Niquiá Ecological Station

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Niquiá Ecological Station is an ecological station in the Caracaraí municipality of Roraima state, Brazil.

History

The station, which has an area of 284787 ha, was created on 3 June 1985. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. The unit was created to preserve the genetic banks of the flora. It is named after the stream from which Aniquiá takes its name. It lies in the Caracaraí municipality of Roraima state.

Status

As of 2009 the Ecological Station was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia, with a terrestrial area of 286600 ha. The station is a region of transition forest, with tall trees with thin trunks. Fauna are representative of both the Amazon and the cerrado. The white-bellied spider monkey (ateles belzebuth) is protected in the station.

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