List of Brazilian National Forests
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Caçador National Forest
A list of Brazilian National Forests follows. According to the Brazilian National System of Conservation Units, a national forest of Brazil is an area with forest cover of predominantly native species that has as its basic objective the multiple sustainable use of the forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods of sustainable exploitation of native forests.[1]
Name | State | Biome | Created | Area (ha} |
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Açu | Rio Grande do Norte | Caatinga | 2001 | 225 |
Açungui | Paraná | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 490 |
Altamira | Pará | Amazonia | 1998 | 725,406 |
Amaná | Pará | Amazonia | 2006 | 542,655 |
Amapá | Amapá | Amazonia | 1989 | 460,359 |
Amazonas | Amazonas | Amazonia | 1989 | 1,944,203 |
Anauá | Roraima | Amazonia | 2005 | 259,400 |
Araripe-Apodi | Ceará | Caatinga | 1946 | 38,919 |
Aripuanã | Amazonas | Amazonia | 2016 | 751,295 |
Balata-Tufari | Amazonas | Amazonia | 2008 | 1,079,954 |
Bom Futuro | Rondônia | Amazonia | 1988 | 97,405 |
Brasília | Federal District | Cerrado | 1999 | 9,336 |
Caçador | Santa Catarina | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 706 |
Canela | Rio Grande do Sul | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 563 |
Capão Bonito | São Paulo | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 4,236 |
Carajás | Pará | Amazonia | 1998 | 391,255 |
Caxiuanã | Pará | Amazonia | 1961 | 317,946 |
Chapecó | Santa Catarina | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 1,604 |
Contendas do Sincorá | Bahia | Caatinga | 1999 | 11,215 |
Crepori | Pará | Amazonia | 2006 | 740,396 |
Cristópolis | Bahia | Cerrado | 2001 | 12,840 |
Goytacazes | Espírito Santo | Atlantic Forest | 2002 | 1,425 |
Humaitá | Amazonas | Amazonia | 1998 | 473,256 |
Ibirama | Santa Catarina | Atlantic Forest | 1988 | 519 |
Ibura | Sergipe | Atlantic Forest | 2005 | 144 |
Ipanema | São Paulo | Atlantic Forest | 1992 | 5,384 |
Iquiri | Amazonas | Amazonia | 2008 | 1,472,599 |
Irati | Paraná | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 3,802 |
Itacaiunas | Pará | Amazonia | 1968 | 136,699 |
Itaituba I | Pará | Amazonia | 1998 | 212,881 |
Itaituba II | Pará | Amazonia | 1998 | 427,366 |
Jacundá | Rondônia | Amazonia | 2004 | 221,229 |
Jamanxim | Pará | Amazonia | 2006 | 1,301,567 |
Jamari | Rondônia | Amazonia | 1984 | 222,151 |
Jatuarana | Amazonas | Amazonia | 2002 | 569,482 |
Lorena | São Paulo | Atlantic Forest | 2001 | 281 |
Macauã | Acre | Amazonia | 1988 | 176,356 |
Mapiá-Inauini | Amazonas | Amazonia | 1989 | 176,356 |
Mário Xavier | Rio de Janeiro | Atlantic Forest | 1986 | 495 |
Mata Grande | Goiás | Cerrado | 2003 | 2,009 |
Mulata | Pará | Amazonia | 2001 | 216,446 |
Negreiros | Pernambuco | Caatinga | 2007 | 3,004 |
Nísia Floresta | Rio Grande do Norte | Atlantic Forest | 2001 | 168 |
Pacotuba | Espírito Santo | Atlantic Forest | 2002 | 449 |
Palmares | Piauí | Caatinga | 2005 | 168 |
Paraopeba | Minas Gerais | Cerrado | 2001 | 203 |
Passa Quatro | Minas Gerais | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 335 |
Passo Fundo | Rio Grande do Sul | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 1,333 |
Pau-Rosa | Amazonas | Amazonia | 2001 | 827,877 |
Piraí do Sul | Paraná | Atlantic Forest | 2004 | 170 |
Purus | Amazonas | Amazonia | 1998 | 256,121 |
Restinga de Cabedelo | Paraíba | Atlantic Forest | 2004 | 114 |
Rio Preto | Espírito Santo | Atlantic Forest | 1998 | 2,561 |
Ritápolis | Minas Gerais | Atlantic Forest | 1999 | 89 |
Roraima | Roraima | Amazonia | 1989 | 167,268 |
Santa Rosa do Purus | Acre | Amazonia | 2001 | 231,555 |
São Francisco | Acre | Amazonia | 2001 | 21,148 |
São Francisco de Paula | Rio Grande do Sul | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 1,615 |
Saracá-Taquera | Pará | Amazonia | 1989 | 441,283 |
Silvânia | Goiás | Cerrado | 2001 | 486 |
Sobral | Ceará | Caatinga | 2001 | 661 |
Tapajós | Pará | Amazonia | 1974 | 530,621 |
Tapirapé-Aquiri | Pará | Amazonia | 1989 | 196,502 |
Tefé | Amazonas | Amazonia | 1989 | 865,122 |
Três Barras | Santa Catarina | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 4,385 |
Trairão | Pará | Amazonia | 2006 | 257,529 |
Urupadi | Amazonas | Amazonia | 2016 | 537,228 |
References
- ↑ O que são Unidades de Conservação (in Portuguese), ((o))eco, 19 April 2013, retrieved 2016-05-20
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