Bom Futuro National Forest
| Bom Futuro National Forest | |
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| Floresta Nacional do Bom Futuro | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Coordinates | 9°26′15″S 63°50′11″W / 9.437438°S 63.836414°WCoordinates: 9°26′15″S 63°50′11″W / 9.437438°S 63.836414°W |
| Area | 97,357 hectares (240,570 acres) |
| Designation | National forest |
| Created | 21 June 1988 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Bom Futuro National Forest (Portuguese: Floresta Nacional do Bom Futuro) is a national forest in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. The forest has been subject to a massive invasion of loggers, ranchers and farmers.
The Bom Futuro National Forest is divided between the municipalities of Buritis and Porto Velho, Rondônia. It has an area of 97,357 hectares (240,570 acres). It adjoins the Rio Pardo Environmental Protection Area to the south, the Jaci Paraná Extractive Reserve to the southwest and the Karitiana Indigenous Territory to the west. The forest would be included in the proposed Western Amazon Ecological Corridor, connecting it to neighboring conservation units.
The forest holds the sources of tributaries of the Jamari River via the Candeias River, and of the Jaci Paraná River via the Rio Branco. The forest was relatively intact in 1995. The original vegetation was mainly open submontane rainforest and dense submontane rainforest, with savanna/rainforest contact, open alluvial rainforest and pioneer alluvial formations.
From 2000 an invasion began first of loggers, then of squatters and land speculators, supported by local politicians. The urban settlement of Rio Pardo developed inside the forest, with more than ten sawmills and with associations to promote allocation of land to farmers and ranchers. The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) attempted to expel the invaders on at least two occasions, but was unsuccessful in part due to lack of funding from the headquarters of the agency.
By 2003 some sawmills had been closed, but Rio Pardo was now a normal settlement with shops, a gas station, hotel, telephones and other public services. According to Imazon by 2007 about 78,800 hectares (195,000 acres) of the forest had been cleared, or 32% of the total area, at an annual rate of 4.34% deforestation from 2002 to 2007. In April 2007 IBAMA listed 236 ranchers operating illegally in the forest, with about 18,600 cattle.
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