Lagamar Mosaic

The Lagamar Mosaic (Portuguese: Mosaico do Lagamar is a protected area mosaic that includes a number of conservation units in the states of São Paulo and Paraná, Brazil.

Lagamar Mosaic
Mosaico do Lagamar
Coordinates	25°01′08″S 48°01′37″W
Designation	Protected area mosaic
Administrator	ICMBio

History

The Lagamar Mosaic was established by federal ordinance 150 of 8 May 2006. The project was supported by the "Mangroves of Brazil" project as a way of leveraging joint action among the municipal, state and federal mangrove conservation units.[1] In 2009 about 40% of the area was included as a pilot area of the "Mangroves of Brazil" project. The mosaic council was formed in October 2013, and included representatives of various government and civil society organisations.[1]

Scope and purpose

The mosaic includes strategic areas for conservation of the remaining mangroves of the south and southeast coasts of Brazil. Great effort is needed to preserve these areas, and also to preserve the traditional knowledge of the local population that depend on products of the native species.[1] As of June 2014 there were 52 conservation units in the mosaic, forming the largest continuous remnant of Atlantic forest in Brazil. A mosaic is defined as a set of protected areas, of the same or different categories, adjacent or nearby, and other public or private protected areas, that are managed in a joint or integrated manner. The conservation units are made more effective by coordinating their activities.[2]

Conservation units

Path in the Ilha do Mel State Park

Vegetation in the Superagui National Park

The Lagamar Mosaic contains the following units:[3]

Name	Type	Level
Boguaçu	State park	State
Bom Jesus[2]	Biological reserve	Federal
Campina do Encantado	State park	State
Cananéia-Iguape-Peruíbe	Environmental Protection Area	Federal
Chauás	Ecological station	State
Graciosa	State park	State
Guaraqueçaba	Ecological station	Federal
Guaraqueçaba	Environmental Protection Area	Federal
Guaratuba	Environmental Protection Area	State
Ilha Comprida	Environmental Protection Area	State
Ilha da Queimada Grande e Queimada Pequena	Area of relevant ecological interest	Federal
Ilha do Ameixal	Area of relevant ecological interest	Federal
Ilha do Cardoso	State park	State
Ilha do Mel	Ecological station	State
Ilha do Mel	State park	State
Jacupiranga[lower-alpha 1]	State park	State
Juréia-Itatins	Ecological station	State
Lagoa do Parado	Municipal nature park	Municipal
Mandira	Extractive reserve	Federal
Pau Oco	State park	State
Pico Paraná	State park	State
Pico do Marumbi	State park	State
Restinga	Municipal nature park	Municipal
Rio das Onças	State park	State
Rio Perequê	Municipal nature park	Municipal
Roberto Ribas Lange	State park	State
Saint-Hilaire/Lange	National park	Federal
Salto Morato	Private natural heritage reserve	Federal
Sebuí	Private natural heritage reserve	Federal
Serra da Baitaca	State park	State
Superagui	National park	Federal
Tupiniquins	Ecological station	Federal

Notes

1. On 21 February 2008 the Jacupiranga State Park was dissolved and replaced by the much larger Jacupiranga Mosaic, containing three state parks and 11 other conservation units.[4]

1. Instalada Gestao Integrada do Mosaico Lagamar – ISA.
2. Mosaico Lagamar: você sabe o que é? – SPVS.
3. Unidades de Conservação - Mosaico do Litoral Sul...
4. Zanchetta & Bedeschi 2008.

Sources

• Instalada Gestao Integrada do Mosaico Lagamar (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, 20 December 2013, retrieved 2016-09-19
• Mosaico Lagamar: você sabe o que é? (in Portuguese), SPVS, 20 June 2014, retrieved 2016-09-19
• Unidades de Conservação - Mosaico do Litoral Sul de São Paulo e do Litoral do Paraná - LAGAMAR (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-09-19
• Zanchetta, Inês; Bedeschi, Luciana (28 February 2008), Mosaico do Jacupiranga, no Vale do Ribeira, agora é lei (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-11-20