The Tucano Sustainable Yield State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual De Rendimento Sustentado Tucano) 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

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, ...

, Brazil.

Location

The Tucano Sustainable Yield State Forest is in the municipality of

Cujubim Cujubim is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 26,183 (2020) and its area is 3,864 km². The municipality contains 22% of the Angelim Extractive Reserve The Association of Machadinho Rubber Tapper ...

, Rondônia. It has an area of . It adjoins the larger Mutum State Forest to the east. The forest is in the north east of the state in the

Machado River Machado is a surname of Portuguese origin meaning the word "axe" or "hatchet" dating back to approximately 2nd century Europe. It is commonly found in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Latin America, and India (Southern Tamil Nadu and Southern Kerala) ...

basin, at an altitude of about . The soils are mostly red-yellow

latosol Latosols, also known as tropical red earth, are soils found under tropical rainforests which have a relatively high content of iron and aluminium oxides. They are typically classified as oxisols (USDA soil taxonomy) or ferralsols (World Reference B ...

s. The forest has a resident population.

History

The forest was originally one of the "blocks" of the 1984 Cujubim settlement project. A management plan for the project's reserves was defined in 1996 in cooperation with the Plan Agropecuario y Forestal de Rondônia (Planafloro: Rondônia Agriculture and Forestry Plan). The Tucano Sustainable Yield State Forest was created by state decree 7.603 of 8 October 1996 with an area of about . The Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Ambiental (SEDAM) was given administrative responsibility. The purpose was to provide a space for sustained production of renewable forest resources with natural regeneration, to ensure productive capacity of the forest with minimal alteration of ecosystems. The forest is part of the

Southern Amazon Mosaic The Southern Amazon Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico da Amazônia Meridional) is a protected area mosaic in Brazil. Creation The Southern Amazon Mosaic of conservation units in the region between the states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Rondônia was recogn ...

, recognized in 2011.

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