The Cajati Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental de Cajati) is an environmental protection area in the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Brazil.

Location

The Cajati Environmental Protection Area is in the municipality of

Cajati Cajati is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 28,494 (2020 est.) in an area of 454 km2. The elevation is 75 m. The municipality contains part of the Rio Turvo State Park, created in 2008. It contains the ...

, São Paulo. It has an area of . It is in the

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 ...

biome, Vegetation is dense rainforest. Hunting, fishing and sale of land are prohibited.

History

The Cajati Environmental Protection Area was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008 with an area of . This law broke up the old

Jacupiranga State Park The Jacupiranga State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual de Jacupiranga) was a state park in São Paulo, Brazil. It covered a large, mountainous region that included untouched Atlantic Forest and land occupied by traditional communities. When the park was ...

and created the

Jacupiranga Mosaic The Jacupiranga Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico do Jacupiranga) is a protected area mosaic of 14 units, located in the Atlantic Forest biome within the state of São Paulo of southeastern Brazil. It is centered on the former Jacupiranga State Park. Histor ...

with 14 conservation units.

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