Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve
| Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve | |
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| Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Piagaçu-Purus | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Anori, Amazonas |
| Coordinates | 4°52′27″S 62°39′39″W / 4.874145°S 62.660821°WCoordinates: 4°52′27″S 62°39′39″W / 4.874145°S 62.660821°W |
| Area | 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) |
| Designation | Sustainable development reserve |
| Created | 5 September 2003 |
| Administrator | Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente do Amazonas |
Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Piagaçu-Purus) is a sustainable development reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
The Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) is divided between the municipalities of Tapauá (30.35%), Coari (1.37%), Anori (40.11%) and Beruri (28.17%) in the state of Amazonas. It covers an area of 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres). The name comes from the Tupi language: pi'á (guts, heart or stomach) and wa'su (large, wide), and means "great heart of the Purus". There are about 85 communities of people in the reserve, who live by fishing, agriculture, hunting and extraction of timber and non-timber products.
The RDS adjoins the Abufari Biological Reserve to the southwest and the Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park to the south. The southern part of the RDS surrounds the Itixi Mitari Indigenous Territory, and further north the RDS surrounds the Lago Aiapuá Indigenous Territory. The Purus River runs through the RDS from southwest to northeast. The RDS contains Lago Jarí, which forms part of the eastern boundary of the southern section. The northern part of the RDS includes Lago Aiapuá. The RDS is accessible by boat.
The Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve was created by decree 23.723 of 5 September 2003, incorporating the Lago do Ayapuá Environmental Protection Area of the middle Purus River. It covered parts of the Anori, Beruri and Tapauá municipalities on the banks of the Purus, and part of the Coari municipality on the banks of the Solimões River. It increased the protected area from 610,000 hectares (1,500,000 acres) to 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres). Indigenous territories were excluded from the area of the RDS.
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