Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area

Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area
Área de Proteção Ambiental Campos do Jordão
Map showing the location of Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area
Map showing the location of Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area
Nearest cityCampos do Jordão, São Paulo
Coordinates22°42′27″S 45°32′18″W / 22.7075°S 45.5384°W / -22.7075; -45.5384
Area28,800 hectares (71,000 acres)
DesignationEnvironmental protection area
Created26 June 1984
AdministratorCONSEMA

The Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Campos do Jordão) is a state-level environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Location

The Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area (APA) is in the municipality of Campos do Jordão, São Paulo. It has an area of 28,800 hectares (71,000 acres). [1] The APA is located between the two largest urban centers in Brazil, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and has great value for tourism, which is the main economic activity of the region.[2]

Environment

The Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area is in the Mantiqueira Mountains.[3] The rugged terrain, vegetation and climate form an environment of great scenic and biological value. The landscape consists of steep slopes with scalloped escarpments, covered in vegetation in the transition between Atlantic Forest and the Araucaria Forest. The Atlantic Forest includes a number of remnants of dense forest. The higher Araucaria Forest includes pines and alpine meadows. Mammals include coati, capuchin monkey, peccary, jaguar, chipmunk, armadillo, brocket deer, opossum, bush dog and oncilla.[2]

History

The Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area was created by State Law 4.105 of 26 June 1984.[2] Implementation of the APA was to be coordinated by CONSEMA in collaboration with centralized or decentralized state environment agencies, the executive and legislative branches of the municipality, and the local community. The purpose was to protect important Atlantic Forest ecosystems and water resources used by communities in São Paulo and Minas Gerais.[3] It forms a continuous area with the Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area.[4] The APA is part of the Mantiqueira Mosaic of conservation units.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Área de Proteção Ambiental Campos do Jordão – Fundação Florestal.
  2. ^ a b c Sobre a APA – Fundação Florestal.
  3. ^ a b Campos do Jordão (APA) – ISA.
  4. ^ APA Sapucaí-Mirim – ISA, Historico Juridico.
  5. ^ o mosaico mantiqueira – Mosaico.

Sources

  • APA Sapucaí-Mirim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-02
  • Área de Proteção Ambiental Campos do Jordão (in Portuguese), Fundação Florestal SP, retrieved 2016-09-29
  • Campos do Jordão (APA) (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-29
  • o mosaico mantiqueira (in Portuguese), Mosaico Mantiqueira, archived from the original on 2016-09-27, retrieved 2016-09-26
  • Sobre a APA (in Portuguese), Fundação Florestal SP, retrieved 2016-09-29