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Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve

Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve
Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Bararati
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Map showing the location of Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve
Map showing the location of Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve
Nearest city Apuí, Amazonas
Coordinates 7°40′43″S 58°24′50″W / 7.678500°S 58.413846°W / -7.678500; -58.413846Coordinates: 7°40′43″S 58°24′50″W / 7.678500°S 58.413846°W / -7.678500; -58.413846
Area 113,606 hectares (280,730 acres)
Designation Sustainable development reserve
Created 25 January 2005
Administrator Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente do Amazonas

The Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve' (Portuguese: Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Bararati) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

The Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) is in the municipality of Apuí, Amazonas. It has an area of 113,606 hectares (280,730 acres). It is on the left (west) bank of the Juruena River, which forms the boundary between Amazonas and Mato Grosso, above the point where that river is joined by the Teles Pires River to form the Tapajós.

The Apiacás Ecological Reserve is opposite the Bararati RDS on the east side of the Juruena in Mato Grosso. The southern section of the Juruena National Park, also in Mato Grosso, is to the southeast of the reserve. The Sucunduri State Park is to the south of the reserve, and the Apuí State Forest is to the west of the reserve. The northern section of the Juruena National Park is to the north of the reserve.

The mosaic includes terra firma forest, flooded forest, campos rupestres, campina and campinarana. It contains the headwaters of the Acari and Sucunduri rivers. The Monte Cristo rapids and the Falls (Saltos do Rio Sucunduri) are well-known attractions. The region has more than 13 endemic species of primates. Surveys of the west of the mosaic have identified 850 tree species, 46 mammals, more than 300 birds, 27 reptiles, 30 amphibians and almost 100 species of fish. As of 2005 the total area of deforestation in the Bararati RDS was 268 hectares (660 acres). By 2010 this had risen slightly to 278 hectares (690 acres), or 0.24% of the reserve.


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