of Ituxi River, a blackwater river, and its tributaries, the Punicici, Ciriquiqui and Curequetê. The Ituxi River, a tributary of the Purus River, flows through the reserve in a northeast direction. The reserve is bounded by the Mapinguari National Park to the south and east and the Iquiri National Forest to the west and north. Environment Vegetation includes terra firma forest, seasonally flooded várzea forest, clearings and capoeira (scrub), with great biological diversity. Plant species include '' Geissospermum laeve'', ''Parkia Pendula'', Brazil nut (''Bertholletia excelsa'') and Copaíba ('' Copaífera multijuga Hayne''). The reserve has many endemic fish species. Economy There are about 500 people in 20 extractive com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iquiri National Forest
Iquiri National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Iquiri) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is a sustainable use conservation unit, so harvesting of forest resources such as timber is allowed in accordance with a management plan. Location The Iquiri National Forest has an area of . It is in the municipality of Lábrea in Amazonas. The Iquiri National Forest is in the Amazon biome. The forest contains 73.05% dense rainforest and 26.95 open rainforest. It has great potential for sustainable harvesting of timber and other forest products such as oils, resins, nuts, seeds and fruits. History The Iquiri National Forest was created by decree on 8 May 2008 and 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, maintenance and protection of water resource ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humaitá National Forest
The Humaitá National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Humaitá) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Humaitá National Forest is in the Humaitá municipality of the state of Amazonas. It covers an area of . The forest is bounded by the border with Rondônia to the south, the Madeira River to the west and the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230) to the north. The Campos Amazônicos National Park is some distance east of the national forest. The national forest is in the lower plateau of the western Amazon, consisting of extensive flat areas with occasional formations of higher land. Altitudes range from above sea level. Drainage is poor, and small lakes form in the rainy season and later disappear. The forest is in the Madeira River basin, on the right bank of the Madeira. The "white water" rivers draining the forest contain large amounts of sediment and form fertile floodplains. The main rivers in the forest are the Maici River, a headwater of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balata-Tufari National Forest
The Balata-Tufari National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Balata-Tufari) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It was created to support sustainable extraction of forest products such as timber subject to restrictions and regulations defined by law or the responsible agency, ICMBio. Location The Balata-Tufari National Forest covers parts of the municipalities of Canutama (90.85%) and Tapauá (9.15%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . It is bounded by the Purus River to the west, by the first section of the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230) from Lábrea to Humaitá which cuts across its southern end, and by BR-319 to the east. The Mucuim River runs through the forest, flowing north from the Mapinguari National Park, which lies to the south of BR-230. The Mucuim is joined within the forest by the Açuã River, which rises in the Mapinguari National Park. 2.47% of the national forest's area overlaps with the Mapinguari National Park. The national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapinguari National Park
Mapinguari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Mapinguari) is a national park in the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, Brazil. It covers a large area of Amazon rainforest. The boundaries have been adjusted several times. Location The Mapinguari National Park is in the municipalities of Canutama (40%) and Lábrea (50%) in Amazonas and the municipality of Porto Velho (11%) in Rondônia. It has an area of . The park is in the Solimões-Amazonas sedimentary basin, in the south Amazon depression. The relief is an extensive pediplain with river terraces, floodplains and meander traces. Altitudes range from above sea level. It is drained by streams or rivers feeding the left of the Madeira River and the right of the Purus River. The main rivers within the park are the Açuã, Mucuim, Inacorrã, Umari, Ciriquiqui, Punicici, Coari, Anaiquê and Coti. Environment The park is in the Amazon biome. Average annual rainfall is . Temperatures range from with an average of . Vegetat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuniã Ecological Station
Cuniã Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Cuniã) is a strictly protected ecological station in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia, Brazil. It preserves an area of savannah parkland on the border of the Amazon rainforest. The conservation unit is rich in lakes and ponds, and serves as a nursery for various species of fish. Location The Cuniã Ecological Station is in the Amazon biome, and covers . It covers parts of the municipalities of Canutama and Humaitá in the state of Amazonas and Porto Velho in the state of Rondônia. 90% of the Rio Madeira Sustainable Yield Forest (C) overlaps with the ecological station. The terrain bordering the Madeira River alternates between floodplains and lacustrine plains formed by accumulated sediments. Further from the Madeira are the terraces of the Cuniã and Aponiã rivers. Much of the station to the north west is interfluvial plateau with very poor drainage. Average annual rainfall is . Temperatures range from and avera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matupiri State Park
Matupiri State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Matupiri) is a state park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects a rich area of Amazon rainforest and an ecologically important area of woodland savanna along the Matupiri River. Unusually for a state park, it includes an "indigenous special use zone" that allows the Mura people to continue to fish and extract forest products, as they have for many generations. Location Matupiri State Park is divided between the municipalities of Borba (9.95%) and Manicoré (90.05%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The park is to the south of the BR-319 highway. It is in the Médio Madeira microregion of Amazonas. The park is in the Purus - Madeira inter-fluvial region, in the basins of the Matupiri and Amapá rivers. The Matupiri river runs through the centre of the park from southwest to northeast, and provides the main way to access the interior of the park. To the southeast it adjoins the Rio Madeira Sustainable Development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
