Aquariquara Extractive Reserve
| Aquariquara Extractive Reserve | |
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| Reserva Extrativista Aquariquara | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Machadinho Rubber Tappers reserves: 9. Aquariquara
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| Nearest city | Vale do Anari, Rondônia |
| Coordinates | 9°45′20″S 62°04′04″W / 9.755649°S 62.067701°WCoordinates: 9°45′20″S 62°04′04″W / 9.755649°S 62.067701°W |
| Area | 18,100 hectares (45,000 acres) |
| Designation | Extractive reserve |
| Created | 4 September 1995 |
| Administrator | Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Ambiental (RO) |
Aquariquara Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Aquariquara) is an extractive reserve in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. The main source of income for the residents is sale of latex (rubber) extracted using traditional methods. Lumber is also extracted on a sustainable basis, but many residents receive little or no compensation. Given the very low income from extraction, residents may turn to illegal logging, farming and livestock husbandry.
Aquariquara Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Vale do Anari. It has an area of 18,100 hectares (45,000 acres). The reserve is in the basin of the Ji-paraná River, on the left bank of the Machadinho River sub-basin. The terrain is undulating.
Average annual rainfall ranges from 1,600 to 2,300 millimetres (63 to 91 in). The driest months are June, July and August, with less than 50 millimetres (2.0 in) of rain. Temperatures range from 19 to 33 °C (66 to 91 °F) with an average of 25 to 26 °C (77 to 79 °F). Vegetation includes dense rainforest of the low hills of the southern Amazon, and open rainforest. As of 2002 the reserve had 97.94% of its original forest coverage.
Aquariquara Extractive Reserve is one of 15 small extractive reserves in the municipalities of Machadinho d'Oeste, Cujubim and Vale do Anari, 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.
On 18 November 1991 the Aquariquara 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. Aquariquara Extractive Reserve was created by state decree 7.106 of 4 September 1995 with an area of 18,100 hectares (45,000 acres). The purpose was to provide an area for sustainable use and conservation of natural resources by the agro-extractive population. The decree recognised that the great pressures of predatory activities on areas occupied by the traditional people of the forest were causing irreversible loss of plant and wildlife resources, and were exacerbating social conflicts and degrading the quality of life of the forest residents.
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