Niquiá Ecological Station (Niquia Station)

ESEC NIQUIÁ

Niquia Statio was created in 1985, and it occupies an area of 289,600 hectares, with typical flora and fauna of Amazon rainforest. It is part of the Quelonios Project, developed by the Brazilian Environmental Agency (IBAMA) to preserve tortoises and yellow-spotted river turtles. To visit it, the person must obtain previous authorization from Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, ICMbio.

For more information, contact:  

Niquiá Ecological Station – Avenida Bem Querer, 2337, São Francisco, Tel. +55-95-3532-1462

Ministry for the Environment, MMA, 

Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA)
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMbio)

Xeriuini Environmental Protected Area (Xeriuini APA)

This Environmental Protected Area (APA) was created in order to develop the South region of the county, and in 2013 it has completed 14 years of its establishment as a municipal conservation unit of Caracaraí. The Xeriuini APA is managed by the Local Government Agency for the Environment and Tourism (SEMMA).

For more information, contact:

Local Government Agency for the Environment and Tourism - SEMMA

Address: Civic Centre square, S/nº, Center
Telephone: +55-95-9124-0448