Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve () is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Location

The Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) is divided between the municipalities of Tapauá (30.35%),

Coari Coari (''Choary'') is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Geography The municipal seat of Coari is one of the largest cities of the Amazonas state. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari. The area has r ...

(1.37%),

Anori Anori is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. Its population was 21,477 (2020) and its area is 5,795 km². The municipality contains 40.11% of the ...

(40.11%) and Beruri (28.17%) in the state of Amazonas. It covers an area of . The name comes from the

Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi () is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. In the words of Brazilian tupinol ...

: ''pi'á'' (guts, heart or stomach) and ''wa'su'' (large, wide), and means "great heart of the Purus". There are about 85 communities of people in the reserve, who live by fishing, agriculture, hunting and extraction of timber and non-timber products. The RDS adjoins the

Abufari Biological Reserve Abufari Biological Reserve () is a biological reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It is mostly lowland tropical rainforest, with very diverse flora and fauna. Location The Abufari Biological Reserve is in the Amazon biome in the municipal ...

to the southwest and the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park to the south. The southern part of the RDS surrounds the Itixi Mitari Indigenous Territory, and further north the RDS surrounds the Lago Aiapuá Indigenous Territory. The

Purus River The Purus River (Portuguese: ''Rio Purus''; Spanish: ''Río Purús'') is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is , and the mean annual discharge is . The river shares its name with the Alto Purús National Park a ...

runs through the RDS from southwest to northeast. The RDS contains Lago Jarí, which forms part of the eastern boundary of the southern section. The northern part of the RDS includes Lago Aiapuá. The RDS is accessible by boat.

History

The Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve was created by decree 23.723 of 5 September 2003, incorporating the Lago do Ayapuá Environmental Protection Area of the middle

. It covered parts of the Anori, Beruri and Tapauá municipalities on the banks of the Purus, and part of the Coari municipality on the banks of the

Solimões River Solimões () is the name often given to upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil from its confluence with the Rio Negro upstream to the border of Peru. The Solimões flows for about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) through a floodplain about 80 km ...

. It increased the protected area from to . Indigenous territories were excluded from the area of the RDS. On 27 December 2006 the

Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária The Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária - INCRA (''National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform'') is a federal government authority of the public administration of Brazil. INCRA administers the land reform issues. ...

(INCRA: National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the reserve with an area of as meeting the needs of 700 families of rural farmers, who could thus participate in

PRONAF The agricultural sector in Brazil is historically one of the principal bases of Economy of Brazil, Brazil's economy. In 2024, Brazil was the second-biggest grain exporter in the world, with 19% of the international market share, and the fourth ...

. This was amended to 990 families on 10 October 2008. The consultative council was created on 11 March 2010. The management plan was published on 31 December 2010, although it was not made official through an ordinance or legislative instrument. Scientific research is conducted through cooperation between IPAAM/SDS and the Instituto Piagaçu, with a floating support base on Lago Ayapuá. As of 2016 the reserve was covered by the

Amazon Region Protected Areas Program The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA; ) is a joint initiative sponsored by government and non-government agencies to expand protection of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Foundation The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) orig ...

Environment

The RDS a large part of the of floodplain of the Purus River, and contains over 200 lakes. About 40% of the RDS is floodplain and 60%

terra firma forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological functio ...

, but the flat relief and homogeneous vegetation suggest that the dry land has been flooded in the recent past. The RDS has high biological importance, with great biodiversity of fish and all the known species of aquatic mammals in the Amazon including

Amazon river dolphin The Amazon river dolphin (''Inia geoffrensis''), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale Endemism, endemic to South America and is classified in the family Iniidae. Three subspecies are currently recogni ...

(''Inia geoffrensis''),

tucuxi The tucuxi (''Sotalia fluviatilis''), alternatively known in Peru ''bufeo gris'' or ''bufeo negro'', is a species of freshwater dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon basin. The word ''tucuxi'' is derived from the Tupi language word ''tuchuc ...

(''Sotalia fluviatilis''),

Amazonian manatee The Amazonian manatee (''Trichechus inunguis'') is a species of manatee that lives in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. It has thin, wrinkled brownish or gray colored skin, with fine hairs scattered over its body and a white ...

(''Trichechus inunguis''),

neotropical otter The neotropical otter or neotropical river otter (''Lontra longicaudis'') is a near-threatened (per the IUCN) otter species found in freshwater systems from Mexico and Central America through mainland South America, as well as the island of Trini ...

(''Lontra longicaudis'') and

giant otter The giant otter or giant river otter (''Pteronura brasiliensis'') is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the weasel family, Mustelidae, a globally successful group of predators, reaching up to . Atypical of mustel ...

(''Pteronura brasiliensis''). There are large populations of turtles and alligators. The wetlands and '' várzea'' fields are feeding areas for migratory birds, of which 40 species have been registered including 17 species that eat only fish. It holds the most species of primates of any Amazon reserve, with at least 13 identified species.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piagaccu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve Sustainable development reserves of Brazil Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state)