Amazonas National Forest

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Amazonas National Forest
Floresta Nacional do Amazonas
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Nearest city Barcelos, Amazonas
Coordinates 1°14′56″N64°33′14″W / 1.249°N 64.554°W / 1.249; -64.554
Area1,944,209.59 hectares (4,804,246.5 acres)
Designation National forest
Created1 March 1989
Administrator Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

The Amazonas National Forest (Portuguese : Floresta Nacional do Amazonas) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

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Location

The Amazonas National Forest is in the municipalities of Barcelos and Santa Isabel do Rio Negro in the state of Amazonas. [1] It was created by decree nº 97.546 of 1 March 1989 with an estimated area of 1,573,100 hectares (3,887,000 acres). [2] According to the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) the area is 1,944,209.59 hectares (4,804,246.5 acres). [3]

The forest is in the Upper Rio Negro region along the border of Brazil and Venezuela and the border between the states of Amazonas and Roraima. It is bordered to the west by the Pico da Neblina National Park. [4] Most of the forest is within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory. [5] The conservation unit would be included in the proposed Northern Amazon Ecological Corridor. [6] The vegetation is mainly dense rainforest (93%) but includes open rainforest (2%), campinarana (2%) and areas of contact between Campinarana and dense rainforest (3%). [4]

Conservation

The Amazonas National Forest is administered by ICMBio. [3] It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) with the objective of sustainable multiple use of forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. [1]

The Instituto Socioambiental (ISA) has noted that the national forest, with its goal of sustainable forestry, conflicts with the goals of the Indigenous Territories with which it overlaps. In these territories the indigenous people have the exclusive right of use according to their customs and traditions. The ISA stated in August 2011 that for this reason the Amazonas National Forest should be repealed. [7]

Notes

    1. 1 2 Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
    2. ↑ José Sarney 1989.
    3. 1 2 Floresta Nacional do Amazonas – Chico Mendes.
    4. 1 2 Floresta Nacional do Amazonas – Via Rural.
    5. ↑ Terra Indígena Yanomami – ISA.
    6. ↑ Ayres et al. 2005, p. 31.
    7. ↑ Carlos Alberto Ricardo 2011.

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