Amapá Biodiversity Corridor


The Amapá Biodiversity Corridor is an ecological corridor in the state of Amapá, Brazil. It provides a degree of integrated management for conservation units and other areas covering over 70% of the state.

Organization

The project to establish the Amapá Biodiversity Corridor was presented by Antônio Waldez Góes da Silva, governor of Amapá, at the 2003 Durban World Conference of Protected Areas.
The proposed corridor would include marshland, tropical forest and open spaces of importance in maintaining global biodiversity.
The acts that would lead to conservation measures in the corridor were signed in 2005.
The corridor covers more than 70% of the state, and should allow for coordinated management of conservation units and indigenous territories in the state in line with the principles laid out in the Rio Convention on Biodiversity.
The corridor and the conservation units it contains will be co-funded by the Amapá Fund.
The Amapá Initiative is run by a partnership of the state of Amapá, Conservation International and the Fundo Vale for Sustainable Development. It aims to promote governance and institutions, support sustainable development, and promote consistent policies with decisions based on monitoring and evaluating results.

Extent

The corridor covers, or 72% of the state, in 12 protected areas and five indigenous territories.
The corridor links protected areas in Amapá to protected areas in Pará and in other Guiana Shield countries.
As of 2016 it included 12 federal or state protected areas and five indigenous territories.
The Guiana Shield, and the state of Amapá, have great biodiversity.
More than 180 mammal species have been identified in the protected areas, including the jaguar, giant otter, red-handed howler, giant anteater and Amazonian manatee.
The corridor includes the Juminá, Galibi, Uaça, Parque do Tumucumaque and Waiãpi indigenous territories.
Protected areas include:
NameLevelCreatedArea
Amapá National ForestFederal1989460,352
Amapá State ForestState20062,369,400
Cabo Orange National ParkFederal1980657,318
Fazendinha Environmental Protection AreaState2004137
Jari Ecological StationFederal1982227,126
Lago Piratuba Biological ReserveFederal1980 392,469
Maracá-Jipioca Ecological StationFederal198160,253
Parazinho Biological ReserveState1985111
Rio Cajari Extractive ReserveFederal1990501,771
Rio Curiau Environmental Protection AreaState199821,676
Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development ReserveState1997806,184
Tumucumaque Mountains National ParkFederal20023,887,400