Ilha do Tumba Extractive Reserve

Ilha do Tumba Extractive Reserve
Reserva Extrativista Ilha do Tumba
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Map showing the location of Ilha do Tumba Extractive Reserve
Nearest city Cananéia, São Paulo
Coordinates 25°12′11″S 48°00′29″W / 25.202986°S 48.008046°W / -25.202986; -48.008046Coordinates: 25°12′11″S 48°00′29″W / 25.202986°S 48.008046°W / -25.202986; -48.008046
Area 1,128 hectares (2,790 acres)
Designation Extractive reserve
Created 21 February 2008
Administrator Fundação Florestal SP

The Ilha do Tumba Extractive Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Extrativista Ilha do Tumba) is an extractive reserve in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects an area of mangroves and supports a traditional extractive population.

Location

The Ilha do Tumba Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Cananéia, São Paulo. It has an area of 1,128 hectares (2,790 acres).[1] The reserve is on the border between the states of São Paulo and Paraná. It adjoins the Itapanhapima Sustainable Development Reserve to the east.[2] The reserve contains a well-preserved area of mangroves, and holds sambaquis that are among the oldest archaeological sites on the south coast. It has the objective of conserving this area of the Lagamar and supporting crab collection and fishing by the local communities. It also provides the raw material used to make fish traps, an economically important traditional caiçara technique.[3]

History

The Ilha do Tumba Extractive Reserve was created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008.[4] This law broke up the old Jacupiranga State Park and created the Jacupiranga Mosaic with 14 conservation units.[5] It is administered by the state forestry foundation (Fundação para Conservação e a Produção Florestal do Estado de São Paulo).[6]

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