Brazil Eco Adventure Tours
Rainforest - Hiking & Biking - Wildlife

In order to fulfill the commitments, resulting from the country’s ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity (see COP8), Brazil has established a National System of Conservation Units (SNUC) which was legalized by the federal law 9.985 in July, 2000.

According to a study published by Conservation International in July 2005, this system actually contains 912 conservation units which can be divided according to their level of public administration into 252 Federal (58 Mio ha) and 662 State areas (53 Mio ha) and according to their correspondent IUCN - management category in 478 integral protection (37 Mio ha) and 436 sustainable use areas (75 Mio ha).

According to a dossier about the Mata Atlântica published by RMA in 2001, approximately 600 (65%) of the 912 Brazilian conservation units are situated in the Atlantic Rainforest Biosphere Reserve. This does not include the Private Reserves of Natural Heritage, so - called RPPN's.