Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area
| Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area | |
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| Área de Proteção Ambiental Margem Esquerda do Rio Negro | |
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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°09′36″S 60°28′21″W / 2.160008°S 60.472447°WCoordinates: 2°09′36″S 60°28′21″W / 2.160008°S 60.472447°W |
| Area | 611,008 hectares (1,509,830 acres) |
| Designation | Environmental protection area |
| Created | 2 April 1995 |
| Administrator | Centro Estadual de Unidades de Conservação do Amazonas |
The Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Margem Esquerda do Rio Negro) is an environmental protection area in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It protects an area of Amazon rainforest on the left bank of the Rio Negro near Manaus. There is a small human population, and sustainable use of forest resources is allowed. The southern section, near to Manaus, is subject to pressure from poor residents of an official settlement project who clear forest to make charcoal for sale in the city.
The Rio Negro Left Bank Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the Amazonas municipalities of Manaus (74.64%), Novo Airão (23.61%) and Presidente Figueiredo (1.75%). It has an area of 611,008 hectares (1,509,830 acres).
The APA is divided into two unconnected sections. The larger Aturiá–Apuauzinho section covers land to the north and east of the Anavilhanas National Park, which protects the Rio Negro's Anavilhanas archipelago in this region, and surrounds the Rio Negro State Park South Section on the west, north and east. It adjoins the Puranga Conquista Sustainable Development Reserve to the south. To the east it is bounded by the BR-174 highway. The smaller Tarumã Açu – Tarumã Mirim section lies between the Puranga Conquista reserve to the west and the city of Manaus to the east, and is bounded by part of the left bank of the Rio Negro in the south. The southern section contains two small segments of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Area of Relevant Ecological Interest, created in 1985.
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