Designation Wildlife refuge Area 232.6 km² | Created 21 December 2007 Nearest city Una, Bahia | |
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Administrator Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation Management Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation | ||
The Una Wildlife Refuge (Portuguese: Refúgio de Vida Silvestre de Una) is a wildlife refuge in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
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Location
The Una Wildlife Refuge is in the municipalities of Una and Ilhéus, Bahia. It has an area of 23,261.85 hectares (57,481.3 acres). The refuge almost completely surrounds the Una Biological Reserve. Most of the local rural workers and landowners do not distinguish between the wildlife refuge and the biological reserve. The eastern section of the refuge adjoins the Atlantic Ocean. The Una River runs through the western section of the refuge.
History
On 15 May 2006 the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) began public consultations on the proposed creation of the Una and Rio dos Frades wildlife refuges, as well as the proposed expansion of the Pau-Brazil and Descobrimento national parks and of the Una Biological Reserve. The Una Wildlife Refuge was created by federal decree on 21 December 2007 with an area of about 23,404 hectares (57,830 acres) in two separate areas to protect natural environments that ensure conditions for existence or reproduction of flora and local or migratory fauna. It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.