Verde para Sempre Extractive Reserve
| Verde para Sempre Extractive Reserve | |
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| Reserva Extrativista Verde para Sempre | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Porto de Moz, Pará |
| Coordinates | 2°15′58″S 52°44′56″W / 2.266°S 52.749°WCoordinates: 2°15′58″S 52°44′56″W / 2.266°S 52.749°W |
| Area | 1,289,362.78 hectares (3,186,084.8 acres) |
| Designation | Extractive reserve |
| Created | 8 November 2004 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Verde para Sempre Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Verde para Sempre) is an extractive reserve in the state of Pará, Brazil. The reserve supports sustainable use of Amazon rainforest resources by the local population. Both before and after creation of the reserve there have been violent conflicts between different groups seeking access to the resources.
The Verde para Sempre Extractive Reserve has an area of 1,289,362.78 hectares (3,186,084.8 acres). It is in the municipality of Porto de Moz, Pará. The region belongs to the lower Amazon plateau, with altitudes around 200 metres (660 ft). It is bounded by the Amazon River to the north and the Xingu River to the east. The Renascer Extractive Reserve is to the west. It drains into the Amazon and Xingu. The Jaraucu and the Acarai tributaries of the Xingu and the Guajará tributary of the Amazon run through the reserve. Settlements are scattered along the wetlands, streams and tributaries of the Amazon and Xingu.
The climate is hot and humid, with temperatures ranging from 22 to 40 °C (72 to 104 °F) and averaging 27 °C (81 °F). Average annual rainfall is 3,100 to 5,600 millimetres (120 to 220 in). The region is covered by dense rainforest (68.5%) and pioneer formations (31.5%). The floodplain forest contains stands of forest dominated by palms: babaçu (Attalea genus), palmeira açaí (Euterpe oleracea), and buritirana (Mauritiella armata). Other trees include virola (Virola sebifera), cupiúba and jacarandá (Machaerium genus), andiroba (Carapa guianensis), sucupira (Bowdichia virgiloides), castanha-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa), angelim (Dinizia excelsa), copaíba (Copaifera genus), breu (Protium genus), sapucaia (Lecytis pisonis), pau d'arco (Tabebuia serratifolia) and seringueira (Hevea brasiliensis).
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