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The Carioca Mosaic () is a protected area mosaic in the state of
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, Brazil. It includes various federal, state and municipal conservation units in and around the city of
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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 a government agency under the administration of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment. It is nam ...
(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 () 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 Rio de Janeiro that includes the h ...
, 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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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT: Protected area mosaics of Brazil Protected areas established in 2011 2011 establishments in Brazil Protected areas of Rio de Janeiro (state)