Arapixi Extractive Reserve
| Arapixi Extractive Reserve | |
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| Reserva Extrativista Arapixi | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Boca do Acre, Amazonas |
| Coordinates | 8°51′11″S 67°51′50″W / 8.853°S 67.864°WCoordinates: 8°51′11″S 67°51′50″W / 8.853°S 67.864°W |
| Area | 133,637 hectares (330,220 acres) |
| Designation | Extractive reserve |
| Created | 21 June 2006 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Arapixi Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Arapixi) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
The Arapixi Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Boca do Acre, Amazonas. It has an area of 133,637 hectares (330,220 acres). The Purus River runs through the reserve from west to east. The reserve adjoins the Igarapé Capanã Indigenous Reserve to the west, the Mapiá-Inauini National Forest to the north and the Camicuã Indigenous Territory to the east. About 300 families make use of the reserve. The main economic activities are collection of latex from rubber trees and gathering of Brazil nuts. The families also produce brown sugar, tobacco, flour, bananas, watermelons and beans.
The reserve has fairly flat terrain, and lies in the basin of the meandering Purus River. The region has high temperature and high rainfall. The main types of vegetation are open alluvial rainforest, open lowland rainforest, dense alluvial rainforest and dense lowland rainforest. There are small areas that have been converted for use in agriculture or cattle grazing, and areas with secondary vegetation in various stages of regeneration.
A survey of the reserve identified 25 species of fish, seven species of reptiles, 123 species of birds and 33 species of mammals. The rough survey found the endangered jaguar (Panthera onca), giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) and giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis). Fish that are over-exploited or threatened by over-exploitation are Colossoma macropomum, Arapaima gigas, Brachyplatystoma vaillantii and Brachyplatystoma filamentosum.
Amazon birds with restricted distribution are speckled chachalaca (Ortalis guttata), pale-winged trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera), dusky-headed parakeet (Aratinga weddellii), cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera), tui parakeet (Brotogeris sanctithomae), festive amazon (Amazona festiva), Purus jacamar (Galbacyrhynchus purusianus), semicollared puffbird (Malacoptila semicincta) and lemon-throated barbet (Eubucco richardsoni).
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