GEO Brasil - UNEP

annex 1 - statistics - metadata
annex 1
Category 1 (Strict Natural Reservation) - Biological Reservations (BR); Ecological
Stations (ES) and Ecological Reservations (ER)
Category 2 (National Park) - (NP)
On 08/10/2001 the number of Integrally Protected Areas was 100 conservation
units; on 01/14/2002: protected areas of indirect use were 101 conservation units.
24 Areas of Total Protection / Area
Unit:
Km2
Concept
Totally protected areas of indirect use are in Km², with an absolute restriction on
exploitation or use of natural resources, permitting only indirect use.
Conservation Units with total restriction or with indirect use include National
Parks, Biological Reservations, Ecological Reservations and Ecological Stations.
Comments
State and Municipal Conservation Units are not included in this indicator.
Source
IBAMA
Observations 2001 - 184422.40 on 01/14/02 184506.56.
According to IBAMA, protected areas of indirect use are classified into two
management categories, with corresponding IUCN-recognized categories (1994).
- Category 1 (Strict Natural Reservation) - Biological Reservations (BR); Ecological
Stations (ES) and Ecological Reservations (ER),
- Category 2 (National Parks) - National Parks (NP)
- Category 2 (National Park) - (NP)
25 Areas of Sustainable Use / number
Unit: N°
Concept
Protected areas of Sustainable Use, whose objective is to discipline the process
of land occupation and promote protection of abiotic and biotic resources within
its borders, fostering the well-being of the human population that live in the area,
protect and improve local ecological conditions and maintain landscape and
relevant cultural symbols. Conservation Units of sustainable or direct use include
Environmental Protection Areas, National Forests, Extraction Reservations and
Areas of Relevant Ecological Interest.
Comments
State and Municipal Conservation Units are not included in this indicator.
Source
IBAMA
Observations 08/10/01 - 126
01/14/02 - 127
According to IBAMA, areas of sustainable or direct use are classified into two
management categories, with the area recognized in categories by IUCN (1994).
Category V - (Terrestrial Landscape and Protected Marine Landscape) -
Environmental Protected Areas (EPA) and Areas of Relevant Ecological Interest
(AREI).
Category VI - (Protected Areas with Handling Resources) - National Forests (NAFO)
and Extraction Reservations (EXR).
26 Areas of Sustainable Use / Area
Unit:
Km2
Concept
Surface of protected area of sustainable use, with the aim of disciplining the land
occupation process and promoting the protection of resources within its limits,
fostering the well-being of human population that live within the area, protecting
and improving the local ecological conditions and maintaining the landscape
and relevant cultural symbols. Conservation Units of sustainable or direct use
344