Tupiniquins Ecological Station

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Tupiniquins Ecological Station
Estação Ecológica dos Tupiniquins
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Location in Brazil
Nearest city Iguape, São Paulo
Coordinates 25°04′44″S47°13′01″W / 25.079°S 47.217°W / -25.079; -47.217 Coordinates: 25°04′44″S47°13′01″W / 25.079°S 47.217°W / -25.079; -47.217
Area 1,728 hectares (4,270 acres)
Designation Ecological station
Created 21 July 1986

Tupiniquins Ecological Station (Portuguese : Estação Ecológica dos Tupiniquins) is a coastal marine ecological station on the coast of São Paulo State, Brazil.

Portuguese language Romance language that originated in Portugal

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Ecological station (Brazil) type of protected area in Brazil

An ecological station in Brazil is a type of protected area of Brazil as defined by the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC). The purpose is to preserve untouched representative samples of the different biomes in Brazil.

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Location

The Tupiniquins Ecological Station is a coastal marine area of 1,728 hectares (4,270 acres) that was created on 21 July 1986. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. [1] It is in the municipalities of Cananéia, Itanhaém and Peruíbe in São Paulo State. [2] The unit includes the following islands and islets: [3]

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation organization

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

Cananéia Place in Southeast, Brazil

Cananéia is the southernmost city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, near to where the Tordesilhas Line passed. The population in 2008 was 12,377 and the area is 1,242.010 km². The elevation is 8 m. The city of Cananéia is host to the Dr. João de Paiva Carvalho research base belonging to the Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo.

Itanhaém Municipality in Southeast, Brazil

Itanhaém is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Baixada Santista. The population is 100,496 in an area of 601.85 km². The elevation is 4 m.

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Locations in São Paulo
Island/Islet Coordinates
A. Ilha Queimada Pequena 24°22′32″S46°48′23″W / 24.375526°S 46.806452°W / -24.375526; -46.806452
B. Ilhota das Gaivotas 24°22′29″S46°48′14″W / 24.374784°S 46.804010°W / -24.374784; -46.804010
C. Ilha de Peruibe 24°21′42″S46°58′49″W / 24.361591°S 46.980299°W / -24.361591; -46.980299
D. Ilha do Cambriú 25°09′54″S47°54′41″W / 25.164900°S 47.911505°W / -25.164900; -47.911505
E. Ilha do Castilho 25°16′25″S47°57′17″W / 25.273521°S 47.954857°W / -25.273521; -47.954857

Conservation and environment

The Ecological Station is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. The purpose is to conserve nature and support research. [2] Average rainfall is 2,248 millimetres (88.5 in) and average temperature 21 °C (70 °F). Vegetation is from the Atlantic Forest biome with plants typical of salt marshes, sandy ridges, plains and continental beaches. Migratory bird species included royal tern (thalasseus maximus), Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis), South American tern (sterna hirundinacea) and peregrine falcon (falco peregrinus). [2] The conservation unit is part of the Lagamar mosaic. [4]

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

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).

Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil

The Atlantic Forest is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the north to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south, and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera.

Royal tern species of bird

The royal tern is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek Thalasseus, "fisherman", from thalassa, "sea". The specific maximus is Latin for '"greatest".

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References

  1. ↑ Esec de Tupiniquins – Chico Mendes.
  2. 1 2 3 Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
  3. ↑ Edilene Oliveira de Menezes 2008, p. 28.
  4. ↑ Unidades de Conservação - Mosaico do Litoral Sul...

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