Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area

Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area
Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapimirim
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Rio de Janeiro. The protected area is in the upper right. The mangroves are dark green.
Location in Brazil
Nearest city	Magé, Rio de Janeiro
Coordinates	22°43′12″S 42°59′38″W / 22.72°S 42.994°W / -22.72; -42.994Coordinates: 22°43′12″S 42°59′38″W / 22.72°S 42.994°W / -22.72; -42.994
Area	13,926 hectares (34,410 acres)
Designation	Environmental Protection Area
Created	25 September 1984

Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapimirim) is a coastal marine protected area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Location

The marine coastal protection area, which covers 13,926 hectares (34,410 acres) was created on 25 September 1984. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.^[1] The area includes all or part of the municipalities of Guapimirim, Itaboraí, Magé and São Gonçalo in the state of Rio de Janeiro.^[2] The area includes the 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) Guanabara Ecological Station, created on 15 February 2006, which holds one of the last sections of midsize contiguous mangroves in the state. These shelter species that are endangered in the state such as anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) and broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris).^[3]

Conservation

The area is classed as IUCN protected area category V, protected landscape/seascape. The purpose is to maintain biological diversity, manage human settlements and ensure sustainable use of natural resources.^[2] The main goal is to protect the remaining mangroves in Guanabara Bay and to preserve the human populations that maintain a traditional lifestyle in a close relationship with the environment.^[3] Protected species include the starfish Coscinasterias tenuispina.^[1]

Notes

Sources

APA de Guapimirim (in Portuguese), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-04-22
Gestao Integrada Apa Guapimirin e Esec Guanabara: Quem Somos (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-04-22
Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapi-Mirim (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-22

Protected areas of Brazil

Ecological stations	Aracuri Caracaraí Carijós Guaraqueçaba Iquê Jari Juami-Japurá Jutaí-Solimões Maracá Maracá-Jipioca Niquiá Pirapitinga Rio Acre Seridó Serra das Araras Taiamã Taim Tamoios Tupinambás Tupiniquins Uruçui-Una

Biological reserves	Abufari Andradina Atol das Rocas Augusto Banhados do Delta Canela Preta Carmo da Mata Colônia 31 de Março Comboios Córrego de Veado Córrego Grande Fazenda São Mateus Fontes do Ipiranga Guaporé Guaratiba Guaribas Gurupi Ibirapuitã Ilha do Cabo Frio Jaíba Jaru Lago Piratuba Lami José Lutzenberger Lapinha Marinha do Arvoredo Mata do Acauã Mata do Jambreiro Mata dos Ausentes Mata Paludosa Mogi-Guaçu Pedra Talhada Perobas Pindorama Poço das Antas Praia do Sul Biological Reserve Professor José Ângelo Rizzo Rio Trombetas Saltinho Santa Isabel Santa Rita São Camilo São Donato São Sebastião do Paraíso Serra Negra Sooretama Tamboré Tapirapé Tinguá Uatumã Una Vila Facchini

National parks	Abrolhos Alto Ribeira State and Tourist Park Amazônia Anavilhanas Aparados da Serra Araguaia Araucárias Brasília Cabo Orange Campos Gerais Caparaó Cavernas do Peruaçu Chapada das Mesas Chapada Diamantina Chapada dos Guimarães Chapada dos Veadeiros Emas Fernando de Noronha Furna Feia Grande Sertão Veredas Iguaçu Ilha Grande Itatiaia Jacupiranga Jaú Jericoacoara Jurubatiba Juruena Lençóis Maranhenses Monte Pascoal Monte Roraima Nascentes Pacaás Novos Pantanal Matogrossense Pau Brasil Pedra Azul Pico da Neblina Pontões Capixabas Lagoa do Peixe Saint-Hilaire São Joaquim Sempre Vivas Serra da Bocaina Serra da Bodoquena Serra da Canastra Serra da Capivara Serra da Cutia Serra de Itabaiana Serra da Mocidade Serra do Cipó Serra do Divisor Serra do Itajaí Serra do Pardo Serra dos Órgãos Serra Geral Sete Cidades Superagüi Terra Ronca Tijuca Tumucumaque Ubajara Vale do Catimbau Viruá Xingu

Wildlife refuges	Castanheiras Pied Tamarin Ilha dos Lobos

Environmental protection areas	Anhatomirim Barra do Rio Cairuçu Cananéia-Iguape-Peruíbe Carste Cavernas do Peruaçu Descoberto River Basin Fernando de Noronha Guaraqueçaba Ibirapuitã Igarapé Gelado Morro da Pedreira Petrópolis Piaçabuçu Guapimirim Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago São Bartolomeu River Basin Serra da Mantiqueira Serra de Tabatinga

Ecological reserves	Alcobaça Apiacás IBGE Raso

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