The São Bartolomeu River Basin Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental da Bacia do Rio São Bartolomeu) is a protected area in the Federal District, Brazil.
The area is IUCN protected area category V (protected landscape/seascape).
The purpose is to protect biological diversity, control human occupation and ensure sustainable use of natural resources.[2]
The area is an important corridor between the Águas Emendadas Ecological Station and the protected environment areas of Cafuringa, Lago Paranoá and the Gama and Cabeça-de-Veado basins.
It contains all types of vegetation from the cerrado and the campos rupestres.
Fauna include various specimens of native wildlife.[3]