Restinga de Bertioga State Park
| Restinga de Bertioga State Park | |
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| Parque Estadual Restinga de Bertioga | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Restinga and mangroves, Itaguaré beach
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| Nearest city | Bertioga, São Paulo |
| Coordinates | 23°44′56″S 45°55′54″W / 23.748960°S 45.931566°WCoordinates: 23°44′56″S 45°55′54″W / 23.748960°S 45.931566°W |
| Area | 9,312.32 ha (35.9551 sq mi) |
| Designation | State park |
| Created | 9 December 2010 |
| Administrator | Fundação Florestal - Governo do Estado de São Paulo |
The Restinga de Bertioga State Park (Portuguese: Parque Estadual Restinga de Bertioga) is a state park in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects an area of restinga, mangroves and dense rainforest on the coast of São Paulo. The park provides an important ecological corridor from the coastal restinga to the Serra do Mar State Park further inland.
The Restinga de Bertioga State Park is in the municipality of Bertioga, São Paulo. It has an area of 9,312.32 hectares (23,011.2 acres). It contains sambaquis, shell and bone mounds formed by fisher-hunter-gatherer peoples, that date back five thousand years. The park fully protects the Itaguaré and Guaratuba rivers, and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) of the Itaguaré, Itaguá and Boracéia beaches.
Brazil's Atlantic Forest is one of the most threatened types of forest in the world. About 7% of the original forest cover remains in the state of São Paulo, of which about 5.98% is on the coast. The state has preserved a large area in the Serra do Mar State Park, the largest Atlantic Forest park in Brazil. However, forest in the coastal region is under great pressure. The 2006 management plan of the Serra do Mar State Park identified the great importance to that park of conserving the continuous areas of restinga in the Bertioga and São Sebastião region. The well-preserved vegetation provides an important ecological corridor leading to the plateau of the Serra do Mar. Boracéia and Barra do Una are rich in birds and amphibians, including large numbers of endangered species.
The area now covered by the park was placed under to "provisional administrative limitation" on 30 March 2010 to allow for a period of study of the ecosystems. This bans activities that may cause environmental damage while the area is under study and prevents a race to occupy the land. The study identified the need to protect the "Bertioga Polygon" of 10,393.8 hectares (25,684 acres), including part of the municipality of São Sebastião. It was chosen because it contains examples of flora that are poorly represented among conservation units in SP, with a high level of threat to its integrity and strong social support for its protection. A public consultation was held on 7 October 2010 attended by over 300 people, and lasting for five hours.
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