Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area
{{short description|Protected coastal marine area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil}}
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| name = Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area
| alt_name = Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapimirim
| iucn_category = V
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| nearest_city = Magé, Rio de Janeiro
| coordinates = {{coords|-22.720|-42.994|display=inline, title}}
| area = {{convert|13926|ha}}
| designation = Environmental Protection Area
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| created = 25 September 1984
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Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area ({{langx|pt|Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapimirim}}) is a coastal marine protected area on Guanabara Bay in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil.
Location
The marine coastal protection area, which covers {{convert|13926|ha}} was created on 25 September 1984. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.{{sfn|APA de Guapimirim – Chico Mendes}}
The area includes all or part of the municipalities of Guapimirim, Itaboraí, Magé and São Gonçalo in the state of Rio de Janeiro.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}
It contains the strictly protected {{convert|1,936|ha}} Guanabara Ecological Station, created in 2006.{{citation|ref={{harvid|ESEC da Guanabara – ISA}}|language=Portuguese
|title=ESEC da Guanabara|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/586974|accessdate=2016-10-05}}
It is in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.{{sfn|Costa|Lamas|Fernandes|2010|p=15}}
Mangrove ecology
The area includes the {{convert|2000|ha}} Guanabara Ecological Station, created on 15 February 2006, which protects one of the last sections of midsize contiguous mangrove habitats in the state. The mangroves shelter species that are endangered in the state, including the anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor), and broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris). {{sfn|Gestao Integrada Apa Guapimirin e Esec Guanabara: Quem Somos}}
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.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}
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.{{sfn|Gestao Integrada Apa Guapimirin e Esec Guanabara: Quem Somos}}
Protected species include the starfish Coscinasterias tenuispina.{{sfn|APA de Guapimirim – Chico Mendes}}
See also
- {{C|Mangroves}}
- {{C|Protected areas of Rio de Janeiro (state)}}
References
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Sources
{{commons category|Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapi-Mirim}}
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- {{citation|ref={{harvid|APA de Guapimirim – Chico Mendes}}|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2016-04-22|title=APA de Guapimirim|publisher=Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation|url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/biodiversidade/unidades-de-conservacao/biomas-brasileiros/marinho/unidades-de-conservacao-marinho/2243}}
- {{citation|language=Portuguese|last1=Costa|last2=Lamas|last3=Fernandes|first1=Cláudia|first2=Ivana|first3=Rosan|publisher=Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica|title=Planejamento Estratégico do Mosaico Central Fluminense|date=December 2010|url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/images/stories/mosaicos/planejamento-central-fluminense.pdf|accessdate=2016-10-02|archive-date=2016-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007121019/http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/images/stories/mosaicos/planejamento-central-fluminense.pdf|url-status=dead}}
- {{citation|ref={{harvid|Gestao Integrada Apa Guapimirin e Esec Guanabara: Quem Somos}}|language=Portuguese|title=Gestao Integrada Apa Guapimirin e Esec Guanabara: Quem Somos|publisher=ICMBio|url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/apaguapimirim/quem-somos.html|accessdate=2016-04-22}}
- {{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=Portuguese|title=Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapi-Mirim|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente|url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=16|accessdate=2016-04-22}}
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