The Indigenous Lands of Acre are part of the State System of Natural Protected Areas. In the last 30 years, 34 Indigenous Lands have been recognized. These correspond to 2,390,112 ha equivalent to 14.55% of the area of the State with a population estimated at 18 thousand Indians.
Processes of territorial, cultural, economic, political and social reorganization have been carried out by the indigenous peoples of Acre in the last 20 years. Since 1988, the number of Indigenous associations have increased (17 created) resulting from Indigenous movements such as forums, training courses, negotiations with official bodies, leaders, teachers, health workers and Indigenous agroforestry agents.

Brazil nuts are the main non-timber product of Acre's extractivism. Moving more than R$30 million a year, is a living economy that benefits 3,000 families in the state.

Brazil nuts (castanha) have strong investment potential: unique nutritious qualities, energy dense, rich in protein and selenium, and oils and fats that are used in the manufacture of edible products and cosmetics.

Fruit growing has become a major economic potential for the state's agricultural families. Acai, cupuaçu, soursop, acerola, cajá, pineapple, passion fruit, among others, are cultivated or extracted species most traded in the region.

Acre is home to 7 pulp processing agroindustries located in the municipalities of Rio Branco, Capixaba, Senador Guiomard, Brasileia, Assis Brasil and Feijó. The largest producer is Cooperacre.

The rubber produced in Acre, both from cultivation and extraction of rubber, brings with it the certainty of conserving an urgent environmental asset in the fight against climate change.

One of Acre's main trading partners in the acquisition of rubber is the French company Veja, manufacturers of shoes. With over 10 years operating in the state, its rubber consumption has increased from nine tons to 350 tons today.

Traditional Amazonian knowledge shows that some species of forest fruits, roots, flowers and oils have health benefits. Copaiba, andiroba, jatoba, acai, buriti and murmuru are some examples.

The main oil traded in Acre is murmuru, an Amazonian palm tree. The Nova Cintra Cooperative (Coopercintra) is responsible for processing and extracting the oil from the seed collected from the riparian communities throughout the Juruá region.

Since 2004, the producers of the Alto Acre region moved towards a new perspective: a public-private-community system, involving the company AcreAves, which holds the concession of the Brazilian Poultry Agroindustrial Complex. The cooperative Agroaves currently holds 85 producers with the state government as a developer.

The region is responsible for approximately 30% of the chicken supply of the state. This includes the production of the municipality of Brasiléia (406,340 heads), and the production of the neighboring municipality of Epitaciolândia (261,813.00) -IBGE in 2017-.

Since 2004, part of the producers of the Alto Acre region has begun to move towards a new perspective: the public-private-community system (PPC), involving the company AcreAves, holder of the concession of the Brazilian Poultry Agroindustrial Complex; Agroaves, a cooperative currently with 85 producers and the state government, as a developer

Between 2014 and 2017, the number of pigs slaughtered increased by 300% in Acre, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) . With 37,859 thousand animals slaughtered in the last year, the state became the main one in this production chain in the Northern Region. About 35 families in the Alto Acre region are primarily responsible for this innovation and progress.

Six years ago a new order has been underway in the Acre territory: fish is a profitable business, with a growing market and production. In 2011 fish production was a little over two thousand tons, as of 2015, this number increased to over six thousand tons, moving R $ 35 million.

Six years ago a new order has been underway in the Acre territory: fish is a profitable business, with a growing market and production. In 2011 fish production was a little over two thousand tons, as of 2015, this number increased to over six thousand tons, moving R $ 35 million.