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Rorainópolis
Rorainópolis () is a municipality located in the southernmost point of the state of Roraima in Brazil. Its population is 32,647 (as of 2022) and its area is 33,594 km2. The municipality is crossed by the equator. History In the 1970s, the regional headquarters of INCRA were established in Rorainópolis along the BR-174 highway. INCRA started to distribute land which attracted settlers from all of Brazil. In 1988, the name was changed from Vila do Incra to Rorainópolis. In 1995, Rorainópolis became an independent municipality, and has become the second most populous of the state of Roraima. The operates a campus at Roraima. Nature The Anauá National Forest is a national forest in Rorainópolis. It is a protected area with sustainable use of natural resources established in 2005. The Baixo Rio Branco-Jauaperi Extractive Reserve is a protected area which has a shared use agreement with Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory. It has been established in 2018. The na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roraima
Roraima ( ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas to the south and west, Venezuela to the north and northwest, and Guyana to the east. The state covers an area of approximately , slightly larger than Belarus, being the fourteenth largest Brazilian state by area. The city of Boa Vista is the capital and largest city in the state, and is the only capital in the country located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. Antônio Denarium, a member of the conservative Progressistas party, has been the governor of the state since 2019. Roraima is the least populous state in Brazil, with an estimated population of 631,181 inhabitants as of 2020. It is also the state with the lowest population density in Brazil, with 2.01 inhabitants per square kilometre. Its economy, based mainly on the tertiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Do Boiaçu
Santa Maria do Boiaçu is a village in the Brazilian municipality of Rorainópolis, in the state of Roraima. It is located on the Branco River, and inside the Baixo Rio Branco-Jauaperi Extractive Reserve. Overview Santa Maria do Boiaçu is an isolated village along the Branco River. Except for Santa Maria and a few riverside settlements, the region is uninhabited. In 2018, the Baixo Rio Branco-Jauaperi Extractive Reserve was created which aims to protect the area while allowing for sustainable economic activities for the communities along the river. Between 1960 and 1982, it was a of Caracaraí, but has become part of the municipality of Rorainópolis. Santa Maria do Boiaçu has an airfield, an elementary school, the only high school in the region, and is connected to the telephone network and internet. The village has a medical post was which renovated in 2017. The 2019 cutbacks and restructuring of FUNAI, the organisation in charge of the indigenous territories, by Jair Bolso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anauá National Forest
The Anauá National Forest () is a national forest in the state of Roraima, Brazil. Overview The creation of the national forest was an initiative of the citizens of Rorainópolis in cooperation with the local logging association to create a protected area with sustainable land use. In 2005, the national forest was created and is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The forest is located in the municipality of Rorainópolis. The name refers to the Anauá River which is a tributary of the Branco River. In the Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi () is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. In the words of Brazilian tupinol ... Anauá translates to flowering tree. The Anauá National Forest is a densely forested rainforest influenced by several tributaries of the Branco River. A threat to the forest ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BR-174
BR-174 is a federal highway of Brazil. The road connects Cáceres to Pacaraima on the Venezuelan border. It is the only road connection of the state of Roraima with the rest of the country. 458 kilometres are under construction, and there is no bridge over the Amazon River. Nocturnal closure The highway is closed on the Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory every day between 18:30 and 06:00 of the following day. It is advisable to not stop inside the reserve. The reserve is occupied by nocturnal animals and some of the natives have nocturnal routines, too. Even during the day the number of accidents involving animals and cars is elevated.http: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil () are administrative divisions of the states of Brazil, Brazilian states. Brazil currently has 5,571 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most, with 853. Northern states are divided into small numbers of large municipalities (e.g. Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas is divided into only 62 municipalities), and therefore they cover large areas incorporating several separated towns or villages that do not necessarily conform to one single conurbation. Southern and eastern states on the other hand, are divided into many small municipalities (e.g. Minas Gerais), and therefore large urban areas usually extend over several municipalities which form one single conurbation. The Federal District (Brazil), Federal Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014. Palm oils are easier to stabilize and maintain quality of flavor and consistency in ultra-processed foods, so they are frequently favored by food manufacturers. Globally, humans consumed an average of of palm oil per person in 2015. Demand has also increased for other uses, such as cosmetics and biofuels, encouraging the growth of palm oil plantations in tropical countries. The mass production of palm oil in the tropics has attracted the concern of environmental and human rights groups. The palm oil industry is a significant contributor to deforestation in the tropics where palms are grown and has been cited as a factor in social problems due to allegations of human rights violations among growers. In 2018, a repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory
The Waimiri Atroari Indigenous Territory () is an Indigenous territory (Brazil), indigenous territory in the states of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Roraima, Brazil. There has been a long history of violent conflict between the indigenous Waimiri-Atroari people and newcomers from other parts of Brazil. Since the 1960s there have been many efforts to "civilise" the Waimiri-Atroari to avoid problems with the BR-174 highway, which cuts across the territory, and with tin mines and the huge Balbina Dam. The territory is now considerably smaller, but there have been improvements in living standards. Location The territory has an area of , divided between the states of Amazonas and Roraima. It lies to the northwest of the massive reservoir of the Balbina Dam and to the east of the Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro. The reserve contains the basins of the Jauaperi River, Jauaperi and Camanaú River, Camanaú rivers and their tributaries, the Alalaú River, Alalaú, Curiaú, Pardo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood, non-timber forest products, water, ...) is limited. The term "protected area" also includes marine protected areas and transboundary protected areas across multiple borders. As of 2016, there are over 161,000 protected areas representing about 17 percent of the world's land surface area (excluding Antarctica). For waters under national jurisdiction beyond inland waters, there are 14,688 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), covering approximately 10.2% of coastal and marine areas and 4.12% of global ocean areas. In contrast, only 0.25% of the world's oceans beyond national jurisdiction are covered by MPAs. In recent years, the 30 by 30 initiative has targeted to protect 30% of ocean territory and 30% of land territory worldwide by 2030; this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Forest (Brazil)
A national forest () in Brazil is a type of sustainable use Protected areas of Brazil, protected area. The primary purpose is sustainable exploitation of the forest, subject to various limits. These include a requirement to preserve at least 50% of the original forest, to preserve forest along watercourses and on steep slopes, and so on. More than 10% of the Amazon rainforest is protected by national forests or other types of conservation unit. Definition The concept of the National Forest originated with the 1934 Forest Code. It is an area with forest cover of predominantly native species and has the basic objective of the sustainable multiple use of forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. The forest is publicly owned, and any private lands in its boundaries are expropriated when it is formed. Indigenous populations may remain in the forest. Public visits are allowed, and research is encouraged, subject to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instituto Nacional De Colonização E Reforma Agrária
The Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária - INCRA (''National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform'') is a federal government authority of the public administration of Brazil. INCRA administers the land reform issues. Its headquarters is at in the federal capital of Brasília Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino .... Structure * Directorate of Development and Consolidation of Settlement Projects * Strategic Management Department * Operational Management Department * Directorate of Land Governance * Directorate of Quilombola Territories External links * * * Government agencies of Brazil Land reform Executive branch of Brazil Government agencies established in 1970 1970 establishments in Brazil {{Brazil-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equator
The equator is the circle of latitude that divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Southern Hemisphere, Southern Hemispheres of Earth, hemispheres. It is an imaginary line located at 0 degrees latitude, about in circumference, halfway between the North Pole, North and South Pole, South poles. The term can also be used for any other celestial body that is roughly spherical. In three-dimensional space, spatial (3D) geometry, as applied in astronomy, the equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is the parallel (circle of latitude) at which latitude is defined to be 0°. It is an imaginary line on the spheroid, equidistant from its geographical pole, poles, dividing it into northern and southern hemispheres. In other words, it is the intersection of the spheroid with the plane (geometry), plane perpendicular to its axis of rotation and midway between its geographical poles. On and near the equator (on Earth), noontime sunlight appears almost directly o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
