Protected area mosaic (Brazil)
land management unit for conservation efforts in Brazil
A protected area mosaic (Portuguese: mosaico de áreas protegidas) or conservation unit mosaic (Portuguese: mosaico de unidades de conservação) in Brazil is a mosaic of nearby, adjoining or overlapping protected areas of Brazil that are managed as a whole.
Definition
The National System of Conservation Units (SNUC) law defines a mosaic as a collection of protected areas of the same or different categories that are near to each other, adjoin each other or overlap, and that should be managed as a whole.
Given the different categories of conservation unit and other protected areas in a mosaic, including fully protected and sustainable use units, the different conservation goals must be considered.
A mosaic may include private lands and indigenous territories.
Examples
The Jacupiranga Mosaic is in the Ribeira Valley and the south coast of the state of São Paulo, with 14 conservation units of various categories.
It was created to reconcile the goals of conserving the Atlantic Forest and improving the living conditions of the traditional populations of the area.
It originated with the Jacupiranga State Park, created on 8 August 1969, and includes the Rio Turvo and Caverna do Diabo state parks.
It also includes four environmental protection areas, five sustainable development reserves and two extractive reserves.
The Itatiaia National Park, created in 1937 as the first national park in Brazil, is part of the Mantiqueira Mosaic and the Mantiqueira Ecological Corridor, part of the larger Serra do Mar Ecological Corridor, which in turn is part of the UNESCO-recognised Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve.
The park is a vulnerable "conservation island" due to its location between the major cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
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