The Extremo Norte do Tocantins Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Extremo Norte do Tocantins) is an
extractive reserve in the state of
Tocantins
Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...
, Brazil.
Location
The Extremo Norte do Tocantins Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of
Sampaio (6.12%) and
Carrasco Bonito
Carrasco Bonito is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Tocantins (state), Tocantins. Carrasco Bonito's population was at 4,130 in 2020 and it has an area of 193 km².
The municipality contains ...
(93.88%) in the state of Tocantins.
It has an area of .
The reserve lies to the north of the TO-201 highway, south of the
Tocantins River
The Tocantins River ( pt, Rio Tocantins, link=no , , Parkatêjê: ''Pyti'' ɨˈti is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country. In the Tupi language, its name means " toucan's beak" (''Tukã'' for "toucan" and ''Ti'' for "beak ...
.
History
The Extremo Norte do Tocantins Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree 535 of 20 May 1992.
On 9 December 2005 the Minister of the Environment appointed representatives of agencies and NGOs to elaborate the proposal for occupying the territory of the reserve.
The deliberative council was created on 23 May 2011.
The reserve 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).
It is classed as
IUCN protected area category
IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The enlisting of such areas is par ...
VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources).
Its purpose is to protect the livelihoods and culture of the traditional extractive population, and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources of the unit.
Economy
As of 2009 the population of the reserve was fairly young.
About 25% of the population is illiterate and 32% have no more than three years of education, mostly women.
About 30% of girls do not attend school but help the family in production activities.
The reserve is served by health centres in the Carrasco Bonito municipal seat.
The main economic activity is processing and marketing of
babassu
''Attalea speciosa'', the babassu, babassu palm, ''babaçu, or cusi'', is a palm native to the Amazon Rainforest region in South America. The babassu palm is the predominant species in the Maranhão Babaçu forests of Maranhão and Piauí states. ...
palm fruit, mainly by the women.
The men cultivate rice, beans, maize and cassava, mainly for their family consumption.
A 2015 study reported that after 22 years the families of the reserve still lived outside it in surrounding communities.
The result had been constant competition for resources and disputes with farmers, and steady clearance of the babassu to expand pasturage for livestock.
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1992 establishments in Brazil
Extractive reserves of Brazil
Protected areas of Tocantins