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

Location

The Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve is in the municipality of

Borba, Amazonas Borba is a municipality in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil. Location Borba is located on the banks of the Madeira River around south of Manaus. Its population was 41,748 (2020) and its area is 44,251 km². The city is the seat of ...

. It has an area of . The reserve is in the basin of 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 ...

. The Cunhã-Sapucaia Indigenous Territory adjoins the reserve to the north. To the east it adjoins 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 ...

. To the south it adjoins the Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve. 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 ...

crosses the western portion of the reserve from southwest to northeast and then forms part of the boundary between the reserve and the Cunhã-Sapucaia Indigenous Territory.

History

The Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve was created by decree 28423 of 27 March 2009. It was one of five conservation units created to meet some of the environmental licensing requirements for the work to upgrade the BR-319 highway from

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, which was suspended by Carlos Minc, the Minister of the Environment. Minc defended what he called a "green pocket" around the highway. Construction of roads in the forests elsewhere had often encouraged deforestation, with a "herringbone" pattern of logging roads radiating from the highway. Thus the paving of

BR-163 BR-163 is a highway in Brazil, going from Tenente Portela, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, to Santarém, Pará, on 3579 kilometers (the stretch between Santarem and Brazil-Suriname border is only a project, the highway would have a total si ...

from

Cuiabá Cuiabá () is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America. Also, it forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várzea Grande. The city ...

, Mato Grosso to

Santarém, Pará Santarém () is a city and municipality in the western part of the state of Pará in Brazil. Located at the confluence of the Tapajós and Amazon Rivers, it has become a popular tourist destination. It is the second-most important city in the sta ...

had increased deforestation in the area by 500%. 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 Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve was approved on 22 July 2014.

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* * * {{authority control Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state) Sustainable development reserves of Brazil 2009 establishments in Brazil