Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area
| Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area | |
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| Área de Proteção Ambiental Estadual Macaé de Cima | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Macaé River in Macaé de Cima, Nova Friburgo
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| Nearest city | Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro |
| Coordinates | 22°22′26″S 42°23′42″W / 22.374°S 42.395°WCoordinates: 22°22′26″S 42°23′42″W / 22.374°S 42.395°W |
| Area | 35,038 hectares (86,580 acres) |
| Designation | Environmental protection area |
| Created | 14 September 2001 |
| Administrator | INEA: Instituto Estadual do Ambiente |
The Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Estadual Macaé de Cima) is a state-level environmental protection area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It protects an area of Atlantic Forest in the Serra do Mar mountains.
The Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area (APA) covers an area of 35,038 hectares (86,580 acres). 33,992 hectares (84,000 acres) is in the southern part of the municipality of Nova Friburgo, and 1,045 hectares (2,580 acres) is in the north of the municipality of Casimiro de Abreu. The APA adjoins the municipalities of Macaé, Trajano de Morais, Bom Jardim, Cachoeiras de Macacu and Silva Jardim. It lies completely within the basin of the Macaé River. The RJ-142 highway between the cities of Nova Friburgo and Casimiro de Abreu runs through the APA beside the Macaé River.
The APA overlaps with the Rio Bonito and Macaé de Cima municipal environmental protection areas and the Três Picos State Park. It is in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.
The Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area was created by state decree 29.213 of 14 September 2001. It was created to protect a remnant of the dense rainforest that once covered the entire Serra do Mar, which is home to rare, endangered or endemic native species, and to protect the headwaters of the Macaé de Cima, Bonito, Das Flores and Santo Antônio rivers.
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