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398: 281: 41: 60: 67: 389:) is relatively rare. Turtles are caught for consumption or sale, as elsewhere in the Amazon region. Maracarana Lake has the highest number of turtles and has been protected by residents in partnership with Eletrobras – Manaus Energia since 1985. In 1998 IBAMA declared Maracarana a protected lake, where gill nets and turtle capture are banned. 247:. On 18 March 2008 the deliberative council was created. On 9 June 2010 the entire territory became state property. The management plan was approved on 18 October 2010. On 7 April 2015 a sum of R$ 450,000 was allocated to the reserve to offset the irreversible negative environmental impacts from implementation and operation of the 409:
Most of the communities are small farmers growing cassava, banana, watermelon, corn and beans for sale and for personal consumption. A variety of other crops are also grown, totalling about 40 species. Most communities raise livestock for milk and meat, and for sale in the rainy season when there is
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The rainy season lasts from February to April, with average rainfall of 298.4 and 278.7 millimetres (11.75 and 10.97 in) in March and April respectively. The dry season is from July to October. Rainfall averages 72 millimetres (2.8 in) in August and September. There are wide variations in
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The Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve was created by Amazonas state governor decree 24.295 of 25 June 2004 in the basin of the Uatumã River with an area of about 424,430 hectares (1,048,800 acres). The basic objective was to preserve nature and at the same time ensure the conditions and means
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The reserve was proposed in 1996 after several studies by environmental bodies and NGOs, and in response to the demands of the local inhabitants who saw value in protecting the environment, regularising use of land and river resources, and helping community organisation, health and education. This
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Rubber and nuts are among the products extracted from the forest. One community (Leandro Grande) mainly engages in timber extraction and one (Monte das Oliveiras) mainly extracts forest products such as straw, vines and pitch. Timber is extracted for use in local construction, with only a few
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needed to sustain and improve the livelihood and quality of life of the traditional populations exploiting the natural resources, while preserving and improving knowledge and techniques developed by those populations for managing the environment. It became part of the
203:(39.58%) in the state of Amazonas. It has an area of 424,430 hectares (1,048,800 acres). The reserve covers parts of the lower Amazon plateau and the Amazon plain. It is in the lower third of the Uatumã River basin near its mouth on the Amazon River. The 405:
In 2006 the Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve had about 250 families with 1,300 people in total. As of 2007 the population was 54% male, 46% female. 42.8% were under thirteen years of age. There are about twenty riverine communities in the reserve.
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The Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve is of great biological importance. It preserves the remains of the riverine environment that was largely destroyed with construction of the Balbina Dam. The vegetation is mainly
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was followed by several years of discussion about the most appropriate form of conservation unit and about the transfer of responsibility between the federal and state governments.
96: 378:). The reserve does not have large stocks of commercially useful fish. The dolphins and otters often attack fish caught in gill nets set by the residents of the reserve. 240: 243:(National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform – INCRA) recognised the reserve as supporting 250 families of small rural producers who could participate in 729: 268:
rainfall from one year to another. When the Amazon is high there are greater areas of wetlands in the reserve. The Uatumã River's flow is regulated by the
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no income from agriculture. Pigs are the main farmed animal, followed by sheep, goats and poultry. Two communities are developing honey production from
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runs through the length of the reserve from north to south. The reserve is accessible by river from
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Creation of the reserve was motivated in part by the need to provide a shelter for the
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The Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve is divided between the municipalities of
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The reserve provides an egg-laying area for threatened species of turtles. The
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Doyle De Doile, Gabriel Nasser; Nascimento, Rodrigo Limp (2010),
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residents engaged in the timber trade. There is some
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Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária
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Aquatic mammals include 218: 187:, extraction and fishing. 293:, but there are areas of 249:Tucuruí transmission line 153: 145: 135: 127: 90: 79: 53: 38: 28: 23: 18: 441: 612:CEC Central da Amazônia 197:São Sebastião do Uatumã 185:sustainable agriculture 84:São Sebastião do Uatumã 402: 368:Pteronura brasiliensis 285: 239:On 16 August 2006 the 172: 112:2.291389°S 58.644703°W 538:, Áreas relacionadas. 526:, Historico Juridico. 456:, Informações gerais. 400: 283: 215:and AM-240 highways. 211:, or by land via the 117:-2.291389; -58.644703 340:Amazon river dolphin 524:RDS do Uatumã – ISA 494:RDS do Uatumã – ISA 454:RDS do Uatumã – ISA 360:Trichechus inunguis 352:Sotalia fluviatilis 108: /  496:, Características. 403: 387:Podocnemis expansa 376:Lontra longicaudis 291:terra firma forest 286: 579:, Biodiversidade. 372:neotropical otter 356:Amazonian manatee 324:Saguinus martinsi 320:Martins's tamarin 161: 160: 80:Nearest city 737: 715:IUCN Category VI 700: 699: 698: 680: 679: 678: 664: 663: 662: 648: 647: 646: 635:T&C Amazônia 632: 622: 621: 620: 597: 596:, Socioeconomia. 591: 580: 574: 563: 557: 551: 545: 539: 533: 527: 521: 512: 511:, RDS do Uatumã. 506: 497: 491: 472: 466: 457: 451: 344:Inia geoffrensis 179:in the state of 123: 122: 120: 119: 118: 113: 109: 106: 105: 104: 101: 69: 68: 62: 43: 16: 15: 745: 744: 740: 739: 738: 736: 735: 734: 705: 704: 703: 696: 694: 676: 674: 660: 658: 644: 642: 630: 618: 616: 605: 600: 592: 583: 575: 566: 558: 554: 546: 542: 534: 530: 522: 515: 507: 500: 492: 475: 467: 460: 452: 448: 444: 420:illegal logging 395: 278: 265: 221: 193: 116: 114: 110: 107: 102: 99: 97: 95: 94: 75: 74: 73: 72: 71: 70: 49: 34: 12: 11: 5: 743: 733: 732: 727: 722: 717: 702: 701: 681: 665: 649: 623: 606: 604: 601: 599: 598: 581: 564: 552: 540: 528: 513: 498: 473: 458: 445: 443: 440: 412:stingless bees 394: 391: 336:giant anteater 277: 274: 264: 261: 220: 217: 192: 189: 159: 158: 155: 151: 150: 147: 143: 142: 137: 133: 132: 129: 125: 124: 92: 88: 87: 81: 77: 76: 64: 63: 57: 56: 55: 54: 51: 50: 44: 36: 35: 29: 26: 25: 21: 20: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 742: 731: 728: 726: 723: 721: 718: 716: 713: 712: 710: 693:on 2016-09-17 692: 688: 687: 682: 672: 671: 670:RDS do Uatumã 666: 656: 655: 650: 640: 636: 629: 624: 614: 613: 608: 607: 595: 590: 588: 586: 578: 573: 571: 569: 561: 556: 549: 544: 537: 532: 525: 520: 518: 510: 505: 503: 495: 490: 488: 486: 484: 482: 480: 478: 470: 465: 463: 455: 450: 446: 439: 437: 433: 429: 425: 424:common agouti 421: 415: 413: 407: 399: 390: 388: 384: 379: 377: 373: 369: 365: 361: 357: 353: 349: 345: 341: 337: 333: 329: 325: 321: 316: 314: 310: 309: 304: 303: 298: 297: 292: 282: 273: 271: 260: 258: 254: 250: 246: 242: 237: 235: 231: 225: 216: 214: 210: 206: 202: 199:(60.42%) and 198: 188: 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 166: 156: 154:Administrator 152: 148: 144: 141: 138: 134: 130: 126: 121: 93: 89: 85: 82: 78: 61: 52: 47: 42: 37: 32: 31:IUCN category 27: 22: 17: 695:, retrieved 691:the original 685: 675:, retrieved 669: 659:, retrieved 653: 643:, retrieved 638: 634: 617:, retrieved 611: 562:, p. 1. 555: 543: 531: 471:, Geografia. 449: 438:are hunted. 416: 408: 404: 386: 383:Arrau turtle 380: 375: 367: 359: 351: 343: 323: 317: 312: 306: 300: 294: 287: 266: 255:in Pará and 238: 226: 222: 205:Uatumã River 194: 164: 162: 149:25 June 2004 686:Sobre a RDS 428:red brocket 364:giant otter 308:campinarana 276:Environment 270:Balbina Dam 253:Tucuruí Dam 136:Designation 115: / 91:Coordinates 709:Categories 697:2016-07-25 677:2016-07-25 661:2016-08-07 645:2016-07-25 619:2016-10-17 201:Itapiranga 169:Portuguese 103:58°38′41″W 86:, Amazonas 263:Hydrology 100:2°17′29″S 46:Capybaras 432:curassow 313:campinas 284:Avifauna 191:Location 181:Amazonas 603:Sources 436:peccary 393:Economy 302:campina 219:History 175:) is a 146:Created 657:, ARPA 401:Sunset 370:) and 348:tucuxi 332:jaguar 328:ocelot 257:Manaus 245:PRONAF 213:BR-174 209:Manaus 631:(PDF) 442:Notes 296:igapó 641:(18) 639:VIII 434:and 334:and 305:and 163:The 128:Area 362:), 354:), 346:), 711:: 637:, 633:, 584:^ 567:^ 516:^ 501:^ 476:^ 461:^ 430:, 426:, 414:. 330:, 299:, 259:. 236:. 171:: 550:. 385:( 374:( 366:( 358:( 350:( 342:( 322:( 167:(

Index

IUCN category

Capybaras
Map showing the location of Uatumã Sustainable Development Reserve
São Sebastião do Uatumã
2°17′29″S 58°38′41″W / 2.291389°S 58.644703°W / -2.291389; -58.644703
Sustainable development reserve
Portuguese
sustainable development reserve
Amazonas
sustainable agriculture
São Sebastião do Uatumã
Itapiranga
Uatumã River
Manaus
BR-174
Central Amazon Ecological Corridor
Amazon Region Protected Areas Program
Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária
PRONAF
Tucuruí transmission line
Tucuruí Dam
Manaus
Balbina Dam

terra firma forest
igapó
campina
campinarana
Martins's tamarin

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