Ecological corridor (Brazil)


An ecological corridor in Brazil is a collection of natural or semi-natural areas that link protected areas and allow gene flow between them.

Definition

The National System of Conservation Units law recognises ecological corridors as portions of natural or semi-natural ecosystems linking protected areas that allow gene flow and movement of biota, recolonization of degraded areas and maintenance of viable populations larger than would be possible with individual units.
The federal Ecological Corridor Project has its roots at least as far back as 1993.
It has identified seven major corridors, with focus on implementing and learning from the Central Amazon Corridor and the Central Atlantic Forest Corridor.

Examples

CorridorLevelArea Created
Amapá Biodiversity CorridorState10,476,1172003
Trinational Biodiversity CorridorFederal570,000Proposed
Caatinga Ecological CorridorFederal5,900,0002006
Central Amazon Ecological CorridorFederal52,159,2062002
Central Atlantic Forest Ecological CorridorFederal21,500,0002002
Northern Amazon Ecological CorridorFederalProposed
Santa Maria Ecological CorridorFederal2001
Capivara-Confusões Ecological CorridorFederal414,5652005
Serra do Mar Ecological CorridorFederal12,600,0002007
South Amazon Ecological CorridorFederalProposed
South Amazon Ecotones Ecological CorridorFederalProposed
Western Amazon Ecological CorridorFederalProposed