Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve

Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve
Reserva Extrativista do Rio Gregório
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Nearest city	Ipixuna, Amazonas
Coordinates	7°31′58″S 71°12′11″W / 7.532683°S 71.203033°W / -7.532683; -71.203033Coordinates: 7°31′58″S 71°12′11″W / 7.532683°S 71.203033°W / -7.532683; -71.203033
Area	427,004 hectares (1,055,150 acres)
Designation	Extractive reserve
Created	25 April 2007
Administrator	Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente do Amazonas

The Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista do Rio Gregório) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It supports about 200 families engaged in extraction of forest products, small-scale farming and animal husbandry.

The Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve is divided between the municipalities of Ipixuna (58.76%) and Eirunepé (41.22%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of 427,004 hectares (1,055,150 acres). To the north it is bounded by the Kulina do Médio Juruá Indigenous Territory. The border with the state of Acre defines the southern limit of the reserve.

The reserve adjoins the Rio Gregório State Forest and the Mogno State Forest in Acre. The reserve is south of the Juruá River, and southeast of the town of Ipixuna. The Gregório River runs through the reserve from Acre in a northeast direction. The Gregório River is a tributary of the middle section of the Juruá River. The reserve protects 80% of the sources of the river. The reserve may be reached by float plane or by river.

The Rio Gregório Extractive Reserve was created by Amazonas state decree 26.586 of 25 April 2007 with an area of 477,042.3 hectares (1,178,797 acres). The Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA, National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the reserve on 12 November 2007 as supporting 157 families of small farmers, who would qualify for PRONAF assistance. This was adjusted to 200 families on 12 November 2008. When created the reserve included an area of territory disputed between the states of Acre and Amazonas. The supreme court of Brazil settled the case in favour of Acre in 2008, and the reserve was reduced to about 305,200 hectares (754,000 acres).

The deliberative council was created on 28 January 2009. The management plan was approved on 13 May 2013. On 15 December 2014 an area of privately-owned property of 70,536 hectares (174,300 acres) was alienated by the state. The land had been owned by R. Pereira & Cia. since the early 20th century, but had not been identified in the 2010 management plan. The state did not have the money to pay compensation for the property. On 11 March 2016 the limits of the reserve were altered to now encompass 427,004 hectares (1,055,150 acres). 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres) of the R. Pereira & Cia. land was excluded from the reserve, but over 118,000 hectares (290,000 acres) of land to the west was added.