Amazon Earns Four Sustainable Development Reserves
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Forest in the south of Amazonas. Nucom/PF-AC Decrees for the creation of four Sustainable Development Reserves (SDRs) in Amazonas were signed on Tuesday (8), during the ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasília. The act took place in allusion to Amazon Day, held on September 5. The four units are in the region of influence of BR-319, in the south of Amazonas, and cover about 669 thousand hectares. The reserves aim to protect the biodiversity a…
The announcement of the creation of the Sustainable Development Reserves was made in the framework of the Amazon Day celebrations, which are commemorated every 5 September.
São Paulo.- The Government of Brazil has created on Tuesday four protected natural areas in the Amazon to try to contain the negative impact of paving a controversial road that crosses the jungle. Conservation units, located near the BR-319 road, total 6,690 square kilometers and were announced by [...] Entry Brazil creates four natural areas near a controversial road in the Amazon was first published in EFE Verde.
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AMAZONAS ATUALPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree creating four sustainable development reserves in the Amazon. The measure protects the biodiversity and agro-extrativist lifestyles of local populations, in the category of conservation unit that admits the sustainable use of resources by residents. The reserves are Tupana Igapó-Açu I, in the municipality of Borba; Tupana Igapó-Açu II, in Beruri and Tapauá; Canaan, in Careiro and Arautazes; and…
Measure protects biodiversity and agro-extrativist lifestyles of local populations, in category that admits sustainable use of resources by residents
Ceremony at the Palácio do Planalto also included the signing by the president of forest concession contracts at the Flona de Humaitá and announcements of the BNDES for restoration and territorial management
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