Carioca Mosaic

The Carioca Mosaic (Portuguese: Mosaico Carioca) is a protected area mosaic in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It includes various federal, state and municipal conservation units in and around the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Carioca Mosaic
Mosaico Carioca
Praia Grumari from the Pedra Branca State Park
Nearest cityRio de Janeiro, RJ
Coordinates22°56′26″S 43°28′50″W
DesignationProtected area mosaic
Created11 July 2011
AdministratorMMA

History

The Carioca Mosaic was created by ordnance 245 of 11 July 2011.[1] It included conservation units administered at the federal, state and municipal levels. The federal Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) administers the Tijuca National Park and Ilhas Cagarras Natural Monument. The Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat for the Environment administers the Pedra Branca State Park, Gericinó/Mendanha and Sepetiba II environmental protection areas, and Guaratiba Biological Reserve. The Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat for the Environment administers 14 municipal nature parks, two environmental protection area and a natural monument.[2]

The mosaic is coordinated at the federal level.[3] The consultative council includes administrators of the various protected areas and representatives of other public and private bodies.[1] The mosaic headquarters is at the headquarters of the Tijuca National Park.[4]

Protected areas

Conservation units in the mosaic include:[5]

Conservation unitLevelEstablishedArea (ha)
Bosque da Barra Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal198354
Catacumba Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal197930
Chico Mendes Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal198944
Cidade Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal200847
Darke de Mattos Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal19767
Fonte da Saudade Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal20002
Freguesia Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal199220
Gericinó/Mendanha Environmental Protection AreaState2005105
Grumari Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal2001794
Guaratiba Biological ReserveState19743,600
Ilhas Cagarras Natural MonumentFederal2010106
José Guilherme Merquior Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal20008
Marapendi Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal1978248
Mendanha State ParkState20131,445
Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural MonumentMunicipal2006122
Paisagem Carioca Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal2013160
Pedra Branca State ParkState197412,394
Penhasco Dois Irmãos Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal199238
Prainha Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal1999147
Sepetiba II Environmental Protection AreaState2004194
Serra da Capoeira Grande Municipal Nature ParkMunicipal200221
Tijuca National ParkFederal19613,359

Notes
    1. Teixeira 2011.
    2. Portal Brasil 2011.
    3. Mosaicos de áreas protegidas – ISA.
    4. Mosaico Carioca – ICMBio.
    5. Mosaico Carioca de Áreas Protegidas – MMA, Mosaico Carioca.

    Sources
    • Mosaico Carioca (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2017-01-14
    • Mosaico Carioca de Áreas Protegidas (in Portuguese), MMA, retrieved 2017-01-14
    • Mosaicos de áreas protegidas (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, archived from the original on 2016-06-20, retrieved 2017-01-14
    • Portal Brasil (12 July 2011), Meio Ambiente reconhece Mosaico Carioca de áreas protegidas (in Portuguese), retrieved 2017-01-14
    • Teixeira, Izabella (11 July 2011), Portaria nº 245 de 11.07.2011 - DOU 12.07.2011 (PDF) (in Portuguese), MMA, retrieved 2017-01-14
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