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17-529: The Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Uarini (18.68%), Tonantins (1.24%), Maraã (26.74%), Japurá (1.33%) and Fonte Boa (52.01%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of 1,124,000 hectares (2,780,000 acres). It covers the elongated triangle between the Solimões River (Upper Amazon) to the south, the Auati-Paraná Canal , which leaves

34-549: A large diversity of birds, with more than 400 species recorded, including toucans , harpy eagle , hoatzin , parrots and, specially, aquatic birds. The most conspicuous fish species are tambaqui , piranha and pirarucu . Mamirauá is ideally situated to view the Amazon river dolphins, both boto and tucuxi . Uarini Uarini is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas . According to estimates of

51-632: A wetland of global importance, as well as part of a World Heritage Convention's natural site. At present, it is included in one of the ecological corridors to be implemented by the PPG-7 Program for the Protection of Brazilian Tropical Forests. Jaú National Park was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2000. It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor , established in 2002. In 2003

68-461: Is 2,255 millimetres (88.8 in). Soils are generally poor apart from areas that receive deposits of nutrients from the mineral-rich Juruá River flood waters. The reserve is almost completely covered by dense tropical forest, with only about 0.6% cleared for fields by the residents. Forests coverage includes flooded and terra firma alluvial Amazon rainforest ecosystems. The rich forest remains largely untouched. There are abundant fish. The reserve

85-816: Is about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from Manaus by boat. The reserve is mostly in the interfluvial region between the Juruá and the Uarini rivers. It is bounded by the Juruá on the west, the Andirá River to the south, the Copacá River , a tributary of the Uarini, on the east and the Arapapá stream, a tributary of the Juruá, to the north. The Juruá and Uarini rivers flow north from the reserve, passing on either side of

102-491: Is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas , Brazil. It contains an area of almost untouched Amazon rainforest inhabited by communities that rely on manioc farming, small-scale animal husbandry, fishing, hunting and gathering. The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Uarini (38.33%) and Juruá (61.67%) in Amazonas. It has an area of 187,982 hectares (464,510 acres). The reserve

119-450: Is home to several communities, some very isolated and traditional with strong elements of the local indigenous people, and some more influenced by the external world. Most of the communities are on the banks of the Juruá or the banks of streams or lakes. The staple food is manioc flour, enhanced by hunting wild animals and gathering fruits, roots and leaves of the forest plants. Many communities also keep chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle. There

136-561: The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), its population was 13,690 inhabitants in 2020. Its area is 10,246 km . The municipality contains 38% of the 187,982 hectares (464,510 acres) Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve , created in 2001. It has its history linked to the history of Tefé , which goes back to the village founded at the end of century XVII by the Jesuit Samuel Fritz . Until

153-742: The Central Amazon Ecological Corridor , established in 2002. The reserve is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation . The deliberative council was created on 4 November 2008. The participative management plan was approved on 16 November 2009. As of 2016 the reserve was supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program . Altitudes range from 40 to 100 metres (130 to 330 ft) above sea level. Average daily temperatures range from 13 to 35 °C (55 to 95 °F) with an average of 24 °C (75 °F). Annual rainfall

170-554: The Peruvian spider monkey , pygmy marmosets and saki monkeys. The reserve also harbours other arboreal mammals species such as the brown-throated sloth , the South American coati , the northern Amazon red squirrel and the collared anteater . Land mammals are not that common as most of the territory is flooded during the wet season, although jaguars may reside and remain in the forest even during flooding. Mamirauá hosts

187-646: The Kumaru do Lago Ualá Indigenous Territory, to join the Solimões River . The south of the reserve adjoins the Tefé National Forest . The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 1 August 2001 with the objectives of ensuring sustainable use and conservation of renewable natural resources, protecting the livelihood and culture of the local extractive population. It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). It became part of

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204-741: The Solimões and meanders in a generally eastward direction to join the Japurá River to the north, and the Japurá from the junction with the Auati-Paraná to the point where it joins the Solimões. It adjoins the Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve to the north. The Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve lies on the opposite bank of the Japurá to the east. Mamirauá is recognised by the international Ramsar Convention , as

221-400: The dimension of income , which were not offset by the positive increments observed in the dimensions longevity and education. This article about a location in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Baixo Juru%C3%A1 Extractive Reserve The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve ( Portuguese : Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá )

238-495: The end of 1981 Tefé had an administrative structure in which five sub-districts were planned: Tefé, Caiambé, Alvarães, Jarauá and Uarini. Of the 5 counties in the country that had decreases in the HDI between 1991 and 2000, three are from Amazonas  : Uarini, whose HDI increased from 0.611 to 0.599; Silves, from 0.684 to 0.675; And São Sebastião do Uatumã , from 0.661 to 0.659. This occurred solely because of decreases registered in

255-613: The end of the seventeenth century, disputes between the Spaniards and the Portuguese overlapped in the territory, only consolidating under the military occupation of Portugal in 1790. As a municipality, Tefé came to possess an area of 500,000 km . From the middle of the 19th century onwards, dismemberment of its territory began, giving rise to the new municipalities of São Paulo de Olivença , Coari , Fonte Boa, São Felipe (now Eirunepé), Xibauá (now Carauari) Japurá and Maraã . At

272-488: The illegal hunting of caiman crocodiles, an endangered species due to human hunting for the sale of their skins. The reserve is in the Solimões-Japurá moist forests and Purus várzea eco regions. There are two endemic primates, the white uakari ( Cacajao calvus calvus ) and black-head squirrel monkey ( Saimiri vanzolinii ). The reserve is also home of other kinds primates, such as the Juruá red howler monkey ,

289-679: The property was expanded by the addition of the Anavilhanas National Park , Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve and Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve to form the Central Amazon Conservation Complex, a larger World Heritage Site. The reserve is the legacy and life work of Brazilian scientist José Márcio Ayres . Mamirauá has a human population estimated in 6,306 individuals, including amazonian caboclo , Ticuna , Cambeba and Cocama Amerindian groups. Marirauá also protects against

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