Cassurubá Extractive Reserve
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| Cassurubá Extractive Reserve | |
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| Reserva Extrativista de Cassurubá | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
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| Nearest city | Caravelas, Bahia |
| Coordinates | 17°48′25″S 39°16′55″W / 17.807°S 39.282°W |
| Area | 100,767.56 hectares (249,002.1 acres) |
| Designation | Extractive reserve |
| Created | 5 June 2009 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Cassurubá Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista de Cassurubá) is an extractive reserve in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
The Cassurubá Extractive Reserve is in parts of the municipalities of Alcobaça, Caravelas and Nova Viçosa in the state of Bahia.[1] It has an area of 100,767.56 hectares (249,002.1 acres) in the coastal marine biome.[2] It covers the Caravelas River estuary and the coastal region to the north of the municipal seat of Nova Viçosa on the Atlantic coast of Bahia.[3]
The region contains extensive mangroves, sandbank formations. remnants of Atlantic Forest and coastal marine environments that compose the Banco de Abrolhos, of great ecological importance in the South Atlantic region. The conservation unit is part of the surroundings of the Abrolhos National Park. The south coast of Bahia is an important area for breeding and nursing of humpback whales. The main pressures come from crab and shellfish pickers from outside the reserve, who use techniques that degrade the environment, and from tourist resorts and shrimp farms.[4]