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13-528: The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Carauari in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of 251,577.13 hectares (621,660.6 acres). The terrain is flat. The reserve is on the left bank of the Juruá River , which meanders in a generally northeast direction. It contains oxbow lakes from former meanders. The population practices agriculture on the convex margins of the river, with their homes slightly higher up. The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve

26-737: Is a national forest in Amazonas , Brazil. It protects a relatively well-preserved area of Amazon rainforest to the south of the town of Tefé on the Solimões River (upper Amazon River). The resident population, scattered in small communities along the rivers, are engaged in sustainable farming, fishing and extraction of forest products. The Tefé National Forest is divided between the municipalities of Tefé (46.27%}, Juruá (11.89%), Carauari (4.96%) and Alvarães (36.88%) in Amazonas. It has an area of 865,126.62 hectares (2,137,774.4 acres). The forest

39-567: Is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation . The forest became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor , established in 2002. The consultative council was created on 24 February 2011. The profile of the beneficiary families was approved on 7 October 2015 and the management plan was approved on 23 February 2016. As of 2003 there was a low level of deforestation, largely due to

52-686: Is bounded by the Tefé River to the east, the Bauana River , a tributary of the Tefé, to the north, the Andirá River , a tributary of the Juruá River , to the west, and the Curumitá de Baixo River , a tributary of the Tefé, to the south. The Curimatá de Baixo runs through the reserve from southwest to northeast. The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve adjoins the extreme northwest of the forest. The Tefé National Forest

65-1010: Is in the Amazon biome . Average temperatures range from 22 to 32 °C (72 to 90 °F). Vegetation is relatively intact due to the distance from urban centres, with very high biodiversity. Human activity has little impact, with degraded areas recovering quickly. Endemic species of flora include rubber trees ( Hevea species), Ocotea species), Virola surinamensis , Calycophyllum spruceanum and Bombax globosum . Fauna include white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), red brocket (Mazama americana), South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul), Parrot species, Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), jaguar (Panthera onca), black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu), Piping guan (Pipile), Crypturellus species and fish such as Arapaima gigas , tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum). The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve

78-572: The Brazilian state of Amazonas . Its population was 28,508 (2020) and its area is 25,767 km². The city is served by Carauari Airport . The town is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. The municipality contains about 5% of the Tefé National Forest , created in 1989. The municipality contains 251,577 hectares (621,660 acres) Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve , created in 1997, on

91-529: The Central Amazon Ecological Corridor , established in 2002. On 29 January 2007, IBAMA created a deliberative council. The deliberative council, which manages the reserve, is chaired by ICMBio and has representatives of public and civil society organisations and the traditional population. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program . A decree on 13 October 2014 added over 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) to

104-795: The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve. The decree also established the Serra do Gandarela National Park in Minas Gerais with 31,200 hectares (77,000 acres), the Guaricana National Park in Paraná with 49,300 hectares (122,000 acres) and the Nascentes Geraizeiras Sustainable Development Reserve in Minas Gerais with 38,100 hectares (94,000 acres). Carauari Carauari is a municipality located in

117-576: The isolation of the forest from urban centers. As of 2006 there were 359 families with an estimated total of 2,154 people in the forest, living in 30 communities along the three main rivers. There were 124 families in 11 communities along the Tefé, 74 families in 8 communities along the Bauana and 171 families in 11 communities along the Curumitá de Baixo. The residents are mainly engaged in family farming, cultivating small fields of cassava to make flour. The surplus

130-401: The left bank of the meandering Juruá River . It also contains the 632,949 hectares (1,564,050 acres) Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve , created in 2005. This article about a location in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tef%C3%A9 National Forest The Tefé National Forest ( Portuguese : Floresta Nacional de Tefé )

143-496: The livelihoods and culture of these people and to ensure sustainable use of the natural resources. The land is all publicly owned. The utilisation plan was approved on 24 November 1997. On 23 November 1999, the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognized the extractive reserve as an Agro-extractive settlement project for 280 families. It became part of

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156-410: Was created by federal decree 97.629 of 10 April 1989 with an estimated area of 1,020,000 hectares (2,500,000 acres). It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). The purpose is to support sustainable multiple use of forest resources, and scientific research with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. The forest

169-447: Was created by presidential decree on 4 March 1997. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It is classified as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). The extractive reserve is an area used by the traditional population who practice extraction, subsistence agriculture and small scale livestock husbandry. Its basic objectives are to protect

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