The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Fernão Dias) is an
Environmental protection area in the state of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...
, Brazil.
Location
The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the municipalities of
Sapucaí-Mirim,
Brasópolis,
Camanducaia
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,
Extrema,
Gonçalves,
Itapeva,
Paraisópolis and
Toledo in Minas Gerais.
It has an area of .
It covers part of the basin of the
Jaguari River in the municipalities of Sapucaí-Mirim, Camanducaia, Itapeva, Extrema and Toledo, and the basins of the
Sapucaí-Mirim and
Sapucaí rivers in the municipalities of Sapucaí-Mirim, Gonçalves, Paraisópolis and Brasópolis.
History
The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area was created by state decree 38.925 on 17 July 1997 to protect areas of ecological interest in the basins of the Jaguari, Sapucaí-Mirim and Sapucaí rivers.
As well as conserving the landscape and regional culture, the APA aims to preserve the remaining Atlantic Forest fragments and associated wildlife through control over use of natural resources and incentives for regional eco-development.
The APA was created under an agreement between the
São Paulo
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and Minas Gerais governments to share environmental management in the border region between the two states.
The same agreement covered creation of the
Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area in São Paulo, protecting the headwaters of the Sapucaí River.
The APA is part of the
Mantiqueira Mosaic
The Mantiqueira Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico Mantiqueira) is a protected area mosaic that contains conservation units in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil. The conservation units are of different types and are managed at th ...
of conservation units, established in 2006.
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Environmental protection areas of Brazil
Protected areas of Minas Gerais
1997 establishments in Brazil