The Aripuanã State Forest () is a

State forest A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by a sovereign state, sovereign or federated state, or territory (country subdivision), territory. Background State forests are forests that are Administration (gov ...

in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Location

The Aripuanã State Forest is in the municipality of

Apuí Apuí is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. Its population was 22,359 (2020) and its area is 54,240 km2. Gold rush The municipality shot to fa ...

, Amazonas. It has an area of . The forest is bounded by the border with the state of

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...

to the south, the Aripuanã Sustainable Development Reserve to the east and the Guariba Extractive Reserve to the west. The Paxiúba River, a tributary of the

Aripuanã River Aripuanã River () is a river in the Mato Grosso and Amazonas states in north-western Brazil. It is a tributary of the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. The town of Novo Aripuanã is located on its banks where it merges into the Madeira River. ...

enters the forest from the south and flows across it in a northerly direction. The Paxiubinha River rises in the forest and joins the Paxiúba River on the northern boundary of the forest.

History

The Aripuanã State Forest was created by Amazonas state governor decree 24807 of 19 January 2005. The objectives are to support multiple sustainable uses of forest resources and scientific research with emphasis of methods of sustainable exploitation of native forests.

Conservation

The Aripuanã State Forest is an integral part of the

Apuí Mosaic The Apuí Mosaic () is a protected area mosaic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Location The Apuí Mosaic is divided between the municipalities of Apuí (91.85%) and Novo Aripuanã (8.15%) in the state of Amazonas. It covers an area of . The ...

, which totals in area and contains the Guariba and Sucunduri State Parks; Bararati and Aripuanã sustainable development reserves; Guariba Extractive Reserve; and Sucunduri, Aripuana,

and

Manicoré Manicoré is a municipality located in the south-east of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. History Manicoré's origins date back to 1637, with the expedition of Pedro Teixeira, a Portuguese explorer and military man. The authorities of Grão-P ...

state forests.

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* * {{authority control 2005 establishments in Brazil State forests of Brazil Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state) Protected areas established in 2005