The São Francisco National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de São Francisco) is a National forest in the state of

Acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imp ...

, Brazil.

Location

The São Francisco National Forest is in the municipality of

Sena Madureira Sena Madureira () is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Acre. Its population is 46,511 and its area is , making it the largest municipality in the state. It has a climate which combines temperatures of with humidit ...

in the state of Acre. It has an area of . It 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 ...

. It adjoins the

Macauã National Forest The Macauã National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Macauã is a national forest in the state of Acre, Brazil. Location The Macauã National Forest is in the municipality of Sena Madureira in the state of Acre. It has an area of . It is in t ...

, which lies to the north. The Macauã River runs through the northern part of the forest. The

Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes) is an extractive reserve in the state of Acre, Brazil. Location The Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve has an area of . It is in the Amazon biome. The reserve covers parts o ...

is some distance to the south, on the opposite side of the Iaco River.

History

The São Francisco National Forest was created by federal decree on 7 August 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). The objective is to support sustainable multiple use of forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. The consultative council of the Macauã and São Francisco national forests was created on 17 January 2002. On 17 August 2008 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) recognised the forest as an agro-extractive project for 25 families. On 1 December 2010 INCRA assigned the forest to ICMBio. The management plan was approved on 25 May 2016.

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* * * {{National forest (Brazil) 2001 establishments in Brazil National forests of Brazil Protected areas of Acre (state)