The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Fernão Dias) is an
Environmental protection area in the state of
Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Location
The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the municipalities of
Sapucaí-Mirim
Sapucaí-Mirim is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area, created in 1997.
See also
*List of municipalities in Minas Gerais ...
,
Brasópolis
Brasópolis is a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Previously called São Caetano da Vargem Grande, it was renamed after its most famous son, Venceslau Brás, ninth President of the Republic, although he was born in neighbouring Itajubá.
The ...
,
Camanducaia,
Extrema,
Gonçalves
Gonçalves (; Portuguese for "son of Gonçalo") is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adílio de Oliveira Gonçalves (born 1956), Brazilian footballer
* Ailton Goncalves da Silva (born 1973), Brazilian footballer
* ...
,
Itapeva,
Paraisópolis and
Toledo
Toledo most commonly refers to:
* Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain
* Province of Toledo, Spain
* Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States
Toledo may also refer to:
Places Belize
* Toledo District
* Toledo Settlement
Bolivia
* Toledo, Orur ...
in Minas Gerais.
It has an area of .
It covers part of the basin of the
Jaguari River in the municipalities of Sapucaí-Mirim, Camanducaia, Itapeva, Extrema and Toledo, and the basins of the
Sapucaí-Mirim
Sapucaí-Mirim is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area, created in 1997.
See also
*List of municipalities in Minas Gerais ...
and
Sapucaí
Sapucai is a town in the Paraguarí department of Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is ...
rivers in the municipalities of Sapucaí-Mirim, Gonçalves, Paraisópolis and Brasópolis.
History
The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area was created by state decree 38.925 on 17 July 1997 to protect areas of ecological interest in the basins of the Jaguari, Sapucaí-Mirim and Sapucaí rivers.
As well as conserving the landscape and regional culture, the APA aims to preserve the remaining Atlantic Forest fragments and associated wildlife through control over use of natural resources and incentives for regional eco-development.
The APA was created under an agreement between the
São Paulo and Minas Gerais governments to share environmental management in the border region between the two states.
The same agreement covered creation of the
Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area
The Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Sapucaí-Mirim) is an environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Location
The Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area is divided be ...
in São Paulo, protecting the headwaters of the Sapucaí River.
The APA is part of the
Mantiqueira Mosaic of conservation units, established in 2006.
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Environmental protection areas of Brazil
Protected areas of Minas Gerais
1997 establishments in Brazil