Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica do Rio Madeirinha) is an ecological station (ESEC) in the state of

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

, Brazil.

Location

The Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station has an area of about in the municipality of

Colniza Colniza is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Demographics Colniza has the highest homicide rate in Brazil with 165 deaths per year per 100 thousand inhabitants. It is the westernmost and largest (by area) municipality of the s ...

, Mato Grosso. It is in the north west of the state, and is bordered on the east, north and west by the

Tucumã State Park The Tucumã State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual Tucumã) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Tucumã State Park is in the Colniza municipality of Mato Grosso. It has an area of . The park is bounded by the border with ...

. The

Madeirinha River Madeirinha River is a river of Mato Grosso and Amazonas states in north-western Brazil, a left tributary of the Roosevelt River. Course In Mato Grosso the river forms the western boundary of the Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station, a fully prot ...

, which runs in the roughly north east direction, defines the border with the west part of the state park. The ESEC is in the

Amazon biome The Amazon biome ( pt, Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater and white ...

. The predominant vegetation is open tropical rainforest, with trees over high. It is a natural refuge for wildlife. The dissected relief forms a variety of habitats for diverse fauna and flora.

Conservation

The Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station (ESEC) was created by the governor of Mato Grosso in decree 1.799 of 4 November 1997. At that time it was in the municipality of

Aripuanã Aripuanã is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. It is located on the banks of the Aripuanã River Aripuanã River ( pt, Rio Aripuanã) is a river in the Mato Grosso and Amazonas states in north-w ...

, Mato Grosso. The purpose was to conserve samples of the ecosystem, conserve bioldiversity and provide opportunities for education and scientific research. Law 7163 of 23 August 1999 confirmed this creation. An advisory council was appointed on 18 December 2014. The ESEC is in a sparsely populated area of the state outside the agro-pastoral expansion area of northern Mato Grosso and north west

Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, ...

, but may be vulnerable to logging and mining, which takes place in the surrounding region. At time of creation just 0.2% of the unit was deforested. This had risen to 0.5% in 2002 and 2% in 2005. The ESEC would be in the proposed

South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor The South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor ( pt, Corredor Ecológico dos Ecótonos Sul-Amazônicos) is a proposed ecological corridor connecting conservation units and indigenous territories that form an ecotone, or transition between the south ...

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