Colônia 31 de Março Biological Reserve

Colônia 31 de Março Biological Reserve
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Area	5,030 hectares (12,400 acres)
Designation	Biological reserve
Created	23 September 1974
Administrator	IEF Minas Gerais

Colônia 31 de Março Biological Reserve was a biological reserve in Brazil.

History

The biological reserve was created by Law 16.580 of 23 September 1974 with an area of 5,030 hectares (12,400 acres) in the municipality of Felixlândia, Minas Gerais.[1] An audit in 2012 stated that a number of biological reserves created in 1974 on state-owned land were being re-assessed, since they no longer qualified as conservation units. These were Carmo da Mata, Colônia 31 de Março and others.[2] As of 2016 the reserve did not appear on the list of biological reserves in the state.[3]

Notes

1. Reservas Biológicas – MG – Semad.
2. Antonieta de Pádua Freire Jardim 2012, p. 25.
3. Reservas Biológicas de Minas Gerais – IEF.

Sources

• Antonieta de Pádua Freire Jardim (2012), Relatório Final de Auditoria Operacional MEIO AMBIENTE – UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DE PROTEÇÃO INTEGRAL (in Portuguese), TRIBUNAL DE CONTAS DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS
• Reservas Biológicas de Minas Gerais (in Portuguese), IEF Minas Gerais, retrieved 2016-04-25
• Reservas Biológicas – MG (in Portuguese), Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Semad) Minas Gerais, archived from the original on 2016-04-26, retrieved 2016-04-25