Perobas Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica das Perobas) is a
biological reserve in the state of
Paraná, Brazil.
History
The reserve, which has an area of , was created on 20 March 2006.
It is located in the municipalities of
Tuneiras do Oeste and
Cianorte
Cianorte is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil, with an estimated population of 83,816, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in 2020.
History
The city was planned as a " garden city" and founded by th ...
of Paraná.
It is managed 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 ...
.
Status
As of 2009 the Biological Reserve 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 par ...
Ia.
Ecologically it is a contact area between semi-deciduous forest and mixed rain forest, with many peroba trees, an endangered species.
An isolated fragment of forest, it is the only wildlife refuge in the region with great diversity of species.
It is located in the basin of the
Ivaí River
The Ivaí River (Portuguese, Rio Ivaí) is a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. A ...
, which is extremely degraded, with fragile and vulnerable soil.
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{{Biological reserve (Brazil)
2006 establishments in Brazil
Biological reserves of Brazil
Protected areas of Paraná (state)
Protected areas established in 2006
Protected areas of the Atlantic Forest