Mantiqueira Mosaic
| Mantiqueira Mosaic | |
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| Mosaico Mantiqueira | |
Serrinha do Alambari
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| Coordinates | 22°41′44″S 45°34′06″W / 22.695583°S 45.568386°WCoordinates: 22°41′44″S 45°34′06″W / 22.695583°S 45.568386°W |
| Area | 445,615 hectares (1,101,140 acres) |
| Designation | Protected area mosaic |
| Created | 11 December 2006 |
| Administrator | Conselho Consultivo do Mosaico Mantiqueira |
The Mantiqueira Mosaic (Portuguese: Mosaico Mantiqueira) is a protected area mosaic that contains conservation units in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil. The conservation units are of different types and are managed at the federal, state or municipal level. The mosaic provides a level of integrated and coordinated management.
The Serra da Mantiqueira is one of the largest of the mountain ranges of southeastern Brazil, extending over parts of the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. These states produce half the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Brazil. Altitudes range from 700 metres (2,300 ft) to the 2,798 metres (9,180 ft) Pedra da Mina. The range contains Atlantic Forest vegetation of great ecological importance, including meadows, forest and enclaves of Araucaria forest. It supplies water to rivers including the Paraná, Verde, Grande, Jaguari River, Sapucaí, Sapucaí-Mirim and Paraíba do Sul. These are important sources of water for the metropolitan region of São Paulo and most of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
A project to create three new protected area mosaics in the Serra do Mar Ecological Corridor began in December 2005, coordinated by the National Council of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve. These were the Bocaina Mosaic, Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic and Mantiqueira Mosaic. Funding was provided by Conservation International, the Fund for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank.
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