The Paraty Bay, Paraty-Mirim and Saco do Mamanguá Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Baia de Paraty, Paraty-Mirim e Saco do Mamanguá) is a municipal
environmental protection area 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 ...
, Brazil.
Location
The Paraty Bay, Paraty-Mirim and Saco do Mamanguá Environmental Protection Area (APA) is in the municipality of
Paraty
Paraty (or Parati, ) is a preserved Portuguese colonial (1500–1822) and Brazilian Imperial (1822–1889) municipality with a population of about 43,000. Indeed, the name "Paraty" originates from the local Guaianá Indians' Indigenous Tupi ...
, Rio de Janeiro.
It is administered by the municipal department of the environment, fishing and agriculture.
It is part of the
Bocaina Mosaic
The Bocaina Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico Bocaina) is a protected area mosaic on the border between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. It provides coordinated management for a group of 10 federal, state and municipal conservation units covering an are ...
of conservation units.
The federally administered
Cairuçu Environmental Protection Area
Cairuçu Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental de Cairuçu) is a protected area in the south of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
It contains an important remnant of the Atlantic Forest biome.
Location
Cairuçu Environmen ...
contains the APA.
The ecosystems in the APA are of great importance in maintaining the fishing resources and exceptional scenic beauty which attracts international tourists and contributes to the economy of the region.
Forbidden activities include bottom trawling, collection of shellfish for sale, any potentially polluting industries, and any other activities that would compromise maintenance of the ecosystems.
However, these prohibitions are not enforced.
As of 2016 the APA did not have a headquarters, management plan or managing council.
History
The Paraty Bay, Paraty-Mirim and Saco do Mamanguá Environmental Protection Area was created by municipal law 685 on 11 October 1984, and was resized by law 744 of 9 November 1987.
It covers an area of of the Bay of Paraty, Paraty Mirim and the Saco do Mamanguá.
The objective is to protect the breeding areas of marine organisms in the municipality.
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Environmental protection areas of Brazil
Protected areas of Rio de Janeiro (state)
1984 establishments in Brazil
Protected areas established in 1984