Qualla: Crepori National Forest https://qualla.com/crepori-national-forest en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/w/z/7/crepori-national-forest-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Crepori National Forest https://qualla.com/crepori-national-forest Crepori National Forest: Introduction https://qualla.com/crepori-national-forest/ Photo credit Brazil_location_map.svg: NordNordWest derivative work: Виктор В (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. Until researchers surveyed the Crepori National Forest, nobody was certain that white-cheeked spider monkeys or white-nosed sakis lived in the Tapajos basin at all. Their confirmed presence here rewrote the distribution maps for both species. Spanning nearly 740,000 hectares in the municipality of Jacareacanga, Para, the Crepori is a national forest in the Brazilian sense: a protected area where sustainable use of resources, including regulated mining, is permitted alongside conservation. It is a place of extraordinary biological richness, political compromise, and boundaries that have already been redrawn more than once.

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/w/z/7/crepori-national-forest-wp/6wz7-crepori-national-forest-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Crepori National Forest: The River That Named a Forest https://qualla.com/crepori-national-forest/ Photo credit Brazil_location_map.svg: NordNordWest derivative work: Виктор В (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. The Crepori River rises in the Serra do Cachimbo at 450 meters, on the border between the municipalities of Itaituba and Jacareacanga. It flows north as an important right tributary of the Tapajos, gathering the Marupa, Creporizinho, and Piranhas rivers along the way. The forest ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/w/z/7/crepori-national-forest-wp/6wz7-crepori-national-forest-the-river-that-named-a-forest.mp3 0:06 2 full Crepori National Forest: Orchids, Dolphins, and Unnamed Species https://qualla.com/crepori-national-forest/ Photo credit Brazil_location_map.svg: NordNordWest derivative work: Виктор В (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. Botanists have catalogued 231 taxa across 40 plant families in the Crepori, and what they found underscores both the forest's richness and its mysteries. Orchids dominate with 38 species, followed by 34 species of Araceae and 29 palms. Some species, like the bromeliad Fosteella b...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/w/z/7/crepori-national-forest-wp/6wz7-crepori-national-forest-orchids-dolphins-and-unnamed-species.mp3 0:06 3 full Crepori National Forest: Conservation by Concession https://qualla.com/crepori-national-forest/ Photo credit Brazil_location_map.svg: NordNordWest derivative work: Виктор В (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. Created by federal decree on 13 February 2006, the Crepori National Forest occupies a different legal niche than a strict nature reserve or national park. Classified as IUCN Category VI, it permits sustainable use of natural resources, including mining in designated areas. The lo...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/w/z/7/crepori-national-forest-wp/6wz7-crepori-national-forest-conservation-by-concession.mp3 0:06 4 full Crepori National Forest: Shrinking to Make Room https://qualla.com/crepori-national-forest/ Photo credit Brazil_location_map.svg: NordNordWest derivative work: Виктор В (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0. The Crepori's borders have not held firm. In June 2012, Law 12678 redrew the boundaries of seven protected areas in the region, reducing all but one. The Crepori lost approximately 856 hectares, about 0.2% of its total area, to accommodate the planned Jatoba Hydroelectric Power P...

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