Cajati Environmental Protection Area

Coordinates: 24°48′45″S 48°15′12″W / 24.812378°S 48.253306°W / -24.812378; -48.253306
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Cajati Environmental Protection Area
Área de Proteção Ambiental de Cajati
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Cajati Environmental Protection Area
Map showing the location of Cajati Environmental Protection Area
Nearest cityCajati, São Paulo
Coordinates24°48′45″S 48°15′12″W / 24.812378°S 48.253306°W / -24.812378; -48.253306
Area2,976 hectares (7,350 acres)
DesignationEnvironmental protection area
Created21 February 2008
AdministratorFundação Florestal SP

The Cajati Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental de Cajati) is an environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Location[edit]

The Cajati Environmental Protection Area is in the municipality of Cajati, São Paulo. It has an area of 2,976 hectares (7,350 acres).[1] It is in the Atlantic Forest biome, Vegetation is dense rainforest.[2] Hunting, fishing and sale of land are prohibited.[3]

History[edit]

The Cajati Environmental Protection Area was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008 with an area of 2,975.71 hectares (7,353.1 acres).[4] This law broke up the old Jacupiranga State Park and created the Jacupiranga Mosaic with 14 conservational units.[5]

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Sources[edit]

  • APA de Cajati (PDF) (in Portuguese), Fundação Florestal SP, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-27, retrieved 2016-11-26
  • APA de Cajati (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-26
  • Sobre a Área de Proteção (in Portuguese), SAP: Sistema Ambiental Paulista, retrieved 2016-11-26
  • Zanchetta, Inês; Bedeschi, Luciana (28 February 2008), Mosaico do Jacupiranga, no Vale do Ribeira, agora é lei (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, archived from the original on 2016-11-21, retrieved 2016-11-20