An extractive reserve is a type of sustainable use protected area in Brazil.
The land is publicly owned, but the people who live there have the right to traditional extractive practices, such as hunting, fishing and harvesting wild plants.
Spider monkey in the Lower Rio Branco-Jauaperi Extractive Reserve
Protected areas of Brazil
Protected areas of Brazil included various classes of area according to the National System of Nature Conservation Units (SNUC), a formal, unified system for federal, state and municipal parks created in 2000.
Tijuca Forest National Park
Canyon in the Rio São Francisco Natural Monument
Fossilised tracks in the Valley of the Dinosaurs, Paraíba
Fishing houses in the Piaçabuçu Environmental Protection Area