DECREE OF December 13, 2002

Creates the Extractive Reserve of St. John of the Ponta, in the Municipality of Saint John of Ponta, in the State of Pará, and gives other arrangements.

The PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the assignment that gives him the art. 84, inciso IV, of the Constitution, and with a view to the provisions of the art. 18 of Law No. 9,985, of July 18, 2000, and in Decree nº4.340 of August 22, 2002,

D E C R E T A:

Art. 1º It is created the Extractive Reserve of St. John of the Ponta, in the Municipality of São João da Ponta, in the State of Pará, with the objectives of ensuring the sustainable use and conservation of renewable natural resources, protecting the means of life and the culture of the local strativist population.

Art. 2º The Extractivist Reserve of St. John of the Ponta covers an area of approximately three thousand, two hundred and three hectares and twenty-four centiars, having based the Folha de MI 337, on the scale 1:100.000, published by the Directorate of Geographical Service of the Brazilian Army, with the following descriptive memorial: departing from Point 01, of approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 55 ` 59.30 ° WGr and 0 ° 53 ` 36.46 ¿ S, located on the cabins of the Mocajuba River, over the boundary of the mangrove land zone, in its right margin, it follows by the right bank of the Mocajuba River, in the downstream sense, accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, passing through the right bank of the Igarapé Açu, in the upstream sense, thus percurring a distance of 4,795.47 meters, up to o Point 02, of approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 56 ` 26.40 ` 26.40 ° WGr and 0 ° 52 ` 16.22 ¿ S, located at the boundary of the mangrove land zone, in the middle Igarapé Açu, tributary of the Mocajuba River; of this, follows, accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, by the left margin of the Igarapé Açu, in the downstream sense, reaching the left bank of the Mocajuba River, and by this margin, in the downstream sense, always accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, passes through the limit of the maximum preamar, on the margin left of the Mocajuba River, where this lard the urban zone of St. John of the Ponta, continues following by the boundary of the mangrove land zone, on the left bank of the Mocajuba River, in the downstream sense, penetrates by the right bank of the Igarapé Coqueiro, in the sense amount, always accompanying the limit of the mangrove land zone, thus percurring a distance of 15,539.67 metres, up to Point 03, of approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 57 ` 07.73 ° WGr and 0 ° 50 ` 28.92 ` S, located at the boundary of the land zone of the mangrove, in the middle Igarapé Coqueiro; hence, it follows by the left bank of the Igarapé Coqueiro, in the downstream sense, accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, until it reaches again the left bank of the Mocajuba River, by where it follows in the downstream sense, always following the boundary of the mangrove land zone, until it reaches the right bank of the River Desterro, another tributary of the left bank of the Mocajuba River, by where it follows by the right bank of the River Desterro, in the sense amount, continuing to always follow the boundary of the mangrove land zone, percurring a distance of 13,666.32 meters, up to Point 04, of approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 58 ` 43.00 ° WGr and 0 ° 49 ` 16.12 ` S, located at the boundary of the mangrove land zone in the middle Rio Desterro; hence, it follows by the left bank of the River Desterro, in the downstream sense, accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, percurring a distance of 6,092.81 metres, up to Point 05, of geographical coordinates 47 ° 58 ` 26.43 ° WGr and 0 ° 47 ` 35.85 ¿ S, located, on the boundary of the land zone of the mangrove, in the springs of the Igarapé of the Port of Maripanema, tributary of the left bank of the Maruimpanema River; of this, it follows by the left bank of the Igarapé of the Port of Maripanema, in the downstream sense, always accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, percurring a distance of 5,890.36 meters, up to Point 06, of approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 59 ` 07.66 WGr and 0 ° 47 ` 30.13 ¿ S, located in the middle Igarapé San Francisco, another tributary of the left margin of the Maruimpanema River; hence, follows, accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, by the left bank of the Igarapé San Francisco, in the downstream sense, passing through the right bank of the Furo of the Baunisland, and penetrating by the right margin of the River Mojuim, in the sense amount, always accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, passes by the right bank of the Igarapé Guarumã, in the sense amount, percurring a distance of 12,764.42 meters, up to Point 07, of geographical coordinates approximate 48 ° 00 ` 10.88 ` 10.88 ° WGr and 0 ° 47 ` 46.09 S, located on the boundary of the mangrove land zone, on the cabins of the Igarapé Guarumã, tributary of the right bank of the Mojuim River; of this, follows, accompanying the boundary of the mangrove land zone, by the margin right of the Mojuim River, in the upstream sense, percurring a distance of 9,740.83 metres, up to Point 08, of approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 59 ` 53.33 ° WGr and 0 ° 49 ` 114.93 ¿ S, located at the boundary of the mangrove land zone, at the bedside of the Igarapé Guarajuba, tributary of the right bank of the Mojuim River; of this, follows, accompanying the boundary of the land zone of the mangrove, by the right bank of the Mojuim River, in the sense amount, by a distance of 10,129.34 meters, up to Point 09, of approximate geographical coordinates 48 ° 01 ` 12.23 ¿ WGr and 0 ° 51 ` 22.75 ` ` `, located on the right bank of the Mojuim River; of this, follows, by a straight of azimut 305 ° 54 ` 01 and a distance of 57.98 meters, up to Point 10, of approximate geographical coordinates 48 ° 01 ` 13.75 ¿ WGr and 0 ° 51 ` 21.65 ¿ S, located in the middle of the riverbed of the Mojuim River, on the dividing line of the Municipalities of Saint John of the Ponta and St. Caetano de Odivelas; of this, follows, accompanying the citated municipal dividing line, in the downstream sense of Rio Mojuim, by a distance of 21,813.91 meters, up to Point 11, of approximate geographical coordinates 48 ° 00 ` 09.10 ° WGr and 0 ° 46 ` 10.79 S, located on the dividing line of the Municipalities of Saint John of the Ponta and St. Caetano de Odivelas, in the middle of the berth of the River Mojuim, when this bifurca for the so-called Furo of the Baunisland; of this, follows, accompanying the said municipal dividing line, by the middle of the Baunisland Furo bed, in the downstream sense, by a distance of 2,550.67 meters, up to Point 12, from approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 59 ` 05.22 ° WGr and 0 ° 45 ` 39.41 S, located at the mouth of the Furo of the Baunisland, when this diswater in the Rio Maruimpanema; of this, follows, by the dividing line of the Municipalities of St. Caetano de Odivelas and Saint John of the Ponta, about the middle of the riverbed of the Maruimpanema River, in the sense amount, by a distance of 5,841.11 meters, up to Point 13, of approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 57 ` 18, 65 WGr and 0 ° 46 ` 34.59 " S, located over the intersection point between the boundaries of the Municipalities of São João da Ponta, São Caetano de Odivelas and Curuçá, when the Rio Mocajuba bifurca to the Rio Maruimpanema; of this, follows, accompanying the dividing line of the Municipalities of Saint John of the Ponta and Curuçá, over the bed of the Mocajuba River, in the sense amount, by a distance of 22,632.82 meters, up to Point 14, of approximate geographical coordinates 47 ° 55 ` 59.00 ° WGr and 0 ° 53 ` 31.11 " S, located on the dividing line of the Municipalities of Curuçá and Saint John of the Ponta, in the middle of the berth on the high River Mocajuba; of this, follows, by a straight of azimut 334 ° 28 ` 58 and a distance of 22.16 meters, up to Point 01, start of this descriptive, perimeter an approximate perimeter of one hundred and thirty-one thousand, two hundred and sixty-eight metres and eighty-eight centimeters.

Art. 3º It will fit the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources-IBAMA to administer the São João da Ponta Extrativist Reserve by adopting the necessary measures to its effective deployment, formalizing the contract of the assignment of use gratuitous with the traditional extractivist population, for effect of its celebration by the Union Heritage Secretariat of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, and follow up with compliance with the conditions stipulated therein, in the form of the law.

Art. 4ºEste Decree goes into effect on the date of its publication.

Brasilia, December 13, 2002; 181ºda Independence and 114ºda Republic.

FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO

José Carlos Carvalho