Rio Roosevelt State Forest
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| Rio Roosevelt State Forest | |
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| Floresta Estadual de Rendimento Sustentado Rio Roosevelt | |
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| Nearest city | Pimenta Bueno, Rondônia |
| Coordinates | 11°34′30″S 60°28′55″W / 11.57499°S 60.481866°W |
| Area | 27,860 hectares (68,800 acres) |
| Designation | State forest |
| Created | 23 March 1990 |
The Rio Roosevelt State Forest (Portuguese: Floresta Estadual de Rendimento Sustentado Rio Roosevelt) was a state forest in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
The Rio Roosevelt State Forest was in the municipality of Pimenta Bueno, Rondônia.[1] The forest was on the western edge of the Aripuanã River basin. It was bounded by the Roosevelt Indigenous Territory to the north and the Roosevelt River to the east. The Parque Indígena do Aripuanã lay on the opposite side of the Roosevelt River.[2] The forest was to be in the proposed South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor.[3] An Imazon study showed that as of 2005 the forest had lost 52% of its original vegetation.[4] Another study showed 53% had been deforested as of July 2007.[5]