The Carioca Mosaic () is a protected area mosaic in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It includes various federal, state and municipal conservation units in and around the city of Rio de Janeiro.
History
The Carioca Mosaic was created by ordnance 245 of 11 July 2011. It included conservation units administered at the federal, state and municipal levels. The federal Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) administers the Tijuca National Park and Ilhas Cagarras Natural Monument. The Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat for the Environment administers the Pedra Branca State Park, Gericinó/Mendanha and Sepetiba II environmental protection areas, and Guaratiba Biological Reserve. The Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat for the Environment administers 14 municipal nature parks, two environmental protection area and a natural monument.
The mosaic is coordinated at the federal level. The consultative council includes administrators of the various protected areas and representatives of other public and private bodies. The mosaic headquarters is at the headquarters of the Tijuca National Park.
Protected areas
Conservation units in the mosaic include: Conservation unit Level Established Area (ha)Bosque da Barra Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1983 54Catacumba Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1979 30Chico Mendes Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1989 44 Cidade Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2008 47 Darke de Mattos Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1976 7 Fonte da Saudade Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2000 2 Freguesia Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1992 20 Gericinó/Mendanha Environmental Protection Area State 2005 105 Grumari Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2001 794 Guaratiba Biological Reserve State 1974 3,600 Ilhas Cagarras Natural Monument Federal 2010 106 José Guilherme Merquior Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2000 8 Marapendi Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1978 248 Mendanha State Park State 2013 1,445 Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument Municipal 2006 122 Paisagem Carioca Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2013 160 Pedra Branca State Park State 1974 12,394 Penhasco Dois Irmãos Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1992 38 Prainha Municipal Nature Park Municipal 1999 147 Sepetiba II Environmental Protection Area State 2004 194 Serra da Capoeira Grande Municipal Nature Park Municipal 2002 21 Tijuca National Park Federal 1961 3,359
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