Amazon Estuary and its Mangroves

Country:
Brazil
Site number:
2337
Area:
3,850,253.0 ha
Designation date:
19-03-2018
Coordinates:
01°09'17"S 46°48'05"W

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Overview

The Site is located on the Marajó archipelago, the world’s largest fluvial-maritime archipelago, at the mouth of the Amazon River. It consists of a corridor of 23 conservation units with a combined area of over 3.8 million hectares. On this stretch of coast lies one of the biggest continuous mangrove formations in the world; with over 8,900 square kilometres stretching over 700 km, it holds 70% of the mangroves of Brazil. The Site is adjacent to other Ramsar Sites: Cabo Orange, Baixada Maranhense, Reentrancias Maranhenses and Parcel Manuel Luiz. The Site and the wider Amazon estuary and coastal basins ecoregion are extremely biodiverse and of great international importance. Around 40 species found in the Site are both nationally and globally threatened, and 21 more listed as threatened on Brazil’s Red List. Marine, freshwater and terrestrial species including mammals, reptiles, birds and fish are included among these.

Administrative region

Federative Republic of Brazil. States of Pará (Regions of Marajó, Northeast portion of the state of Para and Lower Amazon), of Amapá (Regions of Amapá, Macapá, Itaubal, Santana, Mazagão and Vitória do Jari), of Maranhão (Regions of West, Center and Northe

National legal designation

  • federal conservation unit - Estação ecológica de Maracá Jipiuoca
  • federal conservation unit - Parque nacional dos Lençois Maranhenses
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva biológica do Lago Piratuba
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva de desenvolvimento sustentável Itatupã-Baquiá
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Chocoaré-Mato Grosso
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Gurupá-Melgaço
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Mapuá
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Maracanã
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Marinha Arai-Peroba
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Marinha Caetétaperaçu
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Marinha Mestre Lucindo
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Marinha Mocopajuba
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Marinha Tracuateua
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Marinha de Gurupi-Piriá
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Mãe Grande de Curuça
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Quilombo do Frechal
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista Terra Grande Pracuuba
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista de Cururupu
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista do Rio Cajari
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista marinha Cuinarana
  • federal conservation unit - Reserva extrativista marinha de Soure
  • federal conservation unit - Área de proteção ambiental Delta do Parnaíba
  • state conservation unit - Área de proteção ambiental do rio Curiaú

Last publication date:

13-06-2018

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