Urupadi National Forest

Urupadi National Forest (Floresta Nacional de Urupadi) is a national forest (Brazil) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Location
Urupadi National Forest is in the Maués municipality of Amazonas. It has an area of 538081.09 ha. The forest is just north of the stretch of the BR-230 Trans-Amazonian Highway between Sucunduri (Apuí) and Jacareacanga. It adjoins the Acari National Park to the west and the Alto Maués Ecological Station to the north. To the east it adjoins the Amaná National Forest in the state of Pará.

It is in the Amazon biome. The region has suffered relatively low deforestation, but there is growing pressure from loggers, ranchers and soybean farmers. The soils are acid and infertile, unsuitable for agriculture and pasture.

History
Urupadi National Forest was created by decree on 11 May 2016. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

The forest is one of five conservation units created in the last week before the provisional removal of president Dilma Rousseff, totalling 2600000 ha, all in the south of Amazonas state. These were the fully protected Manicoré Biological Reserve with 359063 ha and Acari National Park with 896407 ha, and the sustainable use Campos de Manicoré Environmental Protection Area with 151993 ha, Aripuanã National Forest with 751295 ha and Urupadi National Forest with 537228 ha. The same package expanded the Amaná National Forest by 141000 ha.

With these units the Dilma government had created about 3400000 ha of new protected areas during her administration, compared to about 26800000 ha by her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Her administration had also reduced the area of seven protected areas in the Amazon to allow for construction of dams on the Tapajós.