Ecotourism options in Amazon Region Aldeia dos Lagos was built as a part of the Project "Silves: a Project of Ecotourism of local Community in the Brazilian Amazon" executed by ASPAC, technical support of WWF and sponsored by the Austrian Government and WWF. The project aim was to develop the first Ecotourism community based undertaking in Amazon Region. Mamirauá, located in the Tefé City, is the largest protected flood plain (várzea) area in Brazil. The Mamirauá Project was initiated in 1992 with the objective to assure the conservation of its biodiversity and the sustainable development of the existing communities in the area. The profit has been used in the benefit of preservation of fishing lakes system and to improve the life quality of Silves community. ASPAC - The "Associação de Silves pela Preservação Ambiental e Cultural"- ASPAC - is non-profit and non-governmental Brazilian organization composed by local communities and their members, living in the region of Amazonian lakes surround the Silves Island. The ASPAC works on the development of Ecotourism with the traditional communities of Silves to assure that the resources and benefits from this activity can return for the protection of the local lakes. The Sustainable Development Reserve of Mamirauá, is a Conservation Unit of Amazonas State, covering 1,124,000 ha. Civil Society of Mamirauá is managed by a NGO and situated in the confluence of the rivers Solimões, Japurá and Auati-Paraná, region called medium Amazonas. The ecotourism in the region is a strategy to make possible the economically sustainable of Mamirauá, promoting the conservation and the economic development of the communities. Reaching to protect the area of possible social and environment impacts. Profits are reverted to the community projects and research. Come to live the Nature and Cultural experiences in the Ecotourism packages ! [ Versão em Português ] [ Versión en español ] [ Tourist Info ] [ About us ]