Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area

Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area
Map showing the location of Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area
Nearest cityBarra do Turvo, São Paulo
Coordinates24°55′47″S 48°18′35″W / 24.929740°S 48.309729°W / -24.929740; -48.309729
Area2,722 hectares (6,730 acres)
DesignationEnvironmental protection area
Created21 February 2008
AdministratorFundação Florestal SP

The Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area is an environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Location

The Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the municipalities of Barra do Turvo (96.84%) and Cajati (3.16%) in the state of São Paulo. It has an area of 2,722 hectares (6,730 acres).[1] It is in the Atlantic Forest biome.[2] About 40% of the APA is covered by dense and mixed rainforest in various stages of succession.[3]

History

The Planalto do Turvo 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.[4]

Economy

There are 374 families resident in the APA, mostly migrants from other regions but some long-established. The soil is relatively infertile, and the main economic activity is raising cattle for beef and milk. There is some infrastructure along highway BR-116 such as small businesses, a school and a health center.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ APA do Planalto do Turvo – ISA, Informações gerais.
  2. ^ Sobre a Área de Proteção – SAP.
  3. ^ a b Dominiquini 2012, p. 20.
  4. ^ Zanchetta & Bedeschi 2008.

Sources

  • APA do Planalto do Turvo (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-26
  • Dominiquini, Débora Baboni (2012), "Análise socioeconômica e ambiental das populações tradicionais da Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (RDS) dos Quilombos de Barra do Turvo e Área de Proteção Ambiental (APA) do Planalto do Turvo, Mosaico de Jacupiranga/SP", Dissertation (in Portuguese), Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro, hdl:11449/118912
  • 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