Serra Negra Biological Reserve () is a

Biological reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...

in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.

History

Indigenous languages such as Huamoé were spoken in the Serra Negra.Pompeu Sobrinho, Thomaz. 1958. ''Línguas Tapuias desconhecidas do Nordeste: Alguns vocabulários inéditos''. Boletim de Antropologia (Fortaleza-Ceará) 2. 3-19. The reserve of was created on 20 September 1982. The area at time of creation was . It became part of the

Caatinga Ecological Corridor The Caatinga Ecological Corridor () is an ecological corridor in the caatinga biome of northeast Brazil. History The decree creating the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was signed on 28 April 2006 by the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva. ...

, created in May 2006. The reserve is in parts of the municipalities of Floresta, Inajá and

Tacaratu Tacaratu is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE is 26,106 and the area is 1264.5 km2. Demographics The indigenous Pankararú people live in Brejo dos Padres and other villages of ...

in Pernambuco. It is administered by the

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 ...

. Today, the purpose of the reserve is to fully preserve the biota without direct human interference other than actions to restore and preserve the natural balance, biological diversity and natural ecological processes.

Ecosystem

The Biological Reserve is classed as a "strict nature reserve" under

IUCN protected area category 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 ...

Ia. The climate of the surrounding area is dry and tropical with an annual average rainfall of and average temperature of . The reserve occupies the summit of an

inselberg An inselberg or monadnock ( ) is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. In Southern Africa, a similar formation of granite is known as a koppie, an ...

, or isolated elevation, and is an island of tropical rainforest in the

Caatinga Caatinga () is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" comes from the Tupi word '' ka'atinga'', meaning "white forest" or "white vegetat ...

area. Tree species include '' Libidibia ferrea'', ''

Copaifera ''Copaifera'' is a genus of tropical plants in the legume family Fabaceae. It includes 40 species native to the tropical Americas (Nicaragua to northeastern Argentina), west and central tropical Africa, and Borneo.Tabebuia ''Tabebuia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Bignoniaceae.Eberhard Fischer, Inge Theisen, and Lúcia G. Lohmann. 2004. "Bignoniaceae". pages 9-38. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor) and Joachim W. Kadereit (volume editor) ...

''. The

grey-breasted parakeet The grey-breasted parakeet (''Pyrrhura griseipectus'') is an Endangered species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. Long thought to be endemic to Ceará in northeastern Brazil, it has also b ...

(''Pyrrhura griseipectus'') is a protected species in the reserve.

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