Nascentes Geraizeiras Sustainable Development Reserve


The Nascentes Geraizeiras Sustainable Development Reserve (Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Nascentes Geraizeiras is a sustainable development reserve in the Cerrado ecoregion within the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Location

The Nascentes Geraizeiras Sustainable Development Reserve, in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. It has an area of in the Cerrado biome..
It protects parts of the municipalities of:
The Nascentes Geraizeiras Sustainable Development Reserve was created in response to demands from the Movimento dos Geraizeiros, which represents the traditional community of the state. This includes small-scale producers of cassava flour, brown sugar, corn and beans, and harvesters of the pequi and panã fruits and of medicinal plants of the cerrado.
The RDS was created by presidential decree on 13 October 2014.
The decree also established the Serra do Gandarela National Park in Minas Gerais and the Guaricana National Park in Paraná, and added over to the existing Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve in Amazonas.
The Nascentes Geraizeiras RDS is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
The reserve is classed as IUCN protected area category VI.
The purpose is to protect the water sources in the reserve, protect areas used for extraction by the traditional communities, give the traditional communities access to the reserve and promote their social and economic development, encourage studies on conservation and sustainable use of the cerrado and promote conservation of biodiversity.