Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve
| Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve | |
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| Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Maracanã | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Boy jumping into Maracanã River
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| Nearest city | Maracanã, Pará |
| Coordinates | 0°43′20″S 47°27′49″W / 0.722195°S 47.463607°WCoordinates: 0°43′20″S 47°27′49″W / 0.722195°S 47.463607°W |
| Area | 30,179.20 hectares (74,574.4 acres) |
| Designation | Extractive reserve |
| Created | 13 December 2002 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Maracanã) is a coastal marine extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. It protects an area of mangroves, and allows the local population to make sustainable use of the natural resources.
The Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Maracanã in the state of Pará. It has an area of 30,179.20 hectares (74,574.4 acres). The municipality of Maracanã was founded in 1653 when father António Vieira arrived in Pará on a mission to the village of Maracanã Indians. Today there are 75 coastal communities in the reserve, mainly living by fishing. Other activities include agriculture, animal husbandry and support of tourism. The holidays are religious, and include the festivals of Saint Michael the Archangel, Our Lady of Nazareth and Saint Benedict. Handcrafts include construction of fishing vessels and fishing equipment.
The reserve protects the mangroves of the lower reaches of the Maracanã and Caripi rivers and the Maracanã Bay up to Algodoal Island at the northwest of the bay. To the west the reserve protects the eastern side of the bay at the mouth of the Marapanim River south to where the Cuinarana River enters that bay, and the mangroves of the east side of the Cuinarana River. The reserve also protects the mangroves of the east side of the peninsula to the east of Maracanã Bay, opposite the town of Salinópolis.
The Mestre Lucindo Marine Extractive Reserve lies to the west, on the opposite shore of the Marapanim River. Further south, the Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve lies to the west on the opposite shore of the Cuinarana River. The Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve is to the south, higher up the Maracanã River. It adjoins the Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area to the north.
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