Tucano State Forest
| Tucano Sustainable Yield State Forest | |
|---|---|
| Floresta Estadual De Rendimento Sustentado Tucano | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
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| Nearest city | Cujubim, Rondônia |
| Coordinates | 9°31′10″S 62°37′33″W / 9.519439°S 62.625767°W |
| Area | 660 hectares (1,600 acres) |
| Designation | State forest |
| Created | 8 October 1996 |
| Administrator | Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Ambiental, RO |
The Tucano Sustainable Yield State Forest (Portuguese: Floresta Estadual De Rendimento Sustentado Tucano) is a state forest in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
Location[edit]
The Tucano Sustainable Yield State Forest is in the municipality of Cujubim, Rondônia. It has an area of 660 hectares (1,600 acres).[1] It adjoins the larger Mutum State Forest to the east.[2] The forest is in the north east of the state in the Machado River basin, at an altitude of about 100 metres (330 ft). The soils are mostly red-yellow latosols. The forest has a resident population.[3]
History[edit]
The forest was originally one of the "blocks" of the 1984 Cujubim settlement project.[3] A management plan for the project's reserves was defined in 1996 in cooperation with the Plan Agropecuario y Forestal de Rondônia (Planafloro: Rondônia Agriculture and Forestry Plan).[3]
The Tucano Sustainable Yield State Forest was created by state decree 7.603 of 8 October 1996 with an area of about 659.56 hectares (1,629.8 acres). The Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Ambiental (SEDAM) was given administrative responsibility. The purpose was to provide a space for sustained production of renewable forest resources with natural regeneration, to ensure productive capacity of the forest with minimal alteration of ecosystems.[4] The forest is part of the Southern Amazon Mosaic, recognized in 2011.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ FLORSU Tucano – ISA, Informações gerais.
- ^ FLORSU Tucano – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
- ^ a b c FLORSU Tucano – ISA, Características.
- ^ FLORSU Tucano – ISA, Historico Juridico.
- ^ Portaria No 332, de 25 de Agosto de 2011 – MMA, p. 72.
Sources[edit]
- FLORSU Tucano (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-13
- "Portaria No 332, de 25 de Agosto de 2011" (PDF), Diário Oficial de União (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, 26 August 2011, retrieved 2016-07-13