The Carioca Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico Carioca) is a protected area mosaic 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. It includes various federal, state and municipal conservation units in and around the city of

History

The Carioca Mosaic was created by ordnance 245 of 11 July 2011. It included conservation units administered at the federal, state and municipal levels. The federal

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 ...

(ICMBio) administers the Tijuca National Park and Ilhas Cagarras Natural Monument. The Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat for the Environment administers the

Pedra Branca State Park The Pedra Branca State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca) is a state park in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one of the largest urban nature parks in the world. It protects an area of Atlantic Forest in the west of the city of R ...

, Gericinó/Mendanha and Sepetiba II environmental protection areas, and Guaratiba Biological Reserve. The Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat for the Environment administers 14 municipal nature parks, two environmental protection area and a natural monument. The mosaic is coordinated at the federal level. The consultative council includes administrators of the various protected areas and representatives of other public and private bodies. The mosaic headquarters is at the headquarters of the Tijuca National Park.

Protected areas

Conservation units in the mosaic include:

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