Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve

Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve
Reserva Extrativista Médio Juruá
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Shore of the Juruá near Carauari
Nearest city	Carauari, Amazonas
Coordinates	5°16′19″S 67°25′34″W / 5.272°S 67.426°W / -5.272; -67.426Coordinates: 5°16′19″S 67°25′34″W / 5.272°S 67.426°W / -5.272; -67.426
Area	251,577.13 hectares (621,660.6 acres)
Designation	Extractive reserve
Created	4 March 1997
Administrator	Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Médio Juruá) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas Brazil.

The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Carauari in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of 251,577.13 hectares (621,660.6 acres). The terrain is flat. The reserve is on the left bank of the Juruá River, which meanders in a generally northeast direction. It contains oxbow lakes from former meanders. The population practices agriculture on the convex margins of the river, with their homes slightly higher up.

The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve is in the Amazon biome. Average temperatures range from 22 to 32 °C (72 to 90 °F). Vegetation is relatively intact due to the distance from urban centres, with very high biodiversity. Human activity has little impact, with degraded areas recovering quickly. Endemic species of flora include rubber trees (Hevea species), Ocotea species), Virola surinamensis, Calycophyllum spruceanum and Bombax globosum.

Fauna include white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), red brocket (Mazama americana), South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul), Parrot species, Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), jaguar (Panthera onca), black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu), Piping guan (Pipile nateri), Crypturellus species and fish such as Arapaima gigas, tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) and silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum).