Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area
Área de Proteção Ambiental Fernão Dias
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area
Map showing the location of Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area
Nearest cityCamanducaia, Minas Gerais
Coordinates22°44′53″S 46°01′32″W / 22.748163°S 46.025482°W / -22.748163; -46.025482
Area180,373 hectares (445,710 acres)
DesignationEnvironmental protection area
Created17 July 1997

The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Fernão Dias) is an Environmental protection area in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Location

The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the municipalities of Sapucaí-Mirim, Brasópolis, Camanducaia, Extrema, Gonçalves, Itapeva, Paraisópolis and Toledo in Minas Gerais. It has an area of 180,373 hectares (445,710 acres).[1] It covers part of the basin of the Jaguari River in the municipalities of Sapucaí-Mirim, Camanducaia, Itapeva, Extrema and Toledo, and the basins of the Sapucaí-Mirim and Sapucaí rivers in the municipalities of Sapucaí-Mirim, Gonçalves, Paraisópolis and Brasópolis.[2]

History

The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area was created by state decree 38.925 on 17 July 1997 to protect areas of ecological interest in the basins of the Jaguari, Sapucaí-Mirim and Sapucaí rivers.[3] As well as conserving the landscape and regional culture, the APA aims to preserve the remaining Atlantic Forest fragments and associated wildlife through control over use of natural resources and incentives for regional eco-development.[2]

The APA was created under an agreement between the São Paulo and Minas Gerais governments to share environmental management in the border region between the two states. The same agreement covered creation of the Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area in São Paulo, protecting the headwaters of the Sapucaí River.[4] The APA is part of the Mantiqueira Mosaic of conservation units, established in 2006.[5]

Notes

    1. ↑ APA Fernão Dias – ISA, Informações gerais.
    2. 1 2 APA Fernão Dias – ISA, Características.
    3. ↑ APA Fernão Dias – ISA, Historico Juridico.
    4. ↑ APA Sapucaí-Mirim – ISA, Características.
    5. ↑ o mosaico mantiqueira – Mosaico.

    Sources

    • APA Fernão Dias (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-02
    • APA Sapucaí-Mirim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-02
    • o mosaico mantiqueira (in Portuguese), Mosaico Mantiqueira, retrieved 2016-09-26
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