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: Name Level Created Area (ha)Amapá National Forest Federal 1989 460,352Amapá State Forest State 2006 2,369,400Cape Orange National Park Federal 1980 657,318Fazendinha Environmental Protection Area State 2004 137Jari Ecological Station Federal 1982 227,126Lago Piratuba Biological Reserve Federal 1980 392,469Maracá-Jipioca Ecological Station Federal 1981 60,253Parazinho Biological Reserve State 1985 111Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve Federal 1990 501,771Rio Curiau Environmental Protection Area State 1998 21,676Rio Iratapuru Sustainable Development Reserve State 1997 806,184 Tumucumaque Mountains National Park Federal 2002 3,887,400
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