Protected areas of Brazil

Map of Brazil. (Source: CIA, The World Factbook)

Protected areas of Brazil

Published: May 28, 2009, 7:31 pm

Source: WDPA

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Protected area highlights for Brazil (January 31, 2008):

	of Areas	Area km2
Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of Brazil's Territorial Area)	1,448	2,536,290	28.9%
- Terrestrial (% of Brazil's Terrestrial Territorial Area)	1,444	2,524,089	29.6%
- Marine and Littoral Protected Area	58	12,201
Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area
Nationally recognized protected areas greater than 1,000 km2	-
Nationally recognized protected areas greater than 10,000 km2	-
Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)	8	64,341
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserves	6	1,280,419

There are 8 wetlands in Brazil recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention):

|- style="background-color: #5d7b9d" ! scope="col" align="left" | Site Name ! scope="col" align="center" | Marine or
Terrestrial ! scope="col" align="right" | Total
Area
(hectares) |- align="left"

Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area	Marine	1,775,036
Ilha do Bananal	Terrestrial	562,312
Lagoa do Peixe	Both	34,400
Mamirauá	Terrestrial	1,124,000
Pantanal Matogrossense	Terrestrial	135,000
Parque Estadual Marinho do Parcel Manoel Luís incl. the Baixios do Mestre Alvaro and Tarol	Marine	34,556
Reentrancias Maranhenses	Both	2,680,911
Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural SESC Pantanal	Terrestrial	87,871

Other internationally recognized areas of significance are:

• Caatinga Biosphere Reserve (198,990 km²) - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
• Central Amazon Biosphere Reserve (208,600 km²) - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
• Cerrado Biosphere Reserve (296,525 km²) - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
• Espinhaço Range Biosphere Reserve (30,000 km²) - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
• Mata Atlântica (including Sao Paulo Green Belt) Biosphere Reserve (294,735 km²) - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
• Pantanal Biosphere Reserve (251,569 km²) - UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
• Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves (16,917 km²) - World Heritage Site
• Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (1,407 km²) - World Heritage Site
• Central Amazonian Conservation Complex (60,961 km²) - World Heritage Site
• Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (1,974 km²) - World Heritage Site
• Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves (1,119 km²) - World Heritage Site
• Iguaçu National Park (1,700 km²) - World Heritage Site
• Pantanal Conservation Complex (1,878 km²) - World Heritage Site

Two other notable areas are:

• Jaú National Park
• Southeast Atlantic Forest Reserves

The latest World Database on Protected Areas report 1,447 nationally designated protected areas in Brazil (one less than in the summary above). These are listed in accompanying articles accoording to the IUCN Protected Area Management Categories:

• Category Ia: Strict Nature Reserves
• Category II: National parks
• Category III: Natural monuments or features in Brazil
• Category IV: Habitat and species management areas
• Category V: Protected landscapes and seascapes
• Category VI: Protected areas with sustainable use of natural resources
• Indigenous Areas

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Further Reading:

1. World Resources Institute
2. World Database on Protected Areas

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Citation

(2009). Protected areas of Brazil. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Brazil

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