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Wilderness Preserve
The purpose of the Wilderness Preserve is to preserve local, national, and world forest values. These values include the biological, economic, social, cultural and spiritual relations between people and the area.
There are selected allowable uses for the WP. Restrictions are linked to the appropriate section of the management plan dealing in greater detail with each activity. Allowable uses for the WP were approved by the Iwokrama Board of Trustees in 2000. Given the overarching forest conservation and protection objective in establishing the WP, a number of permitted activities require the submission of an environmental impact assessment prior to implementation.
Non-commercial traditional use by local Amerindian residents is the only permitted activity not requiring planning permission.
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Wilderness Preserve |
Construction of roads |
Prohibited
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Construction of trails |
Permitted after impact assessment
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Use of motorised vehicles, boats, etc. |
Limited to essential management purposes in accord with area management plan
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Clearing land for agriculture
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Prohibited |
Collection of specimens for scientific research |
Allowed where no feasible alternative site exists within the SUA
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Timber harvesting, gathering non-timber plant products, hunting, fishing for Amerindian household use |
Traditional use patterns restricted to non-destructive gathering at levels that do not significantly alter species abundance or ecosystem structure
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Timber harvesting, gathering non-timber plant products, hunting, fishing for commercial purposes
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Prohibited |
Mineral extraction |
Prohibited
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Construction of tourist facilities, cabins, towers, canopy walkways
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Prohibited |
Campsites |
Primitive small groups campsites permitted after impact assessment and management planning
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