Guará Area of Relevant Ecological Interest

Guará Area of Relevant Ecological Interest
Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico do Guará
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Guará Area of Relevant Ecological Interest
Nearest city Ilha Comprida, São Paulo
Coordinates 24°41′10″S 47°26′22″E / 24.686019°S 47.439493°E / -24.686019; 47.439493Coordinates: 24°41′10″S 47°26′22″E / 24.686019°S 47.439493°E / -24.686019; 47.439493
Area 455 hectares (1,120 acres)
Designation Area of relevant ecological interest
Created 8 October 2008
Administrator Fundação Florestal SP

The Guará Area of Relevant Ecological Interest (Portuguese: Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico do Guará) is an area of relevant ecological interest in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Location

The Guará Area of Relevant Ecological Interest (ARIE) is divided between the municipalities of Iguape ( 44.89%) and Ilha Comprida (55.11%) in the state of São Paulo. It has an area of 455 hectares (1,120 acres).[1] It covers the northwestern tip of the island of Ilha Comprida.[2]

History

The Guará Area of Relevant Ecological Interest was created by decree 53527 of 8 October 2008, which also created the Litoral Sul Marine Environmental Protection Area. The two were to have the same management council, which was established on 19 December 2008.[3] The ARIE is administered by the São Paulo Forestry Foundation (Fundação para Conservação e a Produção Florestal do Estado de São Paulo).[4]

A company was hired in 2013 to prepare a management plan for São Paulo's three marine environmental protection areas (south, center and north) and the ARIE, but the work was not completed. In August 2016 a fresh start on a management plan was made by the Ekos Institute.[5]

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