The South Amazon Ecological Corridor () is a proposed
ecological corridor connecting conservation units and indigenous territories in the southeast of the
Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, also called the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin ...
of Brazil.
Background
The first version of the ''Ecological Corridors of Tropical Forests of Brazil'' proposal was developed by a group of consultants at the request of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment and presented in the first half of 1997.
Seven major corridors were proposed: the
Central Amazon Ecological Corridor
The Central Amazon Ecological Corridor () is an ecological corridor in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, that connects a number of conservation units in the Amazon rainforest. The objective is to maintain genetic connectivity between the protected ...
,
Northern Amazon Ecological Corridor
The Northern Amazon Ecological Corridor () is a proposed ecological corridor connecting conservation units and indigenous territories in the north of the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.
Background
The first version of the ''Ecological Corridors of ...
, South Amazon Ecological Corridor,
South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor
The South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor () is a proposed ecological corridor connecting conservation units and indigenous territories that form an ecotone, or transition between the south of the Amazon rainforest and the north of the cerrado ...
,
Western Amazon Ecological Corridor
The Western Amazon Ecological Corridor () is a proposed ecological corridor connecting conservation units and indigenous territories in the southwest of the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.
Background
The first version of the ''Ecological Corridors ...
,
Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor
The Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor ( Portuguese: ''Corredor Central da Mata Atlântica'' is an ecological corridor in the states of Espírito Santo and Bahia, Brazil. It promotes improvements to connectivity between fragments of Atl ...
and
Serra do Mar Ecological Corridor.
These corresponded to about 25% of the rainforests of Brazil.
Priority was given to the Central Amazon Corridor and the Central Atlantic Forest Corridor, which would test and develop the concepts for use with the subsequent corridors.
Proposed scope
The South Amazon Ecological Corridor was one of five Amazon region corridors identified.
It included eight priority areas in three main Amazon ecoregions, and was identified as vulnerable, locally important, and moderate priority at a regional level in a 1994 Miami workshop.
The proposed corridor mostly lies in the state of
Pará
Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...
, but extends west into
Amazonas and east across the north of
Tocantins
Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014 ...
into
Maranhão
Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...
.
The corridor would have an area of .
Conservation units would include the
Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve
The Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve ( is an Extractive reserve (Brazil), extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Santarém, Pará, Santaré ...
,
Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve
The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve () is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Urariá Sustainable Development Reserve in the municipality of Maués, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The reserve ...
, Xingu National Forest (now part of the
Terra do Meio Ecological Station
Terra do Meio Ecological Station () is an Ecological station (Brazil), ecological station (ESEC) in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Terra do Meio Ecological Station has an area of .
It covers parts of the municipalities of Altamira, Par ...
),
Tapajós National Forest
The Tapajós National Forest () is a Brazilian national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It supports sustainable exploitation of the natural resources in an area of Amazon rainforest.
Location
The Tapajós National Forest has an area of .
I ...
,
Maués State Forest
The Maués State Forest () is a State forest (Brazil), state forest in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas, Brazil.
Location
The Maués State Forest is in the municipality of Maués, Amazonas.
It has an area of .
The reserve would ...
,
Amazônia National Park
The Amazônia National Park () was created in 1974, as a national park comprising 1,070,737 ha. It is situated in Itaituba and Trairão municipalities, Pará state, in the north region of Brazil. It is located in the watershed of the Tapajós Riv ...
,
Itaituba II National Forest
Itaituba II National Forest () is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.
Location
The Itaituba II National Forest is in the Amazon biome.
It has an area of .
It covers parts of the municipalities of Itaituba and Trairão in the state ...
,
Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest
Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest () is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil.
It is surrounded by other protected areas, so has suffered relatively little from deforestation.
Location
The Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest is in the Amaz ...
,
Gurupi Biological Reserve
Gurupi Biological Reserve () is a biological reserve in the State of Maranhão, in Brazil.
Location
The Gurupi Biological Reserve covers parts of the municipalities of Centro Novo do Maranhão and Bom Jardim in the state of Maranhão.
It has a ...
,
Tapirapé Biological Reserve
Tapirapé Biological Reserve () is a biological reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil.
History
The reserve, which covers , was established by decree on 5 May 1989.
It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
...
and
Carajás National Forest
The Carajás National Forest () is a national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. It covers the Serra dos Carajás (Carajás Mountains), an area with large deposits of iron ore, and attempts to combine the roles of supporting mineral extraction ...
.
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