Ituxi Extractive Reserve
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| Reserva Extrativista Ituxi | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Claudelice Silva dos Santos of the Association of Agroextractive Producers of the Assembly of God of Ituxi River (Apadriti) speaking on 3 September 2014 at a hearing on violence against socio-environmental activists
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| Nearest city | Lábrea, Amazonas |
| Coordinates | 8°15′57″S 65°11′13″W / 8.265744°S 65.186914°WCoordinates: 8°15′57″S 65°11′13″W / 8.265744°S 65.186914°W |
| Area | 776,940 hectares (1,919,900 acres) |
| Designation | Extractive reserve |
| Created | 5 June 2008 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Ituxi Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Ituxi) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
The Ituxi Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Lábrea, Amazonas. It has an area of 776,940 hectares (1,919,900 acres). The reserve in on the banks of Ituxi River, a blackwater river, and its tributaries, the Punicici, Ciriquiqui and Curequetê. The Ituxi River, a tributary of the Purus River, flows through the reserve in an northeast direction. The reserve is bounded by the Mapinguari National Park to the south and east and the Iquiri National Forest to the west and north.
Vegetation includes terra firma forest, seasonally flooded várzea forest, clearings and capoeira (scrub), with great biological diversity. Plant species include Geissospermum laeve, Parkia Pendula, Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) and Copaíba (Copaífera multijuga Hayne). The reserve has many endemic fish species.
There are about 500 people in 20 extractive communities. These communities include Mangutiari, Goiaba, Pedreiras do Amazonas, Praia Alta, Floresta, Cabeçudo, Estirão da Pedreira,Vila Canaã, Vila Vitória, Capurana, Curequetê, Carajuriã, São Luis, Paumapi, Punicici, Ciriquiqui, Vera, Nova Esperança and Pacu. The families extract fruit, oils and other seasonal products such as Brazil nuts, natural rubber, copaiba, açaí palm fruit and vines. Fishing in the lakes and flooded forests provides an important source of food and income for the residents.
The Ituxi Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 5 June 2008 with an area of about 776,940 hectares (1,919,900 acres). IT is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). The purpose is to protect the livelihoods and ensure use and conservation of natural resources traditionally used by the communities in the reserve. On 18 September 2008 INCRA recognised the reserve as supporting 300 families of small farmers, who would be eligible for PRONAF support. The deliberative council of the reserve was created on 4 November 2010.
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