Urupadi National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Urupadi) is a
national forest (Brazil) in the state of
Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
Urupadi National Forest is in the
Maués municipality of Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The forest is just north of the stretch of the BR-230
Trans-Amazonian Highway
The Trans-Amazonian Highway (official designation BR-230, official name Rodovia Transamazônica), was introduced on September 27, 1972. It is 4,000 km long, making it the third longest highway in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon forest and ...
between
Sucunduri (
Apuí
Apuí is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 22,359 (2020) and its area is 54,240 km2.
Gold rush
The municipality shot to fame in December 2006, when a Brazilian maths teacher by the name of Ivani ...
) and
Jacareacanga
Jacareacanga is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. It is at the very centre of South America.
Conservation
The municipality contains the Crepori National Forest, created in 2006.
It contains 14% of the Tapa ...
.
It adjoins the
Acari National Park
Acari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Acari) is a national park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Acari National Park covers parts of the municipalities of Apuí (11.77%), Borba (59.55%) and Novo Aripuanã (28.68%) in Amaz ...
to the west and the
Alto Maués Ecological Station
Alto Maués Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Alto Maués) is an ecological station, a fully protected area, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It contains about of Amazon rainforest.
Location
The Alto Maués Ecological Station is i ...
to the north.
To the east it adjoins the
Amaná National Forest
Amaná National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Amaná) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. Most of it has been allocated for use in sustainable forestry or community forestry. Mining is allowed.
Location
The Amaná National F ...
in the state of
Pará
Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...
.
It is in the
Amazon biome.
The region has suffered relatively low deforestation, but there is growing pressure from loggers, ranchers and soybean farmers.
The soils are acid and infertile, unsuitable for agriculture and pasture.
History
Urupadi National Forest was created by decree on 11 May 2016.
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).
The forest is one of five conservation units created in the last week before the provisional removal of president
Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Vana Rousseff (; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first ...
, totalling , all in the south of Amazonas state.
These were the fully protected
Manicoré Biological Reserve
The Manicoré Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica do Manicoré) is a biological reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
It fully protects an intact area of the Amazon rainforest that is rich in biodiversity, and serves as part of a shie ...
with and
Acari National Park
Acari National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Acari) is a national park in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Acari National Park covers parts of the municipalities of Apuí (11.77%), Borba (59.55%) and Novo Aripuanã (28.68%) in Amaz ...
with , and the sustainable use Campos de Manicoré Environmental Protection Area with ,
Aripuanã National Forest with and Urupadi National Forest with .
The same package expanded the
Amaná National Forest
Amaná National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional do Amaná) is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. Most of it has been allocated for use in sustainable forestry or community forestry. Mining is allowed.
Location
The Amaná National F ...
by .
With these units the Dilma government had created about of new protected areas during her administration, compared to about by her predecessor
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Party ...
. Her administration had also reduced the area of seven protected areas in the Amazon to allow for construction of dams on the
Tapajós
The Tapajós ( pt, Rio Tapajós ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. It is one of the largest clearw ...
.
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National forests of Brazil
Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state)