Amapá State Forest

Amapá State Forest
Floresta Estadual do Amapá
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Nearest city	Oiapoque
Coordinates	2°00′38″N 51°16′46″W / 2.010512°N 51.279438°W / 2.010512; -51.279438Coordinates: 2°00′38″N 51°16′46″W / 2.010512°N 51.279438°W / 2.010512; -51.279438
Area	2,369,400 hectares (5,855,000 acres)
Designation	State forest
Created	12 July 2006
Administrator	Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente do Amapá

The Amapá State Forest (Portuguese: Floresta Estadual do Amapá) is a state forest in the state of Amapá, Brazil.

The Amapá State Forest is divided between the municipalities of Tartarugalzinho (7.64%), Pracuúba (4.52%), Porto Grande (7.72%), Oiapoque (24.15%), Mazagão (8.56%), Ferreira Gomes (3.64%), Calçoene (23.23%), Pedra Branca do Amaparí (6.39%), Amapá (6.32%) and Serra do Navio (7.83%). To the west it adjoins the Tumucumaque Mountains National Park and the Amapá National Forest. In the north east it adjoins the Cabo Orange National Park. It has an area of 2,369,400 hectares (5,855,000 acres). It covers 16.5% of the state, bringing protected parts of Amapá to 63.5% of the territory. It is part of the Amapá Ecological Corridor.

The forest originated in a 2004 proposal by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to transfer federals lands to the state if they were transformed into a protected area. The Amapá Legislature approved creation unanimously in 2006. The Amapá State Forest was created under Amapá governor Waldez Góes by law 1.028 of 12 July 2006 for sustainable exploitation of renewable and non-renewable natural resources, to maintain biodiversity and other ecological attributes and a socially just and economically viable form. It covered a discontinuous area estimated as 23,694 square kilometres (9,148 sq mi).