The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve ( pt, Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Igapó-Açu) is a
sustainable development reserve in the state of
Amazonas, Brazil. It is part of a "green barrier" created to prevent deforestation along the
BR-319
BR-319 is an federal highway that links Manaus, Amazonas to Porto Velho, Rondônia.
The highway runs through a pristine part of the Amazon rainforest.
It was opened by the military government in 1973 but soon deteriorated, and by 1988 was impassi ...
highway.
Location

The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve is divided between the municipalities of
Manicoré (21.9%),
Borba (21%) and
Beruri
Beruri is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. Its population was 20,093 (2020) and its area is 17,251 km².
The municipality contains 28.17% of the ...
(57.1%) in the state of Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The reserve covers a corridor of land along both sides of a stretch of the BR-319 highway.
The
Matupiri State Park adjoins it to the south.
In the southeast it adjoins the
Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve and the
Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park.
The vegetation is mainly
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...
.
The residents are mainly farmers, either leaseholders or small landowners.
History
The Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve was created by Amazonas state decree 28420 of 27 March 2009.
The conservation unit, and five others, were formed as part of a plan to form a "green barrier" along the BR-319 highway, which links
Porto Velho to
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
, so as to contain the advance of agriculture and predatory extraction of natural resources in the south of Amazonas.
On 16 November 2009 the
Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA – National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the reserve as supporting 200 families, who would qualify for
PRONAF support.
The state-level conservation units in the BR-319 corridor are the
Piagaçu-Purus,
Rio Amapá,
Rio Madeira, Igapó-Açu and
Matupiri sustainable development reserves,
Canutama Extractive Reserve
The Canutama Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Canutama is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Canutama Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Canutama, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The reserv ...
,
Canutama State Forest
The Canutama State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual Canutama) is a state forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Canutama State Forest is divided between the municipalities of Tapauá (6.65%) and Canutama (93.35%) in the state of Am ...
,
Tapauá State Forest and
Matupiri State Park.
In December 2012 the Amazonas state government allocated more than R$6 million to these nine units, covering and 143 communities, to be coordinated by the State Center for Conservation Units (CEUC).
The funding was for development of management plans, creation of management councils, environmental monitoring, land survey, and production and marketing.
The management plan for the Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve was approved on 22 July 2014.
As of 2016 the reserve was supported by the
Amazon Region Protected Areas Program
The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA; pt, Programa Áreas Protegidas da Amazônia) is a joint initiative sponsored by government and non-government agencies to expand protection of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
Foundation
The Amaz ...
.
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Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Sustainable development reserves of Brazil
2009 establishments in Brazil