Uatumã Biological Reserve

Uatumã Biological Reserve
Reserva Biológica do Uatumã
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Location in Brazil
Nearest city	Manaus, Amazonas
Coordinates	1°12′S 59°28′W / 1.2°S 59.46°W / -1.2; -59.46Coordinates: 1°12′S 59°28′W / 1.2°S 59.46°W / -1.2; -59.46
Area	938,720 hectares (2,319,600 acres)
Designation	Biological reserve
Created	19 September 2002

Uatumã Biological Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Biológica do Uatumã) is a nature reserve around the river Uatumã in the state of Amazonas in Brazil.

Location

The reserve was originally established in 1990 in the municipalities of São Sebastião do Uatumã and Itapiranga,^[1] It covered 560,000 hectares (2,200 sq mi).^[2]

The present reserve, which covers 938,720 hectares (2,319,600 acres), was created on 19 September 2002. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.^[3] It lies in the municipalities of Urucará, São Sebastião do Uatumã and Presidente Figueiredo in Amazonas.^[4]

Conservation

The Biological Reserve is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. The purpose is to preserve the biological diversity of the dense rainforest ecosystem in the basin of the Uatumã River and Jatapu River, and the lake and island ecosystems formed by the Balbina Dam on the Uatumã, and to protect endemic, rare, vulnerable or endangered species.^[4] Protected species in the reserve include the sponge anheteromeyenia ornata and the amazonian manatee (trichechus inunguis).^[3]

References

↑ "Uatumã Reserve". IDESAM. 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1992, p. 206.
1 2 Reserva Biológica de Uatumã – Chico Mendes.
1 2 Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.

Sources

Reserva Biológica de Uatumã (in Portuguese), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-04-18
Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Uatumã (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-18
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1992), "Annex", Protected areas of the world, 4th World Congress on National Protected Areas, Caracas, Venezuela, 10–21 February 1992, Gland [u.a.]: IUCN, ISBN 978-2-8317-0093-9, retrieved 7 March 2012

Protected areas of Brazil

Ecological stations	Aracuri Caracaraí Carijós Guaraqueçaba Iquê Jari Juami-Japurá Jutaí-Solimões Maracá Maracá-Jipioca Niquiá Pirapitinga Rio Acre Seridó Serra das Araras Taiamã Taim Tamoios Tupinambás Tupiniquins Uruçui-Una

Biological reserves	Abufari Andradina Atol das Rocas Augusto Banhados do Delta Canela Preta Carmo da Mata Colônia 31 de Março Comboios Córrego de Veado Córrego Grande Fazenda São Mateus Fontes do Ipiranga Guaporé Guaratiba Guaribas Gurupi Ibirapuitã Ilha do Cabo Frio Jaíba Jaru Lago Piratuba Lami José Lutzenberger Lapinha Marinha do Arvoredo Mata do Acauã Mata do Jambreiro Mata dos Ausentes Mata Paludosa Mogi-Guaçu Pedra Talhada Perobas Pindorama Poço das Antas Praia do Sul Biological Reserve Professor José Ângelo Rizzo Rio Trombetas Saltinho Santa Isabel Santa Rita São Camilo São Donato São Sebastião do Paraíso Serra Negra Sooretama Tamboré Tapirapé Tinguá Uatumã Una Vila Facchini

National parks	Abrolhos Alto Ribeira State and Tourist Park Amazônia Anavilhanas Aparados da Serra Araguaia Araucárias Brasília Cabo Orange Campos Gerais Caparaó Cavernas do Peruaçu Chapada das Mesas Chapada Diamantina Chapada dos Guimarães Chapada dos Veadeiros Emas Fernando de Noronha Furna Feia Grande Sertão Veredas Iguaçu Ilha Grande Itatiaia Jacupiranga Jaú Jericoacoara Jurubatiba Juruena Lençóis Maranhenses Monte Pascoal Monte Roraima Nascentes Pacaás Novos Pantanal Matogrossense Pau Brasil Pedra Azul Pico da Neblina Pontões Capixabas Lagoa do Peixe Saint-Hilaire São Joaquim Sempre Vivas Serra da Bocaina Serra da Bodoquena Serra da Canastra Serra da Capivara Serra da Cutia Serra de Itabaiana Serra da Mocidade Serra do Cipó Serra do Divisor Serra do Itajaí Serra do Pardo Serra dos Órgãos Serra Geral Sete Cidades Superagüi Terra Ronca Tijuca Tumucumaque Ubajara Vale do Catimbau Viruá Xingu

Wildlife refuges	Castanheiras Pied Tamarin Ilha dos Lobos

Environmental protection areas	Anhatomirim Barra do Rio Cairuçu Cananéia-Iguape-Peruíbe Carste Cavernas do Peruaçu Descoberto River Basin Fernando de Noronha Guaraqueçaba Ibirapuitã Igarapé Gelado Morro da Pedreira Petrópolis Piaçabuçu Guapimirim Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago São Bartolomeu River Basin Serra da Mantiqueira Serra de Tabatinga

Ecological reserves	Alcobaça Apiacás IBGE Raso

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