Niquiá Ecological Station
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| alt_name = Estação Ecológica de Níquia
| iucn_category = Ia
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| nearest_city = Caracaraí, Roraima
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| area = {{convert|284787|ha}}
| designation = Ecological station
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Niquiá Ecological Station ({{langx|pt|Estação Ecológica de Níquia}}) is an ecological station in the Caracaraí municipality of Roraima state, Brazil.
History
The station, which has an area of {{convert|284787|ha}}, was created on 3 June 1985.
It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.{{sfn|Estação Ecológica Niquiá – Chico Mendes}}
The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program.{{sfn|Full list: PAs supported by ARPA}}
The unit was created to preserve the genetic banks of the flora. It is named after the stream from which Aniquiá takes its name.
It lies in the Caracaraí municipality of Roraima state.{{sfn|Estação Ecológica de Níquia – Ambiente Brasil}}
Status
As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia, with a terrestrial area of {{convert|286600|ha}}.{{sfn|Triana|2009}}
The station is a region of transition forest, with tall trees with thin trunks.
Fauna are representative of both the Amazon and the cerrado.{{sfn|Estação Ecológica de Níquia – Ambiente Brasil}}
The white-bellied spider monkey (ateles belzebuth) is protected in the station.{{sfn|Estação Ecológica Niquiá – Chico Mendes}}
References
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Sources
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- {{citation|ref={{harvid|Estação Ecológica de Níquia – Ambiente Brasil}}|url=http://ambientes.ambientebrasil.com.br/unidades_de_conservacao/estacao_ecologica/estacao_ecologica_de_niquia.html
|title=Estação Ecológica de Níquia|work=Ambiente Brasil|date=23 June 2010
|accessdate=2016-04-16}}
- {{citation|ref={{harvid|Estação Ecológica Niquiá – Chico Mendes}}|accessdate=2016-04-16
|title=Estação Ecológica Niquiá|publisher=Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation|language=Portuguese
|url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/biodiversidade/unidades-de-conservacao/biomas-brasileiros/amazonia/unidades-de-conservacao-amazonia/1919-esec-de-niquia.html}}
- {{citation|ref={{harvid|Full list: PAs supported by ARPA}}
|title=Full list: PAs supported by ARPA|publisher=ARPA
|url=http://programaarpa.gov.br/en/full-list-pas-supported-by-arpa/|accessdate=2016-08-07}}
- {{citation|url=http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/156279/|date=29 May 2009
|last=Triana|first=Elisa |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Earth |title=Strict Nature Reserves in Brazil|accessdate=2016-04-15}}
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Category:1985 establishments in Brazil
Category:Ecological stations of Brazil