The Araponga Municipal Nature Park ( pt, Parque Natural Municipal da Araponga) is a municipal nature park in the state of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

, Brazil.

Location

The Araponga Municipal Nature Park is in the municipality of

São José do Vale do Rio Preto São José do Vale do Rio Preto () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 21,916 (2020) and its area is 240 km2. The municipality contains the Pedra das Flores Natural Monument, created in 2 ...

, Rio de Janeiro. It has an area of . The park protects an area of

Atlantic Forest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...

. It is one of the conservation units that protect the sources of the

Piabanha River The Piabanha River ( pt, Rio Piabanha) is a river of Rio de Janeiro state in southeastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the Paraíba do Sul. Basin The basin of the Piabanha River includes the basins of the upper Piabanha, Preto, Fagundes and Pa ...

History

The Araponga Municipal Nature Park was created by municipal decree 1.653 of 5 June 2006. It is administered by the Municipal Department of the Environment of São José do Vale do Rio Preto. The park was included in the

Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic The Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico da Mata Atlântica Central Fluminense is a protected area mosaic in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The mosaic is inland, to the east of the city of Rio de Janeiro. History A p ...

, created in December 2006. As of 2010 there were no planning documents and no consultative council.

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* * * * {{authority control Municipal nature parks of Brazil Protected areas of Rio de Janeiro (state) 2006 establishments in Brazil