The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Igapó-Açu) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is part of a "green barrier" created to prevent deforestation along the BR-319 highway.

Location

The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve is divided between the municipalities of

Manicoré Manicoré is a municipality located in the south-east of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Location The population of Manicoré was 56,583 (2020) and its area is 48,282 km2. The town is located on the banks of the Madeira River about downst ...

(21.9%), Borba (21%) and Beruri (57.1%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve covers a corridor of land along both sides of a stretch of the BR-319 highway. The

Matupiri State Park Matupiri State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Matupiri) is a State park (Brazil), state park in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. It protects a rich area of Amazon rainforest and an ecologically important area of woodland s ...

adjoins it to the south. In the southeast it adjoins the

Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve The Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Amapá is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve is in the ...

and the

Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional Nascentes do Lago Jari) is a National park (Brazil), national park in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest in the BR-319 high ...

. The vegetation is mainly Amazon rainforest. The residents are mainly farmers, either leaseholders or small landowners.

History

The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve was created by Amazonas state decree 28420 of 27 March 2009. The conservation unit, and five others, were formed as part of a plan to form a "green barrier" along the BR-319 highway, which links

Porto Velho Porto Velho (, ''Old Port'') is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin, and a Catholic Metropolitan Archbishopric. The population is 548,952 people (as of the IBGE 2021 estimation). Located on the border of ...

to Manaus, so as to contain the advance of agriculture and predatory extraction of natural resources in the south of Amazonas. On 16 November 2009 the

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. ...

(INCRA – National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the reserve as supporting 200 families, who would qualify for

PRONAF The agriculture of Brazil is historically one of the principal bases of Brazil's economy. While its initial focus was on sugarcane, Brazil eventually became the world's largest exporter of coffee, soybeans, beef, and crop-based ethanol. The s ...

support. The state-level conservation units in the BR-319 corridor are the Piagaçu-Purus, Rio Amapá,

Rio Madeira The Madeira River ( pt, Rio Madeira, link=no ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-Mamoré is estimated near or in length depending on the measuring party and their methods. The Madeira is ...

, Igapó-Açu and Matupiri sustainable development reserves, Canutama Extractive Reserve, Canutama State Forest,

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 divided between the municipalities of Tapauá (97.9%) and Canutama (2.1%) in the state of Amazon ...

and

. In December 2012 the Amazonas state government allocated more than R$6 million to these nine units, covering and 143 communities, to be coordinated by the State Center for Conservation Units (CEUC). The funding was for development of management plans, creation of management councils, environmental monitoring, land survey, and production and marketing. The management plan for the Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve was approved on 22 July 2014. As of 2016 the reserve was supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program.

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