Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve
| Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve | |
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| Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Juruá, Amazonas |
| Coordinates | 3°32′23″S 66°00′07″W / 3.539599°S 66.001817°WCoordinates: 3°32′23″S 66°00′07″W / 3.539599°S 66.001817°W |
| Area | 187,982 hectares (464,510 acres) |
| Designation | Extractive reserve |
| Created | 1 August 2001 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It contains an area of almost untouched Amazon rainforest inhabited by communities that rely on manioc farming, small-scale animal husbandry, fishing, hunting and gathering.
The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Uarini (38.33%) and Juruá (61.67%) in Amazonas. It has an area of 187,982 hectares (464,510 acres). The reserve is about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from Manaus by boat. The reserve is mostly in the interfluvial region between the Juruá and the Uarini rivers. It is bounded by the Juruá on the west, the Andirá River to the south, the Copacá River, a tributary of the Uarini, on the east and the Arapapá stream, a tributary of the Juruá, to the north. The Juruá and Uarini rivers flow north from the reserve, passing on either side of the Kumaru do Lago Ualá Indigenous Territory, to join the Solimões River. The south of the reserve adjoins the Tefé National Forest.
The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 1 August 2001 with the objectives of ensuring sustainable use and conservation of renewable natural resources, protecting the livelihood and culture of the local extractive population. It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor, established in 2002. The reserve is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The deliberative council was created on 4 November 2008. The participative management plan was approved on 16 November 2009. As of 2016 the reserve was supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program.
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