Águas do Cuiabá Ecological Station

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Águas do Cuiabá Ecological Station
Estação Ecológica Águas do Cuiabá
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Nearest city Cuiabá
Coordinates 14°18′25″S55°21′18″W / 14.307°S 55.355°W / -14.307; -55.355 Coordinates: 14°18′25″S55°21′18″W / 14.307°S 55.355°W / -14.307; -55.355
Area 11,328 hectares (27,990 acres)
Designation Ecological station
Created 10 June 2002

Águas do Cuiabá Ecological Station (Portuguese : Estação Ecológica Águas do Cuiabá), formerly the Águas do Cuiabá State Park, is an ecological station in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, a fully protected conservation unit in the cerrado biome. There was controversy about the acquisition of land to expand the unit's area when it was made an ecological station.

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Location

The ecological station covers parts of the municipalities of Nobres (82%) and Rosário Oeste (18%) in the state of Mato Grosso. It has an area of 11,328 hectares (27,990 acres). [1] It is contained within the Cabeceiras do Rio Cuiabá Environmental Protection Area. [2] It is in the cerrado biome, with about 57% pioneer formations of savannah contact and 43% savannah. [3]

Nobres Municipality in Central-West, Brazil

Nobres is a city in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is located approximately 140 kilometers from Cuiabá on the south slopes of the Serra Azul.

Rosário Oeste Municipality in Center-West, Brazil

Rosário Oeste is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil.

Cerrado

The Cerrado is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins and Minas Gerais. The Cerrado biome core areas are the plateaus in the center of Brazil. The main habitat types of the Cerrado include: forest savanna, wooded savanna, park savanna and gramineous-woody savanna. Savanna wetlands and gallery forests are also included. The second largest of Brazil's major habitat types, after the Amazonian rainforest, the Cerrado accounts for a full 21 percent of the country's land area.

History

The Águas do Cuiabá State Park was created on 10 June 2002. [4] The Cuiabá River was badly contaminated with garbage and raw sewage. Creation of the park by governor Rogério Salles was part of a program to improve its water quality. [5]

Cuiabá River river in Brazil

The Cuiabá River is a Brazilian river in the western state of Mato Grosso that flows in the Río de la Plata Basin. It is a tributary of the São Lourenço River.

The state park had an area of 10,600 hectares (26,000 acres). [6] The park was administered by the Mato Grosso Secretary of State for the Environment. The purpose was to ensure protection of water resources and viability of movement of species of native fauna, preserve significant samples of ecosystems in the area, and provide controlled opportunities for public use, education and scientific research. [7]

The state park was reclassified as an ecological station on 13 November 2014, with redefined boundaries, now covering 11,328 hectares (27,990 acres). [4] The decree was made by governor Silval Barbosa during the last days of his administration. An area of 727.9 hectares (1,799 acres) owned by doctor Filinto Correa da Costa was added. The value of the small addition was questionable, since it was below rather than above the park, and only contained one spring. [8] A subsequent audit found various irregularities in the purchase. The owner had suggested the expropriation, the area was over-stated by 40 hectares (99 acres) and the compensation of R$7 million was based on a valuation of more than double market prices. [9]

Silval Barbosa is the former Governor of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

Notes

    1. ↑ ESEC Águas do Cuiabá – ISA, Informações gerais.
    2. ↑ ESEC Águas do Cuiabá – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
    3. ↑ ESEC Águas do Cuiabá – ISA, Características.
    4. 1 2 ESEC Águas do Cuiabá – ISA, Historico Juridico.
    5. ↑ MT ganha novo parque de preservação – Diário de Cuiabá.
    6. ↑ Conservação Internacional 2005, p. 159.
    7. ↑ PE Águas do Cuiabá – WWF.
    8. ↑ Fogo Amigo 2016.
    9. ↑ Auditoria executada pela CGE ... Mato Grosso Mais.

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