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Sustainable Development Reserve of Uacari receives benefits through Forest Allowance Program

Sustainable Development Reserve of Uacari is on its way to provide a better structure and life quality for its habitants through the Forest Allowance Program

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(17/12/2008 / )

The Sustainable Development Reserve of Uacari, in the Middle Juruá, in Carauri municipality, is on its way to provide a better structure and life quality for its habitants through the Forest Allowance Program.  After having gone through workshops with the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation professionals, last October, the community will now receive some of the equipment they´ve spotted to be necessary in order to improve sustentability and natural production.  That´s going to be, in fact, the last activity of the Foundation for the year 2008. 

The association´s office to be open in the community of Bauana is one of the most important achievements.  That´s the opinion of the leader field practice, Francisco Pinto.  He is charge of coordinating three types of the Forest Allowance Program: Association, Income and Social.  "During this mission, we will also give them the association kit that includes computer, printer as well as other materials to be used in the community´s office", said Francisco. 

Each protected area covered by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation has its particularity.  As far as the Uacari´s concerned, Francisco Pinto explains that the biggest natural potential is associated with oil extraction.  "Extracting vegetal oil was already a strong activity in that area.  What they needed was support in transporting these products in order to improve its sustentability". 

One day before travelling to the reserve, Francisco mentioned the importance of that activity.  "As far as the reserve is concerned, this event is very meaningful.  Without these benefits, the reserve had a potential not used as it could be.  From now on, it will be possible to improve the extractivism and furthermore, give them a better life quality".  As for the FAS´s achievements, the coordinator considers this moment to be important cause "it´s the feeling of a conquest and proves that we´ve managed to do what we were meant to". 

The Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve

At the moment, the Sustainable Development Reserve of Uacari has a population of 227 families.  Out of that total, 201 are able to participate in the Forest Allowance Program.  The 26 remaining that still do not receive the amount of R$ 50 per month will do so as soon as they have regularized their documents.  The first families has been receiving the benefit since last January.  The reserve contains 22 different communities - approximately 1.680 citizens.  In order to work on that area, FAS has had the support of the National Council of Rubber Trapper (CNS), the State Center of Protected Areas (Ceuc), Extractivism Association (Amaru) and Rural Producers Association of Carauari municipality (Asproc).