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Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area

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V, protected landscape/seascape. The purpose is to maintain biological diversity, manage human settlements and ensure sustainable use of natural resources. The main goal is to protect the remaining mangroves in
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The area includes the 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) Guanabara Ecological Station, created on 15 February 2006, which protects one of the last sections of midsize contiguous
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The marine coastal protection area, which covers 13,926 hectares (34,410 acres) was created on 25 September 1984. It is administered by the
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habitats in the state. The mangroves shelter species that are endangered in the state, including the
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in the state of Rio de Janeiro. It contains the strictly protected 1,936 hectares (4,780 acres)
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Rio de Janeiro. The protected area is in the upper right. The mangroves are dark green.
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Unidade de Conservação: Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guapi-Mirim
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Costa, Cláudia; Lamas, Ivana; Fernandes, Rosan (December 2010),
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Gestao Integrada Apa Guapimirin e Esec Guanabara: Quem Somos
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Gestao Integrada Apa Guapimirin e Esec Guanabara: Quem Somos
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Protected coastal marine area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Planejamento Estratégico do Mosaico Central Fluminense
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Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
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Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
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Guapi-Mirim Environmental Protection Area
IUCN category

Map showing the location of Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area
Magé
22°43′12″S 42°59′38″W / 22.720°S 42.994°W / -22.720; -42.994
Environmental Protection Area
Portuguese
marine protected area
Guanabara Bay
state of Rio de Janeiro
southeastern Brazil
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
Guapimirim
Itaboraí
Magé
São Gonçalo
Guanabara Ecological Station
Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic
mangrove
anhinga
fulvous whistling duck
broad-snouted caiman
IUCN protected area category
Guanabara Bay
Coscinasterias tenuispina
Mangroves
Protected areas of Rio de Janeiro (state)

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