Jamanxim National Forest
| Jamanxim National Forest | |
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| Floresta Nacional do Jamanxim | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Novo Progresso, Pará |
| Coordinates | 7°32′13″S 55°44′53″W / 7.537°S 55.748°WCoordinates: 7°32′13″S 55°44′53″W / 7.537°S 55.748°W |
| Area | 1,301,683.04 hectares (3,216,528.8 acres) |
| Designation | National forest |
| Created | 13 February 2006 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Jamanxim National Forest (Portuguese: Floresta Nacional do Jamanxim) is a national forest created in 2006 in the state of Pará, Brazil. The purpose is to ensure sustainable use of forest resources. The forest contains a sizeable population of settlers without land titles, and informal forest clearing and burning was continuing two years after the national forest had been created. Disputes over the legality of the forest creation were continuing in 2015.
The Jamanxim National Forest is in the Amazon biome. It has an area of 1,301,683.04 hectares (3,216,528.8 acres). It was created by decree on 13 February 2006 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). It is contained in the municipality of Novo Progresso in the state of Pará. The forest consists of about 85% open rainforest and 14% dense rainforest. It was created in the context of land planning in the area influenced by the BR-163 highway, with the objective of slowing deforestation in one of the areas with the highest rates of Amazon forest clearance. The Jamanxim National Forest is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) with the objective of sustainable multiple use of forest resources, maintenance and protection of water resources and biodiversity, and supporting sustainable exploitation of natural resources.
Almost 1,000 families had been encouraged by the government to move to the area in the 1970s, but had not been given any land title and therefore were not entitled to compensation. In August 2009 senator Flexa Ribeiro said that under a draft agreement between ICMBio and the inhabitants of the national forest there would be no fines for deforestation before November 2007. In 2009 deforestation and burning was continuing at a rapid rate in previously untouched areas. That year the forest lost 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) of coverage, with 18.8 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) removed in June 2009 alone. About 12% of the forest area had been cleared, with about half the land abandoned rather than converted to agricultural use. IBAMA had arranged for the National Supply Company (Conab) to remove 6,000 head of cattle from the forest, and another 15,000 were to be removed. Weapons, chainsaws, fuel, tractors and other equipment had also been seized by IBAMA.
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