The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve () is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Location

The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve in the municipality of

Maués Maués is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 65,040 (2020) and its area is 39,988 km2. Geography Maués is known as the "Land of Guaraná". There are sandy beaches, and Maues summer festival and G ...

, Amazonas. It has an area of . The reserve is on the left bank of the

Paraná do Urariá The Paraná do Urariá is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil. It is a side channel that connects the Madeira River The Madeira River ( ) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be in length, while the Madeira-M ...

in the northwest of the municipality of Maues. It is about in a straight line or by river from

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. The reserve has the capacity to support 750 families. There are eleven scattered communities in the reserve. The Grande da Barreira Lake area has seven communities, the Curuçá Lake area has two communities and there are two communities on the Paraná do Urariá. Most of the residents are engaged in farming, fishing or extraction of forest resources. They gain income from sale of

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flour, fish,

Brazil nut The Brazil nut (''Bertholletia excelsa'') is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and it is also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seeds. It is one of the largest and longest-lived trees in the Amazon rainforest. ...

s and

guaraná Guaraná ( from the Portuguese ''guaraná'' ; ''Paullinia cupana'', syns. ''P. crysan, P. sorbilis'') is a climbing plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to the Amazon basin and especially common in Brazil. Guaraná has large leaves and clu ...

fruit, and raise cattle on a small scale.

History

The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve was created by municipal decree 40 of 20 November 2001. The main purpose was to manage the intense exploitation of fish stocks in the lake area, while relieving the poverty of the residents. From the start, the reserve followed the principles of sustainable development, improvements to the quality of life of the residents and respect for the environment. The municipality created the Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável de Maués (IDS Maués) to manage the reserve, and the Agroambiental Consultoria e Organização Projetos Ltda., a social organization with an office in Manaus. The reserve would be included in the proposed South Amazon Ecological Corridor.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uraria Sustainable Development Reserve Sustainable development reserves of Brazil Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state) 2001 establishments in Brazil