Iquê Ecological Station
Protected area in Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Iquê Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica do Iquê) is an ecological station in the Juína municipality of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
| Iquê Ecological Station | |
|---|---|
| Estação Ecológica do Iquê | |
  Location within Brazil | |
| Nearest city | Vilhena, Rondônia |
| Coordinates | 11.955°S 59.257°W |
| Area | 215,969 hectares (533,670 acres) |
| Designation | Ecological station |
| Created | 2 June 1981 |
Location
The 215,969 hectares (533,670 acres) Ecological Station is in the Cerrado biome. It was created on 2 June 1981 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.[1] A reduction of 56,000 hectares (140,000 acres) from the initial area was made by agreement with the Fundação Nacional do Índio in view of the indigenous area of the Enauenê-Nauê people.[2] The conservation unit is in the Juína municipality of Mato Grosso.[3] It would be in the proposed South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor.[4]
Conservation
The Ecological Station is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia.[3] It was established to protect a sample of the ecosystem of the transition from the Amazon to the Cerrado.[2] The climate is warm and humid, with average temperatures above 28 °C (82 °F). Annual rainfall is about 2,300 millimetres (91 in). The terrain is relatively flat. The ecology is under threat from diamond prospecting, which causes deforestation and pollution of the rivers.[2]