Massaranduba Extractive Reserve () is an

extractive reserve An extractive reserve ( or RESEX) is a type of sustainable use protected area in Brazil. The land is publicly owned, but the people who live there have the right to traditional extractive practices, such as hunting, fishing and harvesting wild pla ...

in the state of

Rondônia Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). It is bordered by Acre (state), Acre in the west, Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas in the north, Mato Grosso in the east, and Bo ...

, Brazil.

Location

Massaranduba Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of

Machadinho d'Oeste Machadinho is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was raised to municipality status in 1959, the area being taken out of the municipality of Lagoa Vermelha. As of 2020, the estimated population was 5,427. See also *List ...

, Rondônia. It has an area of . According to an NGO in 1994 there were only five inhabitants and 99.48% of the original vegetation coverage remained. The main threat was illegal removal of timber.

Economy

Massaranduba Extractive Reserve is one of 15 small extractive reserves in the municipalities of Machadinho d'Oeste,

Cujubim Cujubim is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 26,183 (2020) and its area is 3,864 km2. The municipality contains 22% of the Angelim Extractive Reserve and 21% of the Ipê Extractive Reserve. It c ...

and

Vale do Anari Vale do Anari is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 11,377 (2020) and its area is 3,135 km². History The municipality was instated by law n°572 (22 June 1994), signed by governor Oswaldo Piana Filh ...

, remnants of the former Seringal Santo Antônio, Seringal São Paulo and Seringal São Gonçalo rubber extraction concessions. They are administered by the Association of Machadinho Rubber Tappers. The main resource extracted from the forest is rubber, as well as nuts and

copaiba Copaiba is an oleoresin obtained from the trunk of several pinnate-leaved South American leguminous trees (genus ''Copaifera''). The thick, transparent exudate varies in color from light gold to dark brown, depending on the ratio of resin to esse ...

oil.

History

On 18 November 1991 the Massaranduba Forest Reserve was closed to settlement, deforestation, professional fishing, logging, mining and other activities that could compromise sustainable use other than the activities of small farmers, rubber tappers and fisherfolk. Massaranduba Extractive Reserve was created by state decree 7.103 of 4 September 1995 with an area of . The purpose was to provide an area for sustainable use and conservation of natural resources by the agro-extractive population.

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* {{authority control 1995 establishments in Brazil Extractive reserves of Brazil Protected areas of Rondônia