Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area

The Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental do Rio Pardinho e do Rio Vermelho) is an environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area
Área de Proteção Ambiental do Rio Pardinho e do Rio Vermelho
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Nearest cityBarra do Turvo, São Paulo
Coordinates25.052738°S 48.553125°W / -25.052738; -48.553125
Area3,235 hectares (7,990 acres)
DesignationEnvironmental protection area
Created21 February 2008
AdministratorFundação Florestal SP

Location

The Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area (APA) is in the municipality of Barra do Turvo, São Paulo. It has an area of 3,235 hectares (7,990 acres).[1] It is in the Atlantic Forest biome, originally covered by dense rainforest.[2]

History

The Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008. This law broke up the old Jacupiranga State Park and created the Jacupiranga Mosaic with 14 conservation units.[3] The APA is administered by the São Paulo Forestry Foundation (Fundação para Conservação e a Produção Florestal do Estado de São Paulo).[4]

Notes

    Sources

    • APA do Rio Pardinho e do Rio Vermelho (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-26
    • APA Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho (in Portuguese), WWF Brasil, retrieved 2016-11-26
    • Sobre a Área de Proteção (in Portuguese), SAP: Sistema Ambiental Paulista, retrieved 2016-11-26
    • Zanchetta, Inês; Bedeschi, Luciana (28 February 2008), Mosaico do Jacupiranga, no Vale do Ribeira, agora é lei (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-20
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