Sentence examples for extractive reserve from inspiring English sources
Anã community stands in Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve, an area of protected land between the two rivers.
After his death the first of many such reserves in Brazil, the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, was created, covering 1m hectares of forest around Xapuri.
In the late 90s, the couple settled in a newly created extractive reserve called Praia Alta-Piranheira.
Also sourcing wild rubber from the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve is boutique French shoe firm Veja, which buys from 60 seringueiro families at double the price of synthetic oil-based rubber.
President Dilma Rousseff blocked creation of an extractive reserve upstream of Belo Monte on the grounds that it would impede the construction of "dams in addition to Belo Monte".
Building on this model, 68 extractive reserves have been established in the Brazilian Amazon, covering more than 136,000 sq km.
After his death, Mendes's home state of Acre in the western Amazon has pioneered the establishment of extractive reserves.
"This is Chico's legacy," said Gomercindo. "The extractive reserves have meant the preservation of the forest – all around it has been destroyed for cattle pasture.
He proposed the establishment of extractive reserves for tappers, Brazil nut collectors and others who harvested nature in a balanced way.
The residents of the extractive reserves receive some support from some sectors of the government – the Human Rights Secretary and the Environment Ministry – but the powerful agribusiness lobby is increasingly influential.
