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Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area
Environmental protection area in São Paulo, Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental do Rio Pardinho e do Rio Vermelho) is an environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Location
The Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area (APA) is in the municipality of Barra do Turvo, São Paulo. It has an area of 3,235 hectares (7,990 acres).[1] It is in the Atlantic Forest biome, originally covered by dense rainforest.[2]
History
The Rio Pardinho e Rio Vermelho Environmental Protection Area was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008. This law broke up the old Jacupiranga State Park and created the Jacupiranga Mosaic with 14 conservation units.[3] The APA is administered by the São Paulo Forestry Foundation (Fundação para Conservação e a Produção Florestal do Estado de São Paulo).[4]
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