Córrego do Veado Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica do Córrego do Veado) is a
biological reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
in the municipality of Pinheiros,
Espírito Santo,
Brazil.
Location
The reserve of was created by decree 87.590 of 20 September 1982 and decree 89.569 of 23 April 1984.
It is managed by the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade.
It became part of the
Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.
It is named after the river of the same name, the
Veado River, which flows through the reserve from west to east.
It lies in the
Pinheiros
Pinheiros (, “pine trees”) is a district in the subprefecture of the same name in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Prior to development, the land which this borough occupies was dominated by the dense forest which contained a Brazilian subt ...
municipality of Espírito Santo.
The vegetation is semi-deciduous tropical rain forest, with very tall trees and sparse undergrowth.
Although in the tropical zone, the climate is greatly influenced by the mountains.
Conservation
The Biological Reserve is a "strict nature reserve" under
IUCN protected area category Ia.
The reserve was created to preserve a remnant of Atlantic forest in the northern part of the state.
In January 2014 the Federal Public Ministry in Espírito Santo gained a court ruling that ICMBio had 180 days to delimit buffer zones around the Córrego do Veado Biological Reserve as well as the nearby
Rio Preto National Forest and the
Córrego Grande Biological Reserve
Córrego Grande Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica do Córrego Grande) is a biological reserve spanning the boundary of Bahia and Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Location
The Córrego Grande Biological Reserve covers parts of the municipalit ...
.
A buffer zone is an area around a conservation unit where human activity is subject to various rules and restrictions.
Protected species in the Atlantic Forest biome are
northern brown howler (Alouatta guariba guariba),
oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus),
red-browed amazon
The red-browed amazon (''Amazona rhodocorytha'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It has been considered a subspecies of the blue-cheeked amazon (''Amazona dufresniana''), bu ...
(Amazona rhodocorytha),
scalloped antbird (Myrmeciza ruficauda),
white-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis) and
ochre-marked parakeet (Pyrrhura cruentata).
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1984 establishments in Brazil
Biological reserves of Brazil
Protected areas of Espírito Santo
Protected areas established in 1984
Protected areas of the Atlantic Forest