Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station

Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station
Estação Ecológica do Rio Madeirinha
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)

Nearest city	Aripuanã, Mato Grosso
Coordinates	8°57′41″S 61°15′36″W / 8.961372°S 61.260076°W / -8.961372; -61.260076Coordinates: 8°57′41″S 61°15′36″W / 8.961372°S 61.260076°W / -8.961372; -61.260076
Area	13,682.96 hectares (33,811.3 acres)
Designation	Ecological station
Created	4 November 1997

Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica do Rio Madeirinha) is an ecological station in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Location

The Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station has an area of about 13,682.96 hectares (33,811.3 acres) in the municipality of Colniza^{[lower-alpha 1]}, Mato Grosso. It is in the north west of the state, and is bordered on the east, north and west by the Tucumã State Park. The Madeirinha River, which runs in the roughly north east direction, defines the border with the west part of the state park.^[1] The predominant vegetation is open tropical rainforest, with trees over 25 metres (82 ft) high.^[2] It is a natural refuge for wildlife. The dissected relief forms a variety of habitats for diverse fauna and flora.^[1]

Conservation

The Rio Madeirinha Ecological Station (ESEC) was created by the governor of Mato Grosso in decree 1.799 of 4 November 1997. At that time it was in the municipality of Aripuanã, Mato Grosso. The purpose was to conserve samples of the ecosystem, conserve bioldiversity and provide opportunities for education and scientific research. Law 7163 of 23 August 1999 confirmed this creation. An advisory council was appointed on 18 December 2014.^[1]

The ESEC is in a sparsely populated area of the state outside the agro-pastoral expansion area of northern Mato Grosso and north west Rondônia, but may be vulnerable to logging and mining, which takes place in the surrounding region.^[1] At time of creation just 0.2% of the unit was deforested.^[3] This had risen to 0.5% in 2002 and 2% in 2005.^[4] The ESEC would be in the proposed South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor.^[5]

Notes

↑ The municipality of Colniza was created from part of the municipality of Aripuanã in 1998.

1 2 3 4 ESEC do Rio Madeirinha – ISA.
↑ Estação Ecológica do Rio Madeirinha – Via Rural.
↑ Roberta dos Santos et al. 2006, p. 6.
↑ Roberta dos Santos et al. 2006, p. 10.
↑ Ayres et al. 2005, p. 254.

Sources

Ayres, José Márcio; Da Fonseca, Gustavo A. B.; Rylands, Anthony B.; Queiroz, Helder L.; Pinto, Luiz Paulo; Masterson, Donald; Cavalcanti, Roberto B. (2005), Os Corredores Ecológicos das Florestas Tropicais do Brasil (PDF) (in Portuguese), Sociedade Civil Mamirauá, retrieved 2016-10-28
ESEC do Rio Madeirinha (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-05
Estação Ecológica do Rio Madeirinha (in Portuguese), Via Rural, retrieved 2016-06-05
Roberta dos Santos; Laurent Micol; Gustavo Irgang; Jane Vasconcellos (September 2006), O desmatamento nas Unidades de Conservação em Mato Grosso (PDF) (in Portuguese), Instituto Centro de Vida - ICV, retrieved 2016-06-05

Ecological station (Brazil)

Amazon	Alto Maués Caracaraí Cuniã Grão-Pará Iquê Jari Juami-Japurá Jutaí-Solimões Maracá Maracá-Jipioca Niquiá Rio Acre Rio da Casca Rio Flor do Prado Rio Madeirinha Rio Ronuro Rio Roosevelt Samuel Serra das Araras Serra dos Três Irmãos Serra Geral do Tocantins Taiamã Terra do Meio

Atlantic Forest	Acauã Angatuba Aracuri-Esmeralda Banhados de Iguape Barreiro Rico Caetetus Itirapina Juréia-Itatins Mata do Jacaré Mata dos Ausentes Mata Preta Mico Leão Preto Murici Paraíso Pau-Brasil (Bahia) Pau-Brasil (Paraíba) Xitué

Caatinga	Aiuaba Castanhão Raso da Catarina Seridó

Cerrado	Águas do Cuiabá Águas Emendadas Jataí Pirapitinga UFMG Uruçui-Una

Coastal marine	Carijós Guanabara Guaraqueçaba Taim Tamoios Tupinambás Tupiniquins

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