The Lagoa do Jequiá Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha da Lagoa do Jequiá is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. ...

, Brazil.

Location

The Lagoa do Jequiá Marine Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Jequiá da Praia, and includes an area of sea offshore from this municipality and

Coruripe Coruripe is a municipality located in the southern coast of the Brazilian state of Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and ...

and

São Miguel dos Campos São Miguel dos Campos-AL is a municipality located in the eastern half of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population was 61,797 as of 2020 estimates and its area is 361 km².IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( ...

in Alagoas. It has an area of . The reserve includes the Jequiá Lagoon, where the Jequiá River spreads out in the coastal plain just before it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. It protects the river down to its mouth, and then covers a rectangular area of the ocean that extends along the coast in the northeast direction. The population in 2002 was about 2,000 people. They were mainly engaged in fishing and collecting crustaceans near the mangroves. Most of them have an incomplete primary education. The population generally has poor health due to deficient sanitation.

History

The Lagoa do Jequiá Marine Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 27 September 2001. 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). 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). An extractive reserve is an area used by traditional extractive populations whose livelihood is based on extraction, subsistence agriculture and small-scale animal raising. Its basic objectives are to protect the livelihoods and culture of these people and to ensure sustainable use of natural resources. On 20 December 2007 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 meeting the needs of 3,000 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 deliberative council was created on 5 September 2011. On 18 July 2014 the profile of families benefiting from the reserve was approved.

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* * * {{authority control Protected areas of Alagoas Marine extractive reserves of Brazil Protected areas established in 2001 2001 establishments in Brazil