The Cajati Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental de Cajati) is an
environmental protection area in the state of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
, Brazil.
Location
The Cajati Environmental Protection Area is in the municipality of
Cajati, São Paulo.
It has an area of .
It is in the
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and t ...
biome,
Vegetation is dense rainforest.
Hunting, fishing and sale of land are prohibited.
History
The Cajati Environmental Protection Area was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008 with an area of .
This law broke up the old
Jacupiranga State Park
The Jacupiranga State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual de Jacupiranga) was a state park in São Paulo, Brazil.
It covered a large, mountainous region that included untouched Atlantic Forest and land occupied by traditional communities.
When the park wa ...
and created the
Jacupiranga Mosaic with 14 conservation units.
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Environmental protection areas of Brazil
Protected areas established in 2008
Protected areas of São Paulo (state)
2008 establishments in Brazil