Niquiá Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Níquia) is an ecological station in the

Caracaraí Caracaraí () is a municipality located in the state of Roraima in Brazil. Its population is 22,283 and its area is , making it the largest municipality in Roraima state. Caracaraí is located on the Branco River. Overview Caracaraí was found ...

municipality of Roraima state, Brazil.

History

The station, which has an area of , was created on 3 June 1985. It is administered by the

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Por ...

. The conservation unit is supported by the

Amazon Region Protected Areas Program The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA; pt, Programa Áreas Protegidas da Amazônia) is a joint initiative sponsored by government and non-government agencies to expand protection of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Foundation The Amaz ...

. The unit was created to preserve the genetic banks of the flora. It is named after the stream from which Aniquiá takes its name. It lies in the

municipality of Roraima state.

Status

As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under

IUCN protected area category IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part ...

Ia, with a terrestrial area of . The station is a region of transition forest, with tall trees with thin trunks. Fauna are representative of both the Amazon and the cerrado. The

white-bellied spider monkey The white-bellied spider monkey (''Ateles belzebuth''), also known as the white-fronted or long-haired spider monkey, is an Endangered species, endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in the north-western Amaz ...

(ateles belzebuth) is protected in the station.

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