The Tapauá State Forest () is a

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in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Location

The Tapauá State Forest is divided between the municipalities of Tapauá (97.9%) and Canutama (2.1%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of . The state forest lies to the northwest of 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 imp ...

highway. It adjoins the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park to the northeast and the Balata-Tufari National Forest to the southwest. The Ipixuna River, a tributary of the

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, runs through the state forest from south to north. The vegetation is 95.5% open rainforest and 4.5% dense rainforest.

History

The Tapauá State Forest was created by Amazon state governor decree 28419 of 27 March 2009. It is part of a total of 28 protected areas that form a mosaic with which it is proposed to shield the

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against the effect of paving the BR-319 highway between

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and

Porto Velho Porto Velho (, ''Old Port'') is the capital (political), capital of the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is 460,434 people (as of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, ...

. On 16 November 2009 it was recognised as supporting 200 families, who qualified for

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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, Canutama State Forest, 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,

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, land survey, and production and marketing. The management plan for the Tapauá State Forest was approved on 22 July 2014.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tapaua State Forest Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state) State forests of Brazil 2009 establishments in Brazil