Extractive reserve explained

An extractive reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista or RESEX) is a type of sustainable use protected area in Brazil.The land is publicly owned, but the people who live there have the right to traditional extractive practices, such as hunting, fishing and harvesting wild plants.

Definition

In the broad sense, an extractive reserve is an area of land, generally state-owned where access and use rights, including natural resource extraction, are allocated to local groups or communities.Extractive reserves limit deforestation both by the local residents, preventing deforestation within their reserve, and by acting as a buffer zone to keep ranching and extractive industry out of the forests beyond.

"Extractive reserve" is among the types of sustainable-use, protected area defined by Law No. 9.985 of 18 July 2000. This established the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC).The extractive reserves are of public domain but the use of the land is allowed for traditional extractive populations, largely indigenous. They are areas used by traditional extractive populations whose livelihood is based on extraction, subsistence agriculture and small-scale livestock raising.

The reserves are created to protect the livelihoods and culture of these people, and also to ensure sustainable use of natural resources.

Public visits are allowed where compatible with local interests and the provisions of the management plan for the unit. Research is permitted and encouraged, subject to prior authorization with the responsible agency.

On land

Extractive reserves in Brazil include:

Name Level State Area (ha) Created Biome
Federal 6,678 2007 Atlantic Forest
Federal 506,186 1990 Amazon
Federal 151,200 2000 Amazon
State 8,923 1995 Amazon
AquariquaState 18,100 1995 Amazon
Federal 133,637 2006 Amazon
Federal 83,445 2005 Amazon
Federal 146,950 2001 Amazon
Federal 187,982 2001 Amazon
Federal 107,234 2001 Amazon
Federal 602 2003 Coastal marine
State 197,986 2009 Amazon
Federal 100,687 2009
State 10,200 1995 Amazon
State 217,486 2003 Amazon
Federal 750,795 2002 Amazon
Federal 11,971 2007
Federal 970,570 1990 Amazon
CiriacoFederal 8,084 1992 Amazon
State 1,758 1995 Amazon
Federal 185,046 2004 Amazon
Federal 9,280 1992 Amazon
State 600 1995 Amazon
State 803 1995 Amazon
State 150,465 2005 Amazon
State 164,224 1996 Amazon
Federal 145,298 2006 Amazon
Federal 55,816 2005 Amazon
State 815 1995 Amazon
State 1,758 1995 Amazon
Federal 776,940 2008 Amazon
State 197,364 1996 Amazon
State 1,135 1995 Amazon
Federal 745,830 2001 Amazon
Federal 284,285 1983 Amazon
Federal 304,146 2004 Amazon
Federal 17,338 2006
Lago do CuniãFederal 55,850 1999 Amazon
Federal 1,176 2002 Atlantic Forest
Federal 94,464 2005 Amazon
State 9,503 1995 Amazon
State 5,566 1995 Amazon
Federal 10,450 1992 Amazon
Federal 286,933 1997 Amazon
Federal 604,209 2008 Amazon
State 2,450 1995 Amazon
State 124,409 1995 Amazon
State 1,449 1995 Amazon
Federal 9,542 1992 Amazon
Federal 11,964 2006
Federal 211,741 2009 Amazon
Federal 581,173 2018 Amazon[1]
Federal 501,771 1990 Amazon
State 146,400 1995 Amazon
Federal 73,818 2001 Amazon
State 427,004 2007 Amazon
Federal 398,938 2006 Amazon
Federal 275,533 2002 Amazon
Federal 204,583 1990 Amazon
State 342,904 1995 Amazon
State 95,300 1996 Amazon
Federal 833,352 2006 Amazon
Federal 303,841 2008 Amazon
Riozinho da LiberdadeFederal 325,603 2005 Amazon
Federal 736,340 2004 Amazon
State 882 1995 Amazon
State 537 1995 Amazon
State 3,188 1995 Amazon
Federal 647,611 1998 Amazon
Federal 194,695 2006 Amazon
Federal 1,288,720 2004 Amazon

At sea

Marine extractive reserves in Brazil include:

Name State Admin Area (ha) Created
Federal 62,035 2005
Federal56,769 1997
Baía do IguapeFederal 10,074 2000
Federal 42,069 2005
Federal 100,646 2006
Federal 2,786 2002
CorumbauFederal 89,500 2000
Federal 11,037 2014
Delta do ParnaíbaFederal 27,022 2000
Gurupi-PiriáFederal 74,081 2005
State 1,128 2008
Federal 10,231 2001
Federal 37,062 2002
MaracanãFederal 30,019 2002
Federal Pará26,465 2014
Federal21,029 2014
PirajubaéFederal 1,444 1992
Prainha do Canto VerdeFederal 29,794 2009
Federal 3,203 2002
Federal Pará27,464 2001
State 1,662 2008
Federal 27,154 2005

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reserva Extrativista Baixo Rio Branco Jauaperi. Protected Planet. 13 April 2021.