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The Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest ( pt, Floresta Nacional de Santa Rosa do Purus) is a national forest in the state of
The Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest is in the municipality of Feijó in the state of Acre.
It has an area of .
The Alto Rio Purus Indigenous Territory adjoins the extreme east of the park.
Other indigenous territories adjoining or overlapping the park are the Kaxinawa Nova Olinda, Kulina do Igarapé do Pau, Kulina do Rio Envira, Riozinho do Alto Envira and Jaminawa/Envira indigenous territories. The last is mostly contained within the park.
The northwest boundary is defined by the
Acre
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, Brazil.
Location
The Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest is in the municipality of Feijó in the state of Acre.
It has an area of .
The Alto Rio Purus Indigenous Territory adjoins the extreme east of the park.
Other indigenous territories adjoining or overlapping the park are the Kaxinawa Nova Olinda, Kulina do Igarapé do Pau, Kulina do Rio Envira, Riozinho do Alto Envira and Jaminawa/Envira indigenous territories. The last is mostly contained within the park.
The northwest boundary is defined by the Rio Envira
Rio Envira is a river in Acre state in Brazil. The Rio Jaminauá is one of its tributaries. It is a tributary of the Tarauacá River.
The river defines the northwest boundary of the Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest, a sustainable use conserva ...
.
The Santa Rosa River, which defines the border between Brazil and Peru in this region, flows in a north east direction some distance to the south of the park and then forms the boundary for a short distance until it joins 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 and ...
, which then forms part of the boundary before flowing north east towards Manoel Urbano
Manoel Urbano () is a municipality located in the center-western region of the Brazilian state of Acre.
As of 2010 it was one of the poorest municipalities in Brazil, with a low Human Development Index.
Location
Manoel Urbano is in the state of ...
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The park is in the Amazon biome
The Amazon biome ( pt, Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater and white ...
.
Vegetation is typical of tropical riverine forest, with the presence of orchids and bromeliads.
History
The Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest was created by presidential decree on 7 August 2001. It is administered by theChico 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).
It is classed as IUCN protected area category
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The enlisting of such areas is par ...
VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources).
The purpose is to support sustainable use of forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods of sustainable exploitation of native forests.
On 23 August 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.
...
(National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform, INCRA) recognised the forest as an agro-extraction project for 35 families.
INCRA later ceded the forest to ICMBio.
A decree of 5 June 2012 demarcated land that was to be in the permanent possession of the isolated Asháninka people
The Asháninka or Asháninca are an indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and in the State of Acre, Brazil. Their ancestral lands are in the forests of Junín, Pasco, Huánuco and part of Ucayali in Peru.
Population
The Ashán ...
.
The national forest covers about of the Riozinho do Alto Envira Indigenous Territory.
This area would be subject to double-allocation.
Use of forest resources, scientific research and public visits would only be allowed by agreement between Fundação Nacional do Índio
Fundação Nacional do Índio (, ''National Indian Foundation'') or FUNAI is a Brazilian governmental protection agency for Amerindian interests and their culture.
Original founding as Indian Protection Service
In 1910, the Indian Protecti ...
(National Indian Foundation) and ICMBio.
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Sources
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