Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station ( Portuguese : Estação Ecológica do Rio Madeirinha ) is an ecological station (ESEC) in the state of Mato Grosso , Brazil.
7-465: The Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station has an area of about 13,682.96 hectares (33,811.3 acres) in the municipality of Colniza , Mato Grosso. It is in the north west of the state, and is bordered on the east, north and west by the Tucumã State Park . The Madeirinha River , which runs in the roughly north east direction, defines the border with the west part of the state park. The ESEC is in
14-592: Is a sustainable use unit created in 1996. The municipality also contains 3,641 hectares (9,000 acres) of the Campos Amazônicos National Park , a 961,318 hectares (2,375,470 acres) protected area created in 2006 that protects an unusual enclave of cerrado vegetation in the Amazon rainforest. It contains 44% of the 227,817 hectares (562,950 acres) Igarapés do Juruena State Park , created in 2002. This Mato Grosso , Brazil location article
21-726: Is the westernmost and largest (by area) municipality of the state. The municipality of Colniza has a mosaic of conservation units consisting of the Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station , the Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station , the Tucumã State Park and the Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve . Satellite monitoring showed that Colniza had the highest level of deforestation in Mato Grosso in
28-493: The Amazon biome . The predominant vegetation is open tropical rainforest, with trees over 25 metres (82 ft) high. It is a natural refuge for wildlife. The dissected relief forms a variety of habitats for diverse fauna and flora. The Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station (ESEC) was created by the governor of Mato Grosso in decree 1.799 of 4 November 1997. At that time it was in the municipality of Aripuanã , Mato Grosso. The purpose
35-498: The six years from 2010 to 2016, with 78,556 hectares (194,120 acres) cleared, most of it illegally. Rates of deforestation rose successively in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The 13,683 hectares (33,810 acres) Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station is a fully protected environmental unit created in 1997. The 96,925 hectares (239,510 acres) Rio Roosevelt Ecological Station is a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1997. The 164,224 hectares (405,810 acres) Guariba-Roosevelt Extractive Reserve
42-462: The surrounding region. At time of creation just 0.2% of the unit was deforested. This had risen to 0.5% in 2002 and 2% in 2005. The ESEC would be in the proposed South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor . Colniza Colniza is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso , Brazil. Colniza has the highest homicide rate in Brazil with 165 deaths per year per 100 thousand inhabitants. It
49-450: Was to conserve samples of the ecosystem, conserve bioldiversity and provide opportunities for education and scientific research. Law 7163 of 23 August 1999 confirmed this creation. An advisory council was appointed on 18 December 2014. The ESEC is in a sparsely populated area of the state outside the agro-pastoral expansion area of northern Mato Grosso and north west Rondônia , but may be vulnerable to logging and mining, which takes place in
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