Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve
| Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve | |
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| Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Puranga Conquista | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Manaus, Amazonas |
| Coordinates | 2°52′43″S 60°21′20″W / 2.878731°S 60.355438°WCoordinates: 2°52′43″S 60°21′20″W / 2.878731°S 60.355438°W |
| Area | 76,936 hectares (190,110 acres) |
| Designation | Sustainable development reserve |
| Created | 24 March 2014 |
Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Puranga Conquista) is a sustainable development reserve (RDS) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest on the left bank of the Rio Negro near Manaus. The reserve was carved out of the Rio Negro State Park South Section after a lengthy struggle by the occupants of the area who had lived there for years before the state park was created.
The Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve (RDS) is in the municipality of Manaus in the state of Amazonas. There are fifteen communities within the RDS: Deus Proverá, Tatulandia, Caioé, Baixote, Araras, Bela Vista, Santa Maria, Terra Preta, Vila Nova do Chita, Pagodão, e Barreirinha, Boa Esperança, Nova Esperança, São Francisco do Solimõeszinho and Nova Canaã. It has an area of 76,936 hectares (190,110 acres).
The RDS is on the left (east) bank of the Rio Negro, most of which is protected by the Anavilhanas National Park. To the north the Cuieiras River defines the boundary with the Rio Negro State Park South Section and the Aturiá-Apuauzinho section of the Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area. To the east it is bordered by the Tarumã Mirim River and the Tarumã Açu – Tarumã Mirim section of the Rio Negro Left Bank APA. It is part of the Lower Rio Negro Mosaic.
The Cuieiras River area was originally inhabited by various indigenous groups, particularly the Tarumã, who were decimated during the Portuguese colonisation of the region around Manaus. Indigenous families from the middle Solimões River and upper Rio Negro began to settle in areas along the Cuieiras river in the 1960s, and founded seven communities. The communities are ethnically diverse, including Cocama, Baniwa, Tucano, Ticuna, Mura, Baré, Sateré-Mawé and Carapana people. There were conflicts with non-indigenous people who also moved into the region. When the Rio Negro State Park South Section was created in 1995 the existing population of indigenous and non-indigenous people was not taken into account.
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