Jacupiranga Mosaic


The Jacupiranga Mosaic is a protected area mosaic of 14 units, located in the Atlantic Forest biome within the state of São Paulo of southeastern Brazil.
It is centered on the former Jacupiranga State Park.

History

The Jacupiranga Mosaic was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008 with a total area of, including 14 conservation units and 2 planned Private natural heritage reserves.
It was the fifth mosaic to be created in Brazil, and was intended to reconcile sustainable economic development with conservation objectives.
The Jacupiranga State Park, which had an area of, was expanded to and subdivided into three state parks, Caverna do Diabo, Rio Turvo and Lagamar de Cananéia.
The law created five sustainable development reserves and one extractive reserve, totaling and four environmental protection areas totaling.
The remaining residents in the Caverna do Diabo, Rio Turvo and Lagamar Cananéia state parks were to be relocated to the sustainable use units, so the forest remnants could be protected..

Conservation units

The Jacupiranga Mosaic includes the following conservation units:
TypeNameMunicipalitySize
State parkCaverna do DiaboBarra do Turvo, Eldorado, Iporanga, Cajati40,219.66
State parkRio TurvoBarra do Turvo, Cajati, Jacupiranga73,893.87
State parkLagamar de CananéiaCananéia, Jacupiranga40,758.64
Sustainable development reserveBarreiro/AnhemasBarra do Turvo3,175.07
Sustainable development reserveQuilombos de Barra do TurvoBarra do Turvo5,826.46
Sustainable development reservePinheirinhosBarra do Turvo1,531.09
Sustainable development reserveLavrasCajati889.74
Sustainable development reserveItapanhapimaCananéia1,242.70
Extractive reserveIlha do TumbaCananéia1,128.26
Extractive reserveTaquariCananéia1,662.20
Environmental protection areaPlanalto do TurvoBarra do Turvo, Cajati2,721.87
Environmental protection areaCajatiCajati2,975.71
Environmental protection areaRio Pardinho e Rio VermelhoBarra do Turvo3,235.47
Environmental protection areaQuilombos do Médio RibeiraIporanga, Barra do Turvo, Eldorado64,625.04