Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve
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| Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve | |
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| Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Negro | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
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| Nearest city | Iranduba |
| Coordinates | 2°59′20″S 60°42′06″W / 2.988917°S 60.701646°W |
| Area | 103,086 hectares (254,730 acres) |
| Designation | Sustainable development reserve |
| Created | 26 December 2008 |
| Administrator | Centro Estadual de Unidades de Conservação do Amazonas |
The Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Negro) is a sustainable development reserve (RDS) in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Brazil.
4: Rio Negro RDS
Parts of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve lie in the municipalities of Manacapuru (3.78%), Iranduba (80.12%) and Novo Airão (16.1%), all in the state of Amazonas to the west of the city of Manaus. It has an area of 103,086 hectares (254,730 acres). The reserve may be accessed from Manaus or Novo Airão by river, or by the paved AM-070 highway and the AM-352 Estrada do Manairão.[1]
The reserve is covered in rain forest. It extends along the right (south west) bank of the Rio Negro above the point where it joins the Solimões River to form the Amazon River.[1] It is surrounded on the south, west and north by the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area. Most of the river and islands opposite the reserve are protected by the Anavilhanas National Park. The reserve belongs to the Central Amazon Corridor and the Lower Rio Negro Mosaic.[1]
History
The Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve was created by law 3355 of 26 December 2008 from part of the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area. The objective is to preserve nature and ensure the conditions needed to maintain the lifestyle of the traditional communities, and to conserve and improve the environmental management techniques developed by these communities.[1] It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor, established in 2002.[2] The deliberative council was created on 22 November 2010.[1] The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program.[3]