Acari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Acari) is a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Location

The Acari National Park covers parts of the municipalities of

Apuí Apuí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 22,359 (2020) and its area is 54,240 km2. Gold rush The municipality shot to fame in December 2006, when a Brazilian maths teacher by the name of Ivani ...

(11.77%), Borba (59.55%) and

Novo Aripuanã Novo Aripuanã is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. History The region was originally inhabited by the Toras, Barés, Muras, Urupás, Araras and ot ...

(28.68%) in Amazonas. It is north of the BR-230

Trans-Amazonian Highway The Trans-Amazonian Highway (official designation BR-230, official name Rodovia Transamazônica), was introduced on September 27, 1972. It is 4,000 km long, making it the third longest highway in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon forest and ...

in the

–

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 Tapa ...

section. The

Urupadi National Forest Urupadi National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Urupadi) is a national forest (Brazil) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location Urupadi National Forest is in the Maués municipality of Amazonas. It has an area of . The forest is just nor ...

and the

Alto Maués Ecological Station Alto Maués Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Alto Maués) is an ecological station, a fully protected area, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It contains about of Amazon rainforest. Location The Alto Maués Ecological Station is i ...

border the park to the east. It has an area of . It is in the

Amazon biome The Amazon biome ( pt, Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater and white ...

History

The Acari National Park was created by federal decree on 11 May 2016. It is administered by the

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 (Por ...

(ICMBio). The objective is to protect the biological diversity of the

Acari Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

, Camaiú, Sucunduri and Abacaxis rivers and their tributaries and the physical landscape, to ensure sustainability of the

ecosystem services Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits to humans provided by the natural environment and healthy ecosystems. Such ecosystems include, for example, agroecosystems, forest ecosystem, grassland ecosystems, and aquatic ecosystems. Th ...

, to contribute to environmental stability in the region and to provide for development of recreational activities in contact with nature and ecotourism. The park was one of five conservation units created in last week before the provisional removal of president

Dilma Rousseff Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first w ...

, totalling , all in the south of Amazonas state. These were the fully protected

Manicoré Biological Reserve The Manicoré Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica do Manicoré) is a biological reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It fully protects an intact area of the Amazon rainforest that is rich in biodiversity, and serves as part of a shie ...

with and Acari National Park with , and the sustainable use Campos de Manicoré Environmental Protection Area with ,

Aripuanã National Forest The Aripuanã National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Aripuanã) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It supports sustainable forestry, and also protects the environment, supports scientific research and protects the sustaina ...

with and

with . The same package expanded the Amanã National Forest by . With these units the Dilma government had created about of new protected areas during her administration, compared to about by her predecessor

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Party, ...

. Her administration had also reduced the area of seven protected areas in the Amazon to allow for construction of dams on the

Tapajós The Tapajós ( pt, Rio Tapajós ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. It is one of the largest clearw ...

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* * * * {{authority control 2016 establishments in Brazil National parks of Brazil Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state)