Tinguá Biological Reserve

Tinguá Biological Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Biológica do Tinguá) is a biological reserve in the Serra do Tinguá mountains, Rio de Janeiro state, eastern Brazil.

Tinguá Biological Reserve
Reserva Biológica do Tinguá
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
Serra do Tinguá mountains
Location in Brazil
LocationRio de Janeiro State
Nearest cityRio de Janeiro
Coordinates22.545°S 43.385°W / -22.545; -43.385
Area26,260 hectares (64,900 acres)
DesignationBiological reserve
Created23 May 1989

Location

The reserve, which covers 26,260 hectares (64,900 acres), was created on 23 May 1989. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.[1] The reserve lies in the municipalities of Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu and Petrópolis in Rio de Janeiro State.[2] It adjoins the 2,353 hectares (5,810 acres) Jaceruba Environmental Protection Area, created in 2002, to the west.[3] The biome is Atlantic Forest and includes submontane, montane and upper montane rain forest.[1] The reserve is in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.[4]

Conservation

The Biological Reserve is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. The purpose is to fully protect the biota and other natural attributes without direct human interference.[2] Protected species in the reserve include southern muriqui (brachyteles arachnoides), red myotis (myotis ruber), Recife broad-nosed bat (platyrrhinus recifinus), ocelot (leopardus pardalis mitis), cougar (puma concolor capricornensis), the frog species thoropa petropolitana and thoropa lutzi, Chaco eagle (Harpyhaliaetus coronatus), grey-winged cotinga (tijuca condita), Salvadori's antwren (myrmotherula minor), white-necked hawk (leucopternis lacernulatus) and white-eared parakeet (pyrrhura leucotis).[1]

References
  1. Rebio do Tinguá – Chico Mendes.
  2. Unidade de Conservação ... MMA.
  3. APA Jaceruba – Biblioteca Virtual.
  4. Costa, Lamas & Fernandes 2010, p. 15.

Sources
  • APA Jaceruba (in Portuguese), Biblioteca Virtual do Meio Ambiente da Baixada Fluminense, retrieved 2016-10-11
  • Costa, Cláudia; Lamas, Ivana; Fernandes, Rosan (December 2010), Planejamento Estratégico do Mosaico Central Fluminense (PDF) (in Portuguese), Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica, retrieved 2016-10-02
  • Rebio do Tinguá (in Portuguese), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-04-18
  • Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Tinguá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-18
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