The term ecological reserve () is used for various

protected areas of Brazil Protected areas of Brazil included various classes of area according to the National System of Nature Conservation Units (SNUC), a formal, unified system for federal, state and municipal parks created in 2000. Types of protected area Protected ...

administered by the federal government, states and municipalities of Brazil that provide some degree of protection of the environment, although they do not conform to

IUCN protected area categories IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part ...

. They include:

References

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