Iquê Ecological Station () is an ecological station in the Juína municipality of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Location
The Ecological Station is in the Cerrado biome. It was created on 2 June 1981 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. A reduction of from the initial area was made by agreement with the Fundação Nacional do Índio in view of the indigenous area of the Enauenê-Nauê people. The conservation unit is in the Juína municipality of Mato Grosso. It would be in the proposed South Amazon Ecotones Ecological Corridor.
Conservation
The Ecological Station is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. It was established to protect a sample of the ecosystem of the transition from the Amazon to the Cerrado. The climate is warm and humid, with average temperatures above . Annual rainfall is about . The terrain is relatively flat. The ecology is under threat from diamond prospecting, which causes deforestation and pollution of the rivers.
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