Carioca Mosaic

Carioca Mosaic
Mosaico Carioca
Praia Grumari from the Pedra Branca State Park
Map showing the location of Carioca Mosaic
Map showing the location of Carioca Mosaic
Nearest cityRio de Janeiro, RJ
Coordinates22°56′26″S 43°28′50″W / 22.940556°S 43.480556°W / -22.940556; -43.480556
DesignationProtected area mosaic
Created11 July 2011
AdministratorMMA

The Carioca Mosaic (Portuguese: Mosaico Carioca) is a protected area mosaic in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It includes various federal, state and municipal conservation units in and around the city of Rio de Janeiro.

History

The Carioca Mosaic was created by ordnance 245 of 11 July 2011.[1] It included conservation units administered at the federal, state and municipal levels. The federal Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) administers the Tijuca National Park and Ilhas Cagarras Natural Monument. The Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat for the Environment administers the Pedra Branca State Park, Gericinó/Mendanha and Sepetiba II environmental protection areas, and Guaratiba Biological Reserve. The Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat for the Environment administers 14 municipal nature parks, two environmental protection area and a natural monument.[2]

The mosaic is coordinated at the federal level.[3] The consultative council includes administrators of the various protected areas and representatives of other public and private bodies.[1] The mosaic headquarters is at the headquarters of the Tijuca National Park.[4]

Protected areas

Conservation units in the mosaic include:[5]

Conservation unit Level Established Area (ha)
Bosque da Barra Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1983 54
Catacumba Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1979 30
Chico Mendes Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1989 44
Cidade Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2008 47
Darke de Mattos Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1976 7
Fonte da Saudade Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2000 2
Freguesia Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1992 20
Gericinó/Mendanha Environmental Protection Area State 2005 105
Grumari Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2001 794
Guaratiba Biological Reserve State 1974 3,600
Ilhas Cagarras Natural Monument Federal 2010 106
José Guilherme Merquior Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2000 8
Marapendi Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1978 248
Mendanha State Park State 2013 1,445
Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument Municipal 2006 122
Paisagem Carioca Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2013 160
Pedra Branca State Park State 1974 12,394
Penhasco Dois Irmãos Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1992 38
Prainha Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1999 147
Sepetiba II Environmental Protection Area State 2004 194
Serra da Capoeira Grande Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2002 21
Tijuca National Park Federal 1961 3,359

Notes

  1. ^ a b Teixeira 2011.
  2. ^ Portal Brasil 2011.
  3. ^ Mosaicos de áreas protegidas – ISA.
  4. ^ Mosaico Carioca – ICMBio.
  5. ^ Mosaico Carioca de Áreas Protegidas – MMA, Mosaico Carioca.

Sources

  • Mosaico Carioca (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2017-01-14
  • Mosaico Carioca de Áreas Protegidas (in Portuguese), MMA, retrieved 2017-01-14
  • Mosaicos de áreas protegidas (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, archived from the original on 2016-06-20, retrieved 2017-01-14
  • Portal Brasil (12 July 2011), Meio Ambiente reconhece Mosaico Carioca de áreas protegidas (in Portuguese), retrieved 2017-01-14
  • Teixeira, Izabella (11 July 2011), Portaria nº 245 de 11.07.2011 - DOU 12.07.2011 (PDF) (in Portuguese), MMA, retrieved 2017-01-14