Mata Preta Ecological Station
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| Estação Ecológica da Mata Preta | |
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IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
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View of the ESEC
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| Coordinates | 26°29′03″S 52°12′00″W / 26.48426°S 52.199954°WCoordinates: 26°29′03″S 52°12′00″W / 26.48426°S 52.199954°W |
| Area | 6,566.50 hectares (16,226.2 acres) |
| Designation | Ecological station |
| Created | 19 October 2005 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Mata Preta Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica da Mata Preta) is an ecological station in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. It preserves fragments of Atlantic Forest vegetation, including endangered plant and animal species.
The Mata Preta Ecological Station (ESEC) is in the municipality of Abelardo Luz, Santa Catarina. It has an area of 6,566.50 hectares (16,226.2 acres). The ESEC lies just south of the border with the state of Paraná. It is along the south of the section of the BR-280 highway between Clevelândia and Palmas, in three separate sections. The SC-155 highway divides the eastern section from the central section. The buffer zone is 500 metres (1,600 ft) wide and includes part of the municipality of Clevelândia.
The Mata Preta Ecological Station was created on 19 October 2005. The process was very confrontational, with strong opposition from the landowners. The consultative council was created on 1 September 2010. As of 2016 the legal status was still not finalized and the owners of land in the ESEC had not been compensated. No field studies had been undertaken and there was no management plan.
The ESEC is classed as IUCN protected area category Ia (strict nature reserve). It has the objectives of conserving nature and supporting scientific research. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).
The terrain is hilly, cut by small watercourses that feed the Chapecó River in the Uruguay River basin. Altitudes range from 830 to 1,050 metres (2,720 to 3,440 ft) above sea level. Average annual rainfall is 2,100 millimetres (83 in). Temperatures range from 10 to 30 °C (50 to 86 °F) with an average of 20 °C (68 °F).
The ESEC is in the Atlantic Forest biome. Vegetation is mainly mixed rainforest. The three sections of forest are in different stages of regeneration. One of them is well-preserved and holds an immense stand of Araucaria angustifolia, with tree species in the under story typical of the primary forest formation such as Ocotea porosa, Sloanea lasiocoma and Ilex paraguariensis. The other two fragments show the impact of human activity, with clearings in which there are different stages of succession growth. However, they contain rare and endangered tree species.
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