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 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 ...

, 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 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 southeast boundary of the reserve is close to the

Madeira River 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 ...

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

. The main streams within the reserve are the Capanã igarapé and the Amapá River, a tributary of the

Matupiri River The Matupiri River ( pt, Rio Matupiri) is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Igapó-Açu River. Course The Matupiri River forms in the Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve where the Jutaí and ...

. There are many other smaller streams or bayous, some completely dry in the dry season. The reserve contains the Barbaço and Matupá lakes.

Environment

Temperatures range from with an average of . Average annual rainfall is . Vegetation includes terra firma forests with emergent canopy and palm trees,

igapó Igapó (, from Old Tupi: "root forest") is a word used in Brazil for blackwater-flooded forests in the Amazon biome. These forests and similar swamp forests are seasonally inundated with freshwater. They typically occur along the lower reaches of ...

, chavascal,

várzea forest A várzea forest is a seasonal floodplain forest inundated by whitewater rivers that occurs in the Amazon biome. Until the late 1970s, the definition was less clear and várzea was often used for all periodically flooded Amazonian forests. Althoug ...

, campina and campinarana. The reserve has rich and diverse vegetation. So far 160 species of flora have been identified, including rubber trees, Brazil wood, Brazil nut and rosewood. Fifty species of mammal have been identified including jaguar, otter,

giant otter The giant otter or giant river otter (''Pteronura brasiliensis'') is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the weasel family, Mustelidae, a globally successful group of predators, reaching up to . Atypical of muste ...

, brown woolly monkey,

robust capuchin monkey Robust capuchin monkeys are capuchin monkeys in the genus ''Sapajus''. Formerly, all capuchin monkeys were placed in the genus ''Cebus''. ''Sapajus'' was erected in 2012 by Jessica Lynch Alfaro et al. to differentiate the robust (tufted) capuchin ...

night monkey Night monkeys, also known as owl monkeys or douroucoulis (), are nocturnal New World monkeys of the genus ''Aotus'', the only member of the family Aotidae (). The genus comprises eleven species which are found across Panama and much of South Am ...

kinkajou The kinkajou ( /ˈkɪŋkədʒuː/ ''KING-kə-joo''; ''Potos flavus'') is a tropical rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the genus ''Potos'' ...

black-tufted marmoset The black-tufted marmoset (''Callithrix penicillata''), also known as Mico-estrela in Portuguese, is a species of New World monkey that lives primarily in the Neo-tropical gallery forests of the Brazilian Central Plateau. It ranges from Bahia ...

cabassous ''Cabassous'' is a genus of South and Central American armadillos. The name is the Latinised form of the Kalini word for "armadillo". Cladogram of living ''Cabassous'' The genus contains the following four species In biology, a specie ...

giant anteater The giant anteater (''Myrmecophaga tridactyla'') is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America. It is one of four living species of anteaters, of which it is the largest member. The only extant member of the genus ''Myrmecophag ...

and

three-toed sloth The three-toed or three-fingered sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals . They are the only members of the genus ''Bradypus'' and the family Bradypodidae. The four living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned slot ...

. 53 species of fish are known, 257 species of birds, 11 species of amphibians and 36 species of reptiles..

History

The Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 4 June 2004. 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 ...

, a federal agency. 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). The objective is to ensure sustainable use and conservation of renewable natural resources while protecting the livelihoods and culture of the local population. On 27 July 2004 INCRA recognised the reserve, so the resident families 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 advisory board was created on 13 March 2007. ICMBio was given responsibility for the reserve of 26 July 2010. An ordinance of 9 January 2012 established a joint planning process for conservation units in the BR-319 area of influence, which are the

Abufari Biological Reserve Abufari Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica do Abufari) is a biological reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is mostly lowland tropical rainforest, with very diverse flora and fauna. Location The Abufari Biological Reserve is in ...

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 cons ...

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 Mapingu ...

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 reg ...

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 . Th ...

, Iquiri National Forest, Lago do Capanã-Grande Extractive Reserve, Ituxi Extractive Reserve,

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%), ...

and Lago do Cuniã Extractive Reserve. The management plan for the Lago do Capanã Grande Extractive Reserve was approved on 12 September 2013.

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* * * * {{authority control 2004 establishments in Brazil Extractive reserves of Brazil Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state)