Niquiá Ecological Station (Niquia Station)

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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)