The Mogno State Forest ( pt, Floresta estadual do Mogno) is a

state forest A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by some agency of a sovereign or federated state, or territory. Background The precise application of the terms vary by jurisdiction. For example: * In Australia, a ...

in the state of

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, Brazil.

Location

The Mogno State Forest is in the municipality of

Tarauacá Tarauacá () is a municipality located in the northwest of the Brazilian state of Acre. Tarauacá has a population of 43,151 people and has an area . Conservation The municipality contains 38% of the Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve The Alto ...

in the state of Acre. It has an area of . It is bounded to the north by the border with the state of Amazonas, and adjoins the

Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve The Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Rio Gregório) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It supports about 200 families engaged in extraction of forest products, small-scale farming and animal h ...

in Amazonas. Its eastern boundary is defined by the Gregório River, which separates it from the

Rio Gregório State Forest The Rio Gregório State Forest ( pt, Floresta estadual do Rio Gregório) is a state forest in the state of Acre, Brazil. The main economic activity is latex (rubber) extraction. Location The Rio Gregório State Forest is in the municipality of Ta ...

. The

BR-364 BR-364 is an inter-state highway in Brazil connecting the southeast state of São Paulo to the western state of Acre. The highway was opened in the 1960s and paved in the 1980s. It has brought economic development and population growth in the Amaz ...

highway forms the southern boundary. The Rio Liberdade State Forest and

Riozinho da Liberdade Extractive Reserve Riozinho is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio G ...

adjoin it to the south and west, mainly lying to the south of the BR-364. To the west the Riozinho da Liberdade defines its boundary.

History

The forest was created by decree of the governor of Acre on 9 March 2004. It was recognised by 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. ...

(National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform – INCRA) as an agro-extractive project for 210 families on 28 April 2005. On 13 December 2010 INCRA changed the number of families to 177. The consultative council for the Rio Gregório State Forest complex was created by decree on 19 September 2008. This covers the Rio Gregório, Mogno and Rio Liberdade state forests, all of which had been created on the same date. The governor installed the council members in April 2012.

People and economy

As of April 2012 there were 422 families in the Rio Gregório Forest Complex, which covered in total. The state's Department of Industry, Trade and Sustainable Services (SEDENS) had a number of plans for the complex. These included providing two new trucks to support the communities, making football fields in each community, providing coordinators to arrange meetings, resuming production of tree seedlings and providing assistance with family farming, small livestock and fish farming. Each family would get a concession of of which 20% could be cleared and the remainder used in a sustainable way.

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factories were to be built in Cruzeiro do Sul and Tarauacá.

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* * * {{authority control 2004 establishments in Brazil State forests of Brazil Protected areas of Acre (state) Protected areas established in 2004