IUCN Management Category I (Strict Nature Reserve)

Biogeographical Province 8.8.2 (Brazilian Rain Forest)

Geographical Location Southeast region, Municipality of Santa Tereza in Espirito Santo State, 50km northwest of Vitoria, 19°46'-19°55'S, 40°30'-40°35'W.

Date and History of Establishment 20 September 1948 under Estate Decree 55, given to government by Espirito Santo State Law 976 (10 December 1955), now under IBDF protocol 1414 (17 April 1970). Converted to a Forest Reserve by an act signed on 21 September 1982.

Area 4,450 ha.

Land Tenure Owned by IBDF.

Altitude 500-1,200m.

Physical Features Very broken, hilly terrain with steep slopes and shallow soils in the northernmost bastion of the Serra do Mar.

Climate No information

Vegetation Semi-deciduous tropical rainforest (classified as Montane Atlantic rainforest by Rizzini ), with about 85% of the Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae (including Ornithocephalus vosburghi and Phymatidium lopesi,both endemic to Nova Lombardia, and the spectacular genera Laelia and Cattleyi ) found in Espirito Santo present within the park.

Fauna Red-capped parrot Pionopsitta pileata, racket-tailed coquette Discosura longicauda, brown violet-ear Colibri delphinae granwalti, hooded visor-bearer Augastes lumachellus and large-billed seed finch Oryzoborus crassirostris. The reserve also protects one of the largest populations of the buffy-headed marmoset Callithrix flaviceps (E) which is endemic to this part of Brazil, the masked titi Callicebus personatus (E), the brown howler monkey Alouatta fusca (I), the black-capped capuchin Cebus apella nigritus, golden lion tamarin Leontopithicus chrysomelis(E) and possibly also the woolly spider monkey Brachyteles arachnoides (E). Maned sloth Bradypus torquatus have also been recorded from the park, as have thin-spined porcupine Chaetomys subspinosus (I) and lesser seed finch Oryzoborus angolensis (Jorge Padua et al 1974). IUCN (1977) also record solitary tinamou Tinamus solitarius, black-fronted piping guan Aburria jacutinga (E),Pipile jacutinga, Cattleya labiata warneri and Laelia xanthina.

Cultural Heritage No information

Local Human Population No information

Visitors and Visitor Facilities No information

Scientific Research and Facilities Survey of marmoset population as part of IUCN/WWF project 1614.

Some limited facilities exist.

Conservation Value No information

Conservation Management Total, with no tourists allowed within the area.

No information.

Management Constraints Insufficient personnel and funding.

Staff 1 director, 1 administrator, 4 reserve guards.

Budget 1982, I.B.D.F. committed 480,000 cruzeiros to implement the reserve and 180,000 for its maintainance and WWF Tropical Forest Campaign contributed US$ 15,000 towards a jeep to improve patrols against poaching.

Local Addresses

Estrada de Santa Tereza a Nova Lombardia Km 7 - Santa Tereza - ES, CEP - 29650 Fone 3-0013.

References

IUCN/WWF Primate Survey (Project 1614), Aerial photographs.

Date 18 July 1983