The Pinheirinhos Sustainable Development Reserve () is a sustainable development reserve in the Atlantic Forest biome and the

state of São Paulo State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

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Location

The Pinheirinhos Sustainable Development Reserve is in the municipality of Barra do Turvo, São Paulo. It has an area of . The reserve is for the use of three traditional communities with 60 families on the border with the state of

Paraná Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to: Geology * Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America Places In Argentina *Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city * Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province In Brazil *Paraná (state), a state ...

. The reserve collaborates with the Agroforestry Project for Community Development and Conservation of the Atlantic Forest developed by Cooperafloresta in the

Vale do Ribeira Vale do Ribeira is a region in the south of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo and the northeast of the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, Brazil. It contains a large part of the Ribeira de Iguape River valley, from which it takes its name ...

region, which aims to improve agroforestry practice and to support 112 families.

History

The Pinheirinhos Sustainable Development Reserve was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008. This law broke up the old

Jacupiranga State Park The Jacupiranga State Park () was a state park in São Paulo, Brazil. It covered a large, mountainous region that included untouched Atlantic Forest and land occupied by traditional communities. When the park was created in 1969 the residents cou ...

and created the

Jacupiranga Mosaic The Jacupiranga Mosaic () is a protected area mosaic of 14 units, located in the Atlantic Forest biome within the state of São Paulo of southeastern Brazil. It is centered on the former Jacupiranga State Park. History The Jacupiranga Mosaic ...

with 14 conservation units. It is administered by the state forest foundation (Fundação para Conservação e a Produção Florestal do Estado de São Paulo). In April 2011 residents of the community of Pinheirinhos das Dúvidas in the reserve, with 30 families, still had no electric power supply despite being registered since 2008 under the Luz para Todos program. The power company said work would start soon.

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