Urupadi National Forest Explained

Urupadi National Forest
Alt Name:Floresta Nacional de Urupadi
Iucn Category:VI
Map:Brazil
Relief:yes
Nearest City:Maués, Amazonas
Coordinates:-6.1647°N -58.4629°W
Designation:National forest (Brazil)
Created:11 May 2016
Administrator:Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

Urupadi National Forest (Portuguese: Floresta Nacional de Urupadi) is a national forest (Brazil) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Location

Urupadi National Forest is in the Maués municipality of Amazonas.It has an area of .The forest is just north of the stretch of the BR-230 Trans-Amazonian Highway between Sucunduri (Apuí) and Jacareacanga.It adjoins the Acari National Park to the west and the Alto Maués Ecological Station to the north.To the east it adjoins the Amaná National Forest in the state of Pará.

It is in the Amazon biome.The region has suffered relatively low deforestation, but there is growing pressure from loggers, ranchers and soybean farmers.The soils are acid and infertile, unsuitable for agriculture and pasture.

History

Urupadi National Forest was created by decree on 11 May 2016.It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

The forest is one of five conservation units created in the last week before the provisional removal of president Dilma Rousseff, totalling, all in the south of Amazonas state.These were the fully protected Manicoré Biological Reserve with and Acari National Park with, and the sustainable use Campos de Manicoré Environmental Protection Area with, Aripuanã National Forest with and Urupadi National Forest with .The same package expanded the Amaná National Forest by .

With these units the Dilma government had created about of new protected areas during her administration, compared to about by her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Her administration had also reduced the area of seven protected areas in the Amazon to allow for construction of dams on the Tapajós.