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Carste de Lagoa Santa Environmental Protection Area

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Created
  
25 January 1990

Phone
  
+55 31 3681-3185

Area
  
399.6 km²

Carste de Lagoa Santa Environmental Protection Area

Nearest city
  
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Designation
  
Environmental Protection Area

Address
  
Alameda Dra. Vilma Edelweiss dos Santos, 115 - Lundcéia, Matozinhos - MG, 33400-000, Brazil

Similar
  
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Carste de Lagoa Santa Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Carste de Lagoa Santa is a protected area in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Location

The protected area in the Cerrado biome, which covers 39,957 hectares (98,740 acres), was created on 25 January 1990. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The objective is to protect biological divsersity, manage the impact of human occupation and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources. The area covers parts of the municipalities of Confins, Lagoa Santa, Matozinhos, Funilândia, Pedro Leopoldo and Prudente de Morais in Minas Gerais.

Conservation

The Carste de Lagoa Santa Environmental Protection Area is classed as IUCN protected area category V: protected landscape/seascape. Protected species include fossorial giant rat (Kunsia fronto), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis mitis) and orange-brown Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys brasiliensis). It includes the Sumidouro State Park, which protects an area containing limestone caves where remains of early humans have been found.

References

Carste de Lagoa Santa Environmental Protection Area Wikipedia