The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista do Rio Jutaí) is an

extractive reserve An extractive reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista or RESEX) is a type of sustainable use protected area in Brazil. The land is publicly owned, but the people who live there have the right to traditional extractive practices, such as hunting, fishi ...

in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Location

The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of

Jutaí Jutaí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population is 13,886 (2020) and its area is 69,552 km², making it the fifth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the ninth largest in Brazil. Geography The mu ...

, Amazonas. It has an area of . The

Jutaí River The Jutaí River ( pt, Rio Jutaí) is a river in Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. Course The river flows through the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. The Jutaí river runs northeast before reaching its mouth on the southern bank of ...

forms the western boundary of the northern part of the reserve. The

Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Jutaí-Solimões) is an ecological station in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of flooded and terra firme forest in the Amazon biome. Location The Ecological St ...

is on the west bank of the Jutaí River opposite the north of the reserve. In the south the reserve extends to the west of the river. The extreme south of the reserve adjoins the Rio Biá Indigenous Reserve. To the east the reserve is bounded by the Riozinho River, with an indigenous territory to the east of the river.

History

The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 17 July 2002 with the objectives of assuring sustainable use and conservation of renewable resources, and protection of the livelihood and culture of the local extractive population. 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 part ...

VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). It became part of the

Central Amazon Ecological Corridor The Central Amazon Ecological Corridor ( pt, Corredor Ecológico Central da Amazônia) is an ecological corridor in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, that connects a number of conservation units in the Amazon rainforest. The objective is to mainta ...

, established in 2002. The reserve 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 ...

. The deliberative council was created on 27 July 2006 and the management plan was approved on 25 September 2012. The management plan was developed in partnership with the University of Technology of Amazonas (UTAM) and the

Federal University of Amazonas The Federal University of Amazonas ( pt, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, UFAM) is a public university located in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. It is the oldest university in Brazil and one of the largest universities in the northern region of Br ...

(UFAM), coordinated by the National Center for the Support of Traditional Populations (CNPT/AM).

Economy

The reserve contains the communities of Mararauá, Berdolé, São Francisco do Capivara, São Raimundo do Cariru, Pururé, São Raimundo do Piranha and Vila Efraim, as well as isolated residents. As of 2010 the reserve supported 809 people in 116 families. The main economic activities were plant extraction and fishing. There is productive potential with latex (rubber), and with extraction of vegetable oils from species such as andiroba, copaiba, jatoba and carapanaúba.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rio Jutai Extractive Reserve Extractive reserves of Brazil Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state) 2002 establishments in Brazil