Seringueira Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Seringueira is an

extractive reserve An extractive reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista 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, fishin ...

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). To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso ...

, Brazil.

Location

The Seringueira Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of

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 ...

, Rondônia, to the south of

Machadinho d'Oeste Machadinho d'Oeste is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 40,867 (2020) and its area is 8,509 km². The municipality contains part of the Jaru Biological Reserve, a fully protected conservation unit ...

, in land that has been largely deforested. It has an area of . The

Machadinho River The Machadinho River ( pt, Rio Machadinho) is a river of Rondônia state in western Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. ...

runs along the west of the reserve. The 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 Rondônia () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northern subdivision of the country (central-western part). To the west is a short border with the state of ...

and Vale do Anari that originate in reservation blocks from the Machadinho and Cujubim colonization projects, cover the former Santo Antônio, São Paulo and São Gonçalo rubber plantations, and were created in the 1980s. The main product is rubber, as well as

copaiba Copaiba is a stimulant 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 res ...

nuts and oil.

Administration

The Seringueira Extractive Reserve was created by Rondônia state decree 7.108 on 4 September 1995. It was created as a territorial space for sustainable use and conservation of renewable natural resources by the agro-extractive population. The reserve was created by Rondônia governor Valdir Raupp in response to illegal and predatory pressure on forest areas occupied by traditional populations, causing irreversible loss of plant resources and wildlife and exacerbating social conflicts. The reserve is the responsibility of the Rondônia Secretariat of State for the Environment (SEDAM/RO - Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente). Seringueira and the other 14 reserves are run by the Association of Machadinho Rubber Tappers. They all have a utilisation plan, and there are no land disputes.

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