Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve
History
History
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The Igapó\-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve was created by Amazonas state decree 28420 of 27 March 2009\.
The conservation unit, and five others, were formed as part of a plan to form a "green barrier" along the BR\-319 highway, which links [Porto Velho](/wiki/Porto_Velho "Porto Velho") to [Manaus](/wiki/Manaus "Manaus"), so as to contain the advance of agriculture and predatory extraction of natural resources in the south of Amazonas.
On 16 November 2009 the [Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária](/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_Coloniza%C3%A7%C3%A3o_e_Reforma_Agr%C3%A1ria "Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária") (INCRA – National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the reserve as supporting 200 families, who would qualify for [PRONAF](/wiki/PRONAF "PRONAF") support.

The state\-level conservation units in the BR\-319 corridor are the [Piagaçu\-Purus](/wiki/Piaga%C3%A7u-Purus_Sustainable_Development_Reserve "Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve"), [Rio Amapá](/wiki/Rio_Amap%C3%A1_Sustainable_Development_Reserve "Rio Amapá Sustainable Development Reserve"), [Rio Madeira](/wiki/Rio_Madeira_Sustainable_Development_Reserve "Rio Madeira Sustainable Development Reserve"), Igapó\-Açu and [Matupiri](/wiki/Matupiri_Sustainable_Development_Reserve "Matupiri Sustainable Development Reserve") sustainable development reserves, [Canutama Extractive Reserve](/wiki/Canutama_Extractive_Reserve "Canutama Extractive Reserve"), [Canutama State Forest](/wiki/Canutama_State_Forest "Canutama State Forest"), [Tapauá State Forest](/wiki/Tapau%C3%A1_State_Forest "Tapauá State Forest") and [Matupiri State Park](/wiki/Matupiri_State_Park "Matupiri State Park").
In December 2012 the Amazonas state government allocated more than R$6 million to these nine units, covering  and 143 communities, to be coordinated by the State Center for Conservation Units (CEUC).
The funding was for development of management plans, creation of management councils, [environmental monitoring](/wiki/Environmental_monitoring "Environmental monitoring"), land survey, and production and marketing.

The management plan for the Igapó\-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve was approved on 22 July 2014\.
As of 2016 the reserve was supported by the [Amazon Region Protected Areas Program](/wiki/Amazon_Region_Protected_Areas_Program "Amazon Region Protected Areas Program").


When was the management plan for the Igapó-Açu Sustainable Development Reserve approved?