Iquê Ecological Station

Iquê Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica do Iquê) is an ecological station in the Juína municipality of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Iquê Ecological Station
Estação Ecológica do Iquê
Location in Brazil
Nearest cityVilhena, Rondônia
Coordinates11.955°S 59.257°W / -11.955; -59.257
Area215,969 hectares (533,670 acres)
DesignationEcological station
Created2 June 1981

Location

The 215,969 hectares (533,670 acres) Ecological Station is in the Cerrado biome. It was created on 2 June 1981 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.[1] A reduction of 56,000 hectares (140,000 acres) from the initial area was made by agreement with the Fundação Nacional do Índio in view of the indigenous area of the Enauenê-Nauê people.[2] The conservation unit is in the Juína municipality of Mato Grosso.[3] It would be in the proposed South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor.[4]

Conservation

The Ecological Station is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia.[3] It was established to protect a sample of the ecosystem of the transition from the Amazon to the Cerrado.[2] The climate is warm and humid, with average temperatures above 28 °C (82 °F). Annual rainfall is about 2,300 millimetres (91 in). The terrain is relatively flat. The ecology is under threat from diamond prospecting, which causes deforestation and pollution of the rivers.[2]

References
  1. Estação Ecológica de Iquê – CMIBC.
  2. Estação Ecológica do Iquê – Ambiente Brasil.
  3. Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
  4. Ayres et al. 2005, p. 223.

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, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-31, retrieved 2016-10-28
  • Estação Ecológica do Iquê, Ambiente Brasil, retrieved 2016-04-15
  • Estação Ecológica de Iquê (in Portuguese), CMIBC, retrieved 2016-05-07
  • Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica do Iquê (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-07
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