Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol

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Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol (Rio de Janeiro)
Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol
Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol
Location in Rio de Janeiro

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Part of the Atlantic rainforest on the coast at Arraial do Cabo

The Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol (German: State Park on the Sun Coast) is a nature reserve on the Costa do Sol in the southeast of the state of Rio de Janeiro , in Brazil .

Size and location

The park was established on April 18, 2011 by State Decree No. 42929. It covers an area of ​​about 9841 hectares with nature reserves in six municipalities ( Saquarema , Araruama , Arraial do Cabo , Cabo Frio , São Pedro da Aldeia and Búzios ) as well as 3 special protected areas Áreas de Proteção Ambienta . The park comprises a total of 27 separate environmental protection areas. The largest area is on the coast between Arraial do Cabo, on the Laguna de Araruama and Saquarema.

purpose

The park was founded to put the remains of the Atlantic rainforest and the associated ecosystems of the coastal regions (salt marshes, mangroves, lagoons, swamps, ponds, islands, rocky coasts, etc.) under special protection. This area is the habitat of many endangered native animals and plants and serves as a retreat for rare migratory birds. Another important goal of the protected area was to protect this ecosystem from sprawl. The park is open to the public and offers recreational opportunities for the population, is used for education and scientific research, enables the development of tourism and promotes sustainable management of the landowners.

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Individual evidence

  1. Map of the Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol
  2. Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol torna-se finalmente uma realidade, Publicado em 04/05/2011 ( Memento of the original dated August 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vozdasaguas.com
  3. INEA (Insituto Estadual do Ambiente: Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol)

Web links

Commons : Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 22 ° 56 ′ 14 "  S , 42 ° 10 ′ 46"  W