[2] The Soure Marine Extractive Reserve was created by presidential decree on 23 November 2001.

[1] In December 2005 a project to engage the traditional communities in support of ecotourism was approved by the reserve's board, with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) and Secretariat of Sustainable Development of the Ministry of the Environment.

[3] On 23 March 2010 responsibility for administering the reserve was transferred to the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

[1] In 2013 ICMBio taught about 140 students from public schools in the town of Soure about the mangroves and how to protect them, including classroom talks and field trips.

The main economic activity in nine communities is crab picking, with 278 people engaged in this work.