Itirapina Ecological Station
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Itirapina Ecological Station
| alt_name = Estação Ecológica de Itirapina
| iucn_category = Ia
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| location =
| nearest_city = Itirapina, São Paulo
| coordinates = {{coord|-22.216343|-47.888523|region:BR|format=dms|display=it}}
| area_ha = 2300
| designation = Ecological station
| created = 7 June 1984
| administrator = Instituto Florestal SP
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The Itirapina Ecological Station ({{langx|pt|Estação Ecológica de Itirapina}}) is an Ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Location
The Itirapina Ecological Station is divided between the municipalities of Brotas (44.15%) and Itirapina (55.85%) in the state of São Paulo.
It has an area of {{convert|2300|ha}}.{{sfn|ESEC de Itirapina – ISA|loc=Informações gerais}}
The area contains a sample of remnants of cerrado vegetation, and also has an important fluvial network that supplies the Lobo Dam.{{sfn|ESEC de Itirapina – ISA|loc=Características}}
The Itirapina Ecological State and the Itirapina Experimental Station are managed as a whole, and together have an area of {{convert|5512|ha}}.
94% of the ecological station has cerrado vegetation, mostly rocky, clean or wet meadows, as well as cerrado strict sense, riverside forests and cerradão.
The experimental station covers {{convert|3212|ha}} including a large area reforested with fast-growing pine and eucalyptus.
It is used for forestry research.{{sfn|Seja bem-vindo às estações ...}}
The buffer zone for the two units covers {{convert|19602|ha}}.{{sfn|Zanchetta|2006|loc=Ficha Técnica}}
History
The Itirapina Ecological Station was created by Governor André Franco Montoro by state decree 22.335 of 7 June 1984.
The ecological station was on publicly owned land.
It had the objective of ensuring the integrity of the ecosystems and river complex it contains, protecting its fauna and flora, and supporting scientific research and education.{{sfn|ESEC de Itirapina – ISA|loc=Historico Juridico}}
Notes
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Sources
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- {{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|ESEC de Itirapina – ISA}}|title=ESEC de Itirapina|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental|url=https://www.uc.socioambiental.org/es/uc/589281|access-date=2017-02-19}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Seja bem-vindo às estações ...}}
|title=Seja bem-vindo às estações Ecológica e Experimental de Itirapina!|publisher=Instituto Florestal
|url=http://www.iflorestal.sp.gov.br/Itirapina/|access-date=2017-02-19}}
- {{citation|language=pt|last=Zanchetta|first=Denise|title=Plano de Manejo Integrado das Unidades de Itirapina|year=2006|access-date=2017-02-19|url=http://iflorestal.sp.gov.br/files/2013/03/Plano_de_Manejo_EEc_Itirapina.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Ecological stations of Brazil
Category:Protected areas established in 1984