The Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area is an environmental protection area in the state of

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, Brazil.

Location

The Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area (APA) is divided between the municipalities of

Barra do Turvo Barra do Turvo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 7,632 (2020 est.) in an area of . The elevation is . Conservation The municipality contains part of the Rio Turvo State Park, created in 2008. It contai ...

(96.84%) and

Cajati Cajati is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 28,494 (2020 est.) in an area of 454 km2. The elevation is 75 m. The municipality contains part of the Rio Turvo State Park, created in 2008. It contains the ...

(3.16%) in the state of São Paulo. It has an area of . It is in the

Atlantic Forest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and t ...

biome. About 40% of the APA is covered by dense and mixed rainforest in various stages of succession.

History

The Planalto do Turvo Environmental Protection Area was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008. This law broke up the old

Jacupiranga State Park The Jacupiranga State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual de Jacupiranga) 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 wa ...

and created the

Jacupiranga Mosaic The Jacupiranga Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico do Jacupiranga) 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 ...

with 14 conservation units.

Economy

There are 374 families resident in the APA, mostly migrants from other regions but some long-established. The soil is relatively infertile, and the main economic activity is raising cattle for beef and milk. There is some infrastructure along highway

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such as small businesses, a school and a health center.

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