Rio Preto-Jacundá Extractive Reserve (RO): a bibliographic review and critical analysis

Abstract

The Amazon, in addition to being the world’s largest reserve of biological diversity, is also the largest Brazilian biome in extension, generating a complex land use and cover that combines the production of raw materials with areas of integral protection of the forest as well as territories consolidated from traditional groups Extractive Reserves (RESEX) are Protected Areas in areas used by traditional extractive populations, whose livelihood is based on extractivism and, additionally, on subsistence agriculture and small animal breeding. This study aimed to characterize socio-environmentally the RESEX Rio Preto-Jacundá, located in the state of Rondônia, from a systematic literature review and survey of geospatial databases; and, based on the information found, carry out a critical analysis regarding the capacity of this Protected Area to conserve its environmental attributes and generate dignified living conditions for its traditional population. The main results found demonstrate that most of the published studies analyzed the anthropic environment, while there are few published works on the biological and, mainly, physical environment, which made it difficult to evaluate the ecosystem services that can be obtained in the area In addition, public geospatial data are dispersed in different sources, are not up-to-date and do not have micro-scale of detail, making it difficult to monitor the forest. Thus, despite institutional support from Brazilian governments and private investments, the lack of studies that measure the weaknesses and natural environmental potential of this Protected Area may be contributing to the reality found: a traditional population with socioeconomic difficulties and hardships in conserving local biodiversity.