List of Brazilian National Forests

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}
Açu Rio Grande do Norte Caatinga 2001 225
Açungui Paraná Atlantic Forest1968 490
Altamira Pará Amazonia1998 725,406
Amaná Pará Amazonia2006 542,655
Amapá Amapá Amazonia1989 460,359
Amazonas Amazonas Amazonia1989 1,944,203
Anauá Roraima Amazonia2005 259,400
Araripe-Apodi Ceará Caatinga1946 38,919
Aripuanã Amazonas Amazonia 2016 751,295
Balata-Tufari Amazonas Amazonia2008 1,079,954
Bom Futuro Rondônia Amazonia1988 97,405
Brasília Federal District Cerrado1999 9,336
Caçador Santa Catarina Atlantic Forest1968 706
Canela Rio Grande do Sul Atlantic Forest1968 563
Capão Bonito São Paulo Atlantic Forest1968 4,236
Carajás Pará Amazonia1998 391,255
Caxiuanã Pará Amazonia1961 317,946
Chapecó Santa Catarina Atlantic Forest1968 1,604
Contendas do Sincorá Bahia Caatinga1999 11,215
Crepori Pará Amazonia2006 740,396
Cristópolis Bahia Cerrado2001 12,840
Goytacazes Espírito Santo Atlantic Forest2002 1,425
Humaitá Amazonas Amazonia1998 473,256
Ibirama Santa Catarina Atlantic Forest1988 519
Ibura Sergipe Atlantic Forest2005 144
Ipanema São Paulo Atlantic Forest1992 5,384
Iquiri Amazonas Amazonia2008 1,472,599
Irati Paraná Atlantic Forest1968 3,802
Itacaiunas Pará Amazonia1968 136,699
Itaituba I Pará Amazonia1998 212,881
Itaituba II Pará Amazonia1998 427,366
Jacundá Rondônia Amazonia2004 221,229
Jamanxim Pará Amazonia2006 1,301,567
Jamari Rondônia Amazonia1984 222,151
Jatuarana Amazonas Amazonia2002 569,482
Lorena São Paulo Atlantic Forest2001 281
Macauã Acre Amazonia1988 176,356
Mapiá-Inauini Amazonas Amazonia1989 176,356
Mário Xavier Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest1986 495
Mata Grande Goiás Cerrado2003 2,009
Mulata Pará Amazonia2001 216,446
Negreiros Pernambuco Caatinga2007 3,004
Nísia Floresta Rio Grande do Norte Atlantic Forest2001 168
Pacotuba Espírito Santo Atlantic Forest2002 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 Cerrado2001 486
Sobral Ceará Caatinga2001 661
Tapajós Pará Amazonia1974 530,621
Tapirapé-Aquiri Pará Amazonia1989 196,502
Tefé Amazonas Amazonia1989 865,122
Três Barras Santa Catarina Atlantic Forest1968 4,385
Trairão Pará Amazonia 2006 257,529
Urupadi Amazonas Amazonia 2016 537,228

References

  1. ↑ O que são Unidades de Conservação (in Portuguese), ((o))eco, 19 April 2013, retrieved 2016-05-20

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