The Western Amazon Ecological Corridor () is a proposed
ecological corridor connecting conservation units and indigenous territories in the southwest 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,
South Amazon Ecological Corridor,
South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor, Western Amazon Ecological Corridor,
Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor 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 Western Amazon Ecological Corridor was one of five Amazon region corridors identified.
It included six priority areas in four main Amazon ecoregions, and was identified as relatively stable, globally relevant and of the highest priority on a regional scale..
The corridor would have an area of .
The proposed corridor comprised almost all of the state of
Acre
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, covering about .
It also covered more than half of 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 ...
, and a small part of the state of
Amazonas.
Conservation units in the proposal included the
Serra do Divisor National Park,
Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve,
Alto Juruá Extractive Reserve,
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 ...
,
Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve,
Jaci Paraná Extractive Reserve,
Bom Futuro National Forest,
Pacaás Novos National Park
Pacaás Novos National Park () is a National park (Brazil), national park in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
The park contains a mountain range by the same name.
Location
The park is in the Amazon biome. It covers an area of .
It was establis ...
,
Guaporé Biological Reserve
Guaporé Biological Reserve ( is a biological reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil, on the border with Bolivia.
Location
The reserve of in the Amazon biome was created by decree 87,587 on 20 September 1982.
The reserve is managed by the ...
and
Corumbiara State Park.
As of 2010 the proposed corridor would contain 30 indigenous territories and 19 conservation units in Acre along the border with Peru, covering 45.66% of the state of Acre.
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