The Rio da Casca Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica do Rio da Casca) is an ecological station in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It protects a partly deforested area of savanna.
| Rio da Casca Ecological Station | |
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| Estação Ecológica do Rio da Casca | |
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| Nearest city | Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso |
| Coordinates | 15°33′42″S 55°26′35″W / 15.561613°S 55.44297°W |
| Area | 3,534 hectares (8,730 acres) |
| Designation | Ecological station |
| Created | 27 May 1994 |
| Administrator | Coordenadoria de Unidades de Conservação, MT |
Location
editThe Rio da Casca Ecological Station (ESEC) is divided between the municipalities of Chapada dos Guimarães (76.61%), Cuiabá (10.84%) and Campo Verde (12.52%) in the state of Mato Grosso.[1] The ESEC has two parts, one with an area of 3,329 hectares (8,230 acres) and the other with an area of 205 hectares (510 acres).[2] The total area is 3,534 hectares (8,730 acres).[1] It lies to the east of the MT-450 state highway and is south of the BR-251 federal highway.[3]
History
editThe Rio da Casca Ecological Station was created by state governor decree 6.437 of 27 May 1994. The consultative council was created on 15 December 2014.[4]
Environment
editThe ESEC is just over 87% savannah, and about 13% contact between savannah and seasonal forest. It overlaps about 7% with the Chapada dos Guimarães Environmental Protection Area.[5] The ESEC was about 65% deforested at time of creation, and since then has lost a further 4% of forest coverage.[6] The Casca River, a tributary of the Roncador River, runs through the ESEC from south to north.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ a b ESEC do Rio da Casca – ISA, Informações gerais.
- ^ Serys Slhessarenko 1994.
- ^ a b ESEC do Rio da Casca – ISA, Informações gerais (mapa).
- ^ ESEC do Rio da Casca – ISA, Historico Juridico.
- ^ ESEC do Rio da Casca – ISA, Características.
- ^ Roberta dos Santos et al. 2006, p. 7.
Sources
edit- ESEC do Rio da Casca (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-07-18
- Roberta dos Santos; Laurent Micol; Gustavo Irgang; Jane Vasconcellos (September 2006), O desmatamento nas Unidades de Conservação em Mato Grosso (PDF), Alta Floresta e Cuiabá: Instituto Centro de Vida - ICV, retrieved 2016-07-18
- Serys Slhessarenko (27 May 1994), Lei nº 6.437, de 27 de Maio de 1994 - D.O. 27.05.94. (in Portuguese), Mato Grosso Government, retrieved 2016-07-18