The Itirapina Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Itirapina) is an Ecological station in the state of

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, Brazil.

Location

The Itirapina Ecological Station is divided between the municipalities of

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(44.15%) and

Itirapina Itirapina is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 18,387 (2020 est.) in an area of 565 km2. The elevation is 770 m. The municipality contains 56% of the Itirapina Ecological Station The Itirapina Ecological ...

(55.85%) in the state of São Paulo. It has an area of . The area contains a sample of remnants of

cerrado The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are t ...

vegetation, and also has an important fluvial network that supplies the Lobo Dam. The Itirapina Ecological State and the Itirapina Experimental Station are managed as a whole, and together have an area of . 94% of the ecological station has

vegetation, mostly rocky, clean or wet meadows, as well as cerrado strict sense, riverside forests and

cerradão Cerradão is a type of dry forest found in Brazil, associated with the cerrado savanna ecoregion. Structure Cerradão is a drought-resistant ("xerophitic") type of forest, with relatively sparse and slender trees. It includes species that are fou ...

. The experimental station covers including a large area reforested with fast-growing pine and eucalyptus. It is used for forestry research. The buffer zone for the two units covers .

History

The Itirapina Ecological Station was created by Governor

André Franco Montoro André Franco Montoro (; 14 July 1916 – 16 July 1999) was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He was born in São Paulo as the son of André de Blois Montoro and Tomásia Alijostes. He was a senator and governor of São Paulo. He was a member of ...

by state decree 22.335 of 7 June 1984. The ecological station was on publicly owned land. It had the objective of ensuring the integrity of the ecosystems and river complex it contains, protecting its fauna and flora, and supporting scientific research and education.

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