Bocaina Mosaic

Bocaina Mosaic
Mosaico Bocaina

View from the Pedra da Macela on the RJ/SP border
Map showing the location of Bocaina Mosaic
Nearest city Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
Coordinates 23°17′13″S 44°44′20″W / 23.287°S 44.739°W / -23.287; -44.739Coordinates: 23°17′13″S 44°44′20″W / 23.287°S 44.739°W / -23.287; -44.739
Area 221,754 hectares (547,970 acres)
Designation Protected area mosaic
Created 11 December 2006

The Bocaina Mosaic (Portuguese: Mosaico Bocaina) is a protected area mosaic on the border between the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in Brazil. It provides coordinated management for a group of ten federal, state and municipal conservation units covering an area of Atlantic Forest along the coast and up the slopes of the Bocaina plateau.

Creation

A project to create three new protected area mosaics in the Serra do Mar Ecological Corridor began in December 2005, coordinated by the National Council of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve. These were the Bocaina Mosaic, Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic and Mantiqueira Mosaic. Funding was provided by Conservation International, the Fund for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank.[1]

The Bocaina Mosaic was created by the ministry of the environment by decree 349 of 11 December 2006.[2] The mosaic acquired its formal structure in March 2007. The purpose is to give integrated management of different conservation units in the region, including federal, state, municipal and private units, which may be different types of strictly protected or sustainable use unit.[1]

Extent and purpose

The Bocaina Mosaic has an area of 221,754 hectares (547,970 acres) and contains 10 conservation units and their buffer zones on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro and the northern coast of São Paulo.[3] It ranges from coastal areas through steep slopes to the top of the dissected Bocaina plateau at an altitude of 2,088 metres (6,850 ft). It is one of the main strongholds of Atlantic Forest vegetation, covered by dense rain forest (submontane, montane and high montane), high montane araucaria forest, alpine meadows, marine coastal and island ecosystems. The environment is still in good condition despite many places where humans have interfered.[2]

The Bocaina Mosaic aims to encourage integrated management of the various protected areas, contributing to the preservation and conservation of natural and fishing resources as well as sustainable development of the territory. It is included in the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve recognized by UNESCO. The mosaic has an advisory board with representation of government agencies and civil society to provide integrated management of the conservation units and their buffer zones.[2]

Conservation units

The conservation units include:[2]

Name Level Created State Area (ha)
Aventureiro Sustainable Development Reserve[lower-alpha 1] State 1990 Rio de Janeiro 1,300
Paraty Bay, Paraty-Mirim and Saco do Mamanguá Environmental Protection Area Municipal 1984 Rio de Janeiro 3,070
Bananal Ecological Station State 1987 Rio de Janeiro 884
Cairuçu Environmental Protection Area Federal 1983 Rio de Janeiro 33,800
Ilha Anchieta State Park State 1977 São Paulo 830
Praia do Sul Biological Reserve State 1981 Rio de Janeiro 3,600
Serra da Bocaina National Park Federal 1972 Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo 		97,953
Serra do Mar State Park (includes the Cunha and Santa Virgínia nuclei) State 1977 São Paulo 47,500
Tamoios Ecological Station Federal 1990 Rio de Janeiro 8,700
Tamoios Environmental Protection Area State 1986 Rio de Janeiro 90,000

Notes

  1. ↑ Until 2014 the Aventureiro Sustainable Development Reserve was the Aventureiro Marine State Park.[4]

Sources

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