The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve () is an
extractive reserve in the state of
Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of
Jutaí
Jutaí is a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinat ...
, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The
Jutaí River forms the western boundary of the northern part of the reserve.
The
Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station
The Jutaí-Solimões Ecological Station () is an ecological station in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of flooded and terra firme forest in the Amazon biome.
Location
The Ecological Station covers in the Amazonia biome.
T ...
is on the west bank of the Jutaí River opposite the north of the reserve.
In the south the reserve extends to the west of the river.
The extreme south of the reserve adjoins the Rio Biá Indigenous Reserve.
To the east the reserve is bounded by the
Riozinho River, with an indigenous territory to the east of the river.
History
The Rio Jutaí Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 17 July 2002 with the objectives of assuring sustainable use and conservation of renewable resources, and protection of the livelihood and culture of the local extractive population.
It is classed as
IUCN protected area category
IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The enlisting of such areas is part ...
VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources).
It became part of the
Central Amazon Ecological Corridor, established in 2002.
The reserve is administered by the
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
The deliberative council was created on 27 July 2006 and the management plan was approved on 25 September 2012.
The management plan was developed in partnership with the
University of Technology of Amazonas (UTAM) and the
Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), coordinated by the National Center for the Support of Traditional Populations (CNPT/AM).
Economy
The reserve contains the communities of Mararauá, Berdolé, São Francisco do Capivara, São Raimundo do Cariru, Pururé, São Raimundo do Piranha and Vila Efraim, as well as isolated residents.
As of 2010 the reserve supported 809 people in 116 families.
The main economic activities were plant extraction and fishing.
There is productive potential with latex (rubber), and with extraction of vegetable oils from species such as andiroba, copaiba, jatoba and carapanaúba.
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Extractive reserves of Brazil
Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
2002 establishments in Brazil