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Reserva Extrativista do Alto Juruá

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In 1999 I spent three weeks at the Reserva Extrativista do Alto Juruá, a reserve on the Rio Juruá near the border with Peru. The original inhabitants are allowed to farm and hunt for their own use and the forest and wild life is practically intact. Access is by light aircraft or boat only and one needs to mount an expedition to penetrate the region as there are no roads or shops. Birding is magnificent – we had almost 400 species. Many of these however can be seen more easily in Peru at Manu. Permission to enter the reserve must be obtained from IBAMA and the Rubber Tappers Union in Cruzeiro do Sul. I know there is plenty of forest with good birding accessible by car from Cruzeiro do Sul but I have had no personal experience with this.

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Geography and Biodiversity of Acre

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The whole of Acre lies in the Amazon Basin. 93% of its territory is covered with tropical rain forest. Acre is divided in two geographical regions which are the drainage basins of the rivers Juruá and Purús...