The ''Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve () is a
sustainable development reserve in the state of
Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) is in the municipality of
Apuí
Apuí is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. Its population was 22,359 (2020) and its area is 54,240 km2.
Gold rush
The municipality shot to fa ...
, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
It is on the left (west) bank of the
Juruena River
The Juruena River () is a long river in west-central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso.
Course
The Juruena originates in the Parecis plateau.
Within Mato Grosso the river defines the eastern boundary of the Igarapés do Juruena State Park, ...
, which forms the boundary between Amazonas and
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...
, above the point where that river is joined by the
Teles Pires River to form the
Tapajós
The Tapajós ( ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. Prior to a drastic increase in illegal gold mi ...
.
The
Apiacás Ecological Reserve is opposite the Bararati RDS on the east side of the Juruena in Mato Grosso.
The southern section of the
Juruena National Park
Juruena National Park (), declared in 2006, is the third largest national park of Brazil. It is located along the Juruena River, in the north of Mato Grosso state and the south of Amazonas state. It forms part of a corridor of protected areas t ...
, also in Mato Grosso, is to the southeast of the reserve.
The
Sucunduri State Park is to the south of the reserve, and the
Apuí State Forest
The Apuí State Forest () is a State forest (Brazil), state forest in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Apuí State Forest is in the municipality of Apuí, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
It is bounded by the B ...
is to the west of the reserve.
The northern section of the Juruena National Park is to the north of the reserve.
Environment
The mosaic includes
terra firma forest, flooded forest,
campos rupestres
The ''campo rupestre'' ("rupestrian grassland") is a discontinuous montane subtropical ecoregion occurring across three different biomes in Brazil: Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Caatinga. Originally, ''campo rupestre'' was used to characterize t ...
,
campina and
campinarana
Campinarana (NT0158, ), also called Rio Negro Campinarana, is a neotropical ecoregion in the Amazon biome of the north west of Brazil, southern Venezuela, and the east of Colombia that contains vegetation adapted to extremely poor soil. It includ ...
.
It contains the headwaters of the
Acari
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as ea ...
and
Sucunduri rivers.
The Monte Cristo rapids and the Falls (''Saltos do Rio Sucunduri'') are well-known attractions.
The region has more than 13 endemic species of primates.
Surveys of the west of the mosaic have identified 850 tree species, 46 mammals, more than 300 birds, 27 reptiles, 30 amphibians and almost 100 species of fish.
As of 2005 the total area of deforestation in the Bararati RDS was .
By 2010 this had risen slightly to , or 0.24% of the reserve.
History
The Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve was created by Amazonas state decree 24.813 of 25 January 2005 with the objective of preserving nature, sustain and improve the livelihoods, quality of life and exploitation of natural resources by the traditional population, and to preserve and enhance knowledge and techniques of managing the environment developed by the traditional population.
The reserve is an integral part of the
Apuí Mosaic
The Apuí Mosaic () is a protected area mosaic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Apuí Mosaic is divided between the municipalities of Apuí (91.85%) and Novo Aripuanã (8.15%) in the state of Amazonas.
It covers an area of .
The ...
, which totals in area and contains the
Guariba and Sucunduri State Parks; Bararati and
Aripuanã sustainable development reserves;
Guariba Extractive Reserve
The Guariba Extractive Reserve () is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Guariba Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Novo Aripuanã (28.31%) and Apuí (71.69%) in the state of Amazonas.
I ...
; and
Sucunduri,
Aripuanã, Apuí and
Manicoré
Manicoré is a municipality located in the south-east of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
History
Manicoré's origins date back to 1637, with the expedition of Pedro Teixeira, a Portuguese explorer and military man.
The authorities of Grão-P ...
state forests.
The management plan for the Apuí Mosaic was approved on 22 September 2010.
This was treated as the management plan for each of the conservation units as well as for the mosaic itself.
As of 2016 the reserve was supported by the
Amazon Region Protected Areas Program.
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Sustainable development reserves of Brazil
Protected areas of Amazonas (Brazilian state)
2005 establishments in Brazil