The São Francisco National Forest () is a

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in the state of

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, Brazil.

Location

The São Francisco National Forest is in the municipality of

Sena Madureira Sena Madureira () is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Acre The acre ( ) is a Unit of measurement, unit of land area used in the Imperial units, British imperial and the United States customary units#Area, ...

in the state of Acre. It has an area of . It is in the

Amazon biome The Amazon biome () contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater river, blackwater and whitewa ...

. It adjoins the

Macauã National Forest The Macauã National Forest () is a national forest in the state of Acre, Brazil. Location The Macauã National Forest is in the municipality of Sena Madureira in the state of Acre. It has an area of . It is in the Amazon biome. The forest is bo ...

, which lies to the north. The Macauã River runs through the northern part of the forest. The Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve is some distance to the south, on the opposite side of the Iaco River.

History

The São Francisco National Forest was created by federal decree on 7 August 2001. It is administered by the

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ( Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is a government agency under the administration of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment. It is nam ...

(ICMBio). It is classed as

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VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). The objective is to support sustainable multiple use of forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. The consultative council of the Macauã and São Francisco national forests was created on 17 January 2002. On 17 August 2008 the

Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária The Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária - INCRA (''National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform'') is a federal government authority of the public administration of Brazil. INCRA administers the land reform issues. ...

(National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform, INCRA) recognised the forest as an agro-extractive project for 25 families. On 1 December 2010 INCRA assigned the forest to ICMBio. The management plan was approved on 25 May 2016.

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* * * {{National forest (Brazil) 2001 establishments in Brazil National forests of Brazil Protected areas of Acre (state)