Lapinha Biological Reserve

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Lapinha Biological Reserve
Reserva Biológica Lapinha
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Location in Brazil
Nearest city Leopoldina, Minas Gerais
Coordinates 21°29′13″S42°44′10″W / 21.487°S 42.736°W / -21.487; -42.736 Coordinates: 21°29′13″S42°44′10″W / 21.487°S 42.736°W / -21.487; -42.736
Area 369 hectares (910 acres)
Designation biological reserve
Created 23 September 1974

Lapinha Biological Reserve (Portuguese : Reserva Biológica Lapinha) is a small State Biological Reserve in the municipality of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Biological reserve (Brazil) type of protected areas in Brazil

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History

The reserve, which covers 368.7 hectares (911 acres) in the municipality of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, was created on 23 September 1974. [1]

Status

The climate is tropical, with average temperatures of about 21 °C (70 °F) and average rainfall of 1,307 millimetres (51.5 in). The municipality was once covered in semi-deciduous forest of the Atlantic Forest biome, but has been severely deforested. [2] As of 2009 the State Biological Reserve was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. [3]

IUCN protected area categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the IUCN

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References

  1. ↑ Reservas Biologicas – MG – IEF.
  2. ↑ Geografia – Jornal Leopoldinense.
  3. ↑ Triana 2009.

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