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201:(61.2%) in Alagoas. It has an area of 6,116 hectares (15,110 acres). The ESEC is in the northwestern region of Alagoas, in an area that has been degraded by sugarcane plantations and cattle ranching. The ESEC is used only by researchers and for environmental education. Most of the station is in the
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The Murici
Environmental Protection Area was created by state law 5,907 of 14 March 1997 to provide a buffer zone for the ESEC. The Murici Ecological Station was created by federal decree on 28 May 2001. The consultative council was created on 21 November 2002. It is classed as
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highway. The areas of permanent preservation are not respected by the local population, but are cleared for subsistence farming, sugarcane and pasture. Part of the problem is the lack of compensation to former owners for the land incorporated in the ESEC.
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biome. In the best preserved areas, mostly at the higher elevations, the forest forms a fairly uniform closed canopy up to 40 metres (130 ft) high that provides shade and retains moisture. Tree species include murici
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The rainy season is from April to August, with the highest rainfall in May and July. Annual rainfall ranges from 800 to 1,800 millimetres (31 to 71 in). The ESEC has many springs, gullies and streams that feed the
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As of 2006 land ownership had still not been regularized. Since some undisturbed land lay outside the ESEC, and some land within the ESEC was disturbed, adjustments to the boundaries could be warranted.
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Ia (strict nature reserve). The purpose is to preserve nature and undertake scientific research. The area is considered a priority for the preservation of birds. The ESEC is administered by the
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Plano operativo de prevenção e combate aos incêndios florestais da Estação Ecológica de Murici
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Chico Mendes
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Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
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1144:Protected areas established in 2001
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711:(in Portuguese), Murici: IBAMA
562:Unidade de Conservação ... MMA
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1129:Ecological stations of Brazil
500:Alagoas black-throated trogon
123:6,116 hectares (15,110 acres)
216:IUCN protected area category
770:Ecological station (Brazil)
586:ESEC de Murici (ESEC) – ISA
537:ESEC de Murici (ESEC) – ISA
518:ESEC de Murici (ESEC) – ISA
167:Estação Ecológica de Murici
27:Estação Ecológica de Murici
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1134:Protected areas of Alagoas
292:Handroanthus impetiginosus
670:(in Portuguese), ICMBio:
159:Murici Ecological Station
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884:Serra Geral do Tocantins
598:Esec de Murici – ICMBio
429:Alagoas foliage-gleaner
457:Phylloscartes ceciliae
445:orange-bellied antwren
280:Bowdichia virgilioides
256:Didymopanax morototoni
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104:9.209999°S 35.870065°W
879:Serra dos Três Irmãos
691:ESEC de Murici (ESEC)
588:, Historico Juridico.
520:, Informações gerais.
443:). Other species are
421:Abarema cochliocarpos
109:-9.209999; -35.870065
38:strict nature reserve
980:Pau-Brasil (Paraíba)
462:Bothrops muriciensis
286:Tapirira guianensis
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925:Banhados de Iguape
539:, Características.
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441:Myrmotherula snowi
367:Cattleya granulosa
171:ecological station
132:Ecological station
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1052:Pirapitinga
435:) and the
397:Marantaceae
379:Cryptanthus
337:Rodriguezia
319:Orchidaceae
230:Environment
141:28 May 2001
128:Designation
107: /
83:Coordinates
1123:Categories
1103:Tupinambás
1062:Uruçui-Una
955:Mata Preta
859:Rio Ronuro
784:Alto Maués
731:2016-11-06
715:2016-11-06
698:2016-11-06
682:2016-11-06
391:Tillandsia
355:Epidendrum
325:dimerandra
222:(ICMBio).
193:(38.01%),
163:Portuguese
95:35°52′12″W
1083:Guanabara
1042:Itirapina
1006:Castanhão
799:Grão-Pará
789:Caracaraí
483:armadillo
382:species,
358:species,
352:species,
340:species,
334:species,
328:species,
301:species.
277:species,
271:species,
191:Flexeiras
92:9°12′36″S
78:, Alagoas
994:Caatinga
935:Caetetus
915:Angatuba
839:Rio Acre
494:See also
409:Lecythis
361:Oncidium
268:Tabebuia
185:Location
169:) is an
1098:Tamoios
1078:Carijós
1025:Cerrado
970:Paraíso
658:Sources
469:Threats
331:Dichaea
313:Araceae
298:Protium
209:History
195:Messias
175:Alagoas
138:Created
1016:Seridó
1001:Aiuaba
965:Murici
889:Taiamã
869:Samuel
834:Niquiá
824:Maracá
777:Amazon
487:BR-101
479:agouti
199:Murici
76:Murici
1047:Jataí
985:Xitué
910:Acauã
794:Cuniã
506:Notes
403:Ficus
1093:Taim
1057:UFMG
809:Jari
804:Iquê
481:and
475:paca
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120:Area
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