Morro da Pedreira Environmental Protection Area

Morro da Pedreira Environmental Protection Area
Morro da Pedreira Environmental Protection Area
	IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
	Location in Brazil
Nearest city	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Coordinates	19°20′S43°32′W / 19.33°S 43.53°W Coordinates: 19°20′S43°32′W / 19.33°S 43.53°W
Area	131,769 hectares (325,610 acres)
Designation	Environmental Protection Area
Created	26 January 1990

Last updated July 29, 2019

Morro da Pedreira Environmental Protection Area is a protected area within the Cerrado biome, located in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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.

Minas Gerais is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5,800,000 inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine Brazilian presidents were born in Minas Gerais, the most of any state.

Location

The protected area in the Cerrado biome, which covers 131,769 hectares (325,610 acres), was created on January 26, 1990. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.^[1] It contains all or part of the municipalities of Conceição do Mato Dentro, Itabira, Itambé do Mato Dentro, Jaboticatubas, Nova União, Morro do Pilar, Santana do Riacho and Taquaraçu de Minas in the state of Minas Gerais.^[2]

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation organization

The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm. It is named after the environmental activist Chico Mendes.

Conceição do Mato Dentro Place in Southeast, Brazil

Conceição do Mato Dentro is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conceição do Mato Dentro.

Itabira is a Brazilian municipality and a major city in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area mesoregion and to the Itabira microregion.

Conservation

The environmental protection area is classed as IUCN protected area category V, protected landscape/seascape. The purpose is to preserve biological diversity, control the impact of human occupation and ensure sustainable use of natural resources.^[2] Protected species in the area include maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) and ocelot (Leopardus pardalis mitis).^[1]

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 the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The maned wolf is the largest canid of South America. Its markings resemble those of foxes, but it is neither a fox nor a wolf. It is the only species in the genus Chrysocyon.

The ocelot is a small wild cat native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central and South America. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List as the population is estimated to comprise more than 40,000 mature individuals and is considered stable. Its fur was once regarded as valuable, and poaching for the illegal trade is still a threat. It is marked with solid black spots, streaks and stripes.

Notes

Sources

Àrea de Proteção Ambiental do Morro da Pedreira (in Portuguese), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation , retrieved 2016-04-22
Unidade de Conservação: Morro da Pedreira Environmental Protection Area (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente

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[FOOTNOTEÀrea_de_Proteção_Ambiental_do_Morro_da_Pedreira_–_Chico_Mendes-1] 1 2 Àrea de Proteção Ambiental do Morro da Pedreira – Chico Mendes.

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