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

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

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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* * * * {{authority control 2016 establishments in Brazil National forests of Brazil Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state)