Juami-Japurá Ecological Station

Juami-Japurá Ecological Station () is a place in Japurá, Amazonas, Brazil, where people watch the environment.

Place

The Ecological Station is  in size. People made the place a station on June 3, 1985, and changed some of its rules on 11 October 11, 2011.

The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation runs the station.
It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor in 2002.
The station is next to the Japurá River. People can only come to the station on boats.

Ground

Juam-Japurá Ecological Station is on the Amazon plain, between  above sea level. It covers the entire basin of the black water Juami River, which flows into the white water Japurá River. The highest land is on at the edge.
The station has a tropical rainforest weather. Rainforest lowland plants grow there.
Average rainfall is  each year.
Temperatures are from  with an average of .

Conservation

The IUCN says this ecological station is a "strict nature reserve." It is there to protect nature, protect living things, and help people learn about the environment.
The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program helps the station.
The station as is a good example of an interfluvial region. This means a place between rivers. It is between the Içá River and Japurá River, which flow into the Solimões River.
The bald uakari monkey (Cacajao calvus rubicundus) is protected in the reserve.
There have been reports of mining activity in nearby. It is hard for the government to look at the park and see that the rules are followed because of lack of good ways to get there.

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Category:Protected areas