The Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 16 November 1998.
It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources).
An extractive reserve is an area used by traditional extractive populations whose livelihood is based on extraction, subsistence agriculture and small-scale animal raising.
Its basic objectives are to protect the livelihoods and culture of these people and to ensure sustainable use of natural resources.

The utilisation plan was submitted by the Associação da Resex Tapajós-Arapiuns, Associação Comunitária da Suruaca/Tapajós and Associação Intercomunitária de Boim/Rio Tapajós e CNS.
It was approved on 5 November 1999.
On 30 October 2003 the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA: National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the reserve as meeting the needs of 3,500 families, who would qualify for PRONAF support.
This was adjusted to 2,850 units on 29 September 2005, then to 3,650 units on 20 December 2006.

The deliberative council was created on 10 May 2004.
On 5 October 2011 ICMBio ceded the right to use the reserve to the Tapajós-Arapiuns-Tapajoara associations.
The management plan was approved on 20 November 2014.
A working group was created on 28 May 2015 to support implementation of the Forest Carbon Demonstration Project (Projeto Demonstrativo de Carbono Florestal).
The Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve was created by federal decree on 16 November 1998. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources). An extractive reserve is an area used by traditional extractive populations whose livelihood is based on extraction, subsistence agriculture and small-scale animal raising. Its basic objectives are to protect the livelihoods and culture of these people and to ensure sustainable use of natural resources.
The utilisation plan was submitted by the Associação da Resex Tapajós-Arapiuns, Associação Comunitária da Suruaca/Tapajós and Associação Intercomunitária de Boim/Rio Tapajós e CNS. It was approved on 5 November 1999. On 30 October 2003 the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA: National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the reserve as meeting the needs of 3,500 families, who would qualify for PRONAF support. This was adjusted to 2,850 units on 29 September 2005, then to 3,650 units on 20 December 2006.
The deliberative council was created on 10 May 2004. On 5 October 2011 ICMBio ceded the right to use the reserve to the Tapajós-Arapiuns-Tapajoara associations. The management plan was approved on 20 November 2014. A working group was created on 28 May 2015 to support implementation of the Forest Carbon Demonstration Project (Projeto Demonstrativo de Carbono Florestal).
Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve