Serra de Paranapiacaba Mosaic

Paranapiacaba Conservation Units Mosaic
Mosaico de Unidades de Conservação do Paranapiacaba
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Atlantic forest in the Intervales State Park
Coordinates	24°16′06″S 48°24′50″W / 24.268417°S 48.413806°W / -24.268417; -48.413806Coordinates: 24°16′06″S 48°24′50″W / 24.268417°S 48.413806°W / -24.268417; -48.413806
Area	120,000 hectares (300,000 acres)
Designation	protected area mosaic
Created	21 June 2012
Administrator	Secretário do Meio Ambiente SP

The Paranapiacaba Conservation Units Mosaic (Portuguese: Mosaico de Unidades de Conservação do Paranapiacaba) is a protected area mosaic in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is administered by the state, and protects a large area of Atlantic Forest. It is associated with the Paranapiacaba Ecological Corridor of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve.

In 1995 the area convered by Paranapiacaba Mosaic was declared part of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, and in 2000 it was declared a natural World Heritage Site. The TCCA/FF Paranapiacaba Mosaic Project was approved by the Environmental Compensation Chamber and launched in September 2011 to define the scope, schedule, synergies and integrated management of the mosaic. During the June 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) the Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park was created with 22,500 hectares (56,000 acres) of Atlantic Forest covering the sources of the Paranapanema River. The new park and other units would make up the Paranapiacaba Conservation Unit Mosaic, a forest massif of over 250,000 hectares (620,000 acres).

São Paulo state decree 58.148 of 21 June 2012 created the Nascentes do Paranapanema state park and the Paranapiacaba Conservation Units Mosaic. The mosaic consisted of the Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, Intervales State Park, Carlos Botelho State Park, Xitué Ecological Station, Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park and the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area in the municipalities of Eldorado, Sete Barras, Tapiraí, Juquiá, Ribeirão Grande and Capão Bonito. The purpose was to promote integrated and participatory management of the conservation units, and to seek to guarantee conservation of the areas covered. Additional units could be later added to the mosaic by decree. The Secretariat for the Environment had 180 days to constitute the mosaic, and was to provide the material, human and financial resources needed.