Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve

Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve
Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Nearest cityJuruá, Amazonas
Coordinates3°32′23″S 66°00′07″W / 3.539599°S 66.001817°W / -3.539599; -66.001817
Area187,982 hectares (464,510 acres)
DesignationExtractive reserve
Created1 August 2001
AdministratorChico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

The Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It contains an area of almost untouched Amazon rainforest inhabited by communities that rely on manioc farming, small-scale animal husbandry, fishing, hunting and gathering.

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