Lavras Sustainable Development Reserve
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| Lavras Sustainable Development Reserve | |
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| Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Lavras | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) | |
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| Location | São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil |
| Nearest city | Cajati |
| Coordinates | 24°46′11″S 48°14′32″W / 24.769786°S 48.242299°W |
| Area | 889.74 hectares (2,198.6 acres) |
| Designation | Sustainable development reserve |
| Created | 21 February 2008 |
| Administrator | Fundação Florestal SP |
The Lavras Sustainable Development Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Lavras) is a sustainable development reserve in the Atlantic Forest biome and the state of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil.
The Lavras Sustainable Development Reserve is in the Cajati municipality of São Paulo.[1] It has an area of 889.74 hectares (2,198.6 acres), with four families. It covers the basin of the Lavras River, with about 50 tributaries. The landscape includes farmland and preserved forest. The Lavras waterfall could become a tourist attraction.[2]
History
The Lavras Sustainable Development Reserve was one of several conservation units created by state law 12.810 of 21 February 2008, in which the Jacupiranga Mosaic was created from the former Jacupiranga State Park and its surrounding lands.[1] It was to support sustainable development of the existing traditional population and of others relocated there from the interior of the state parks.[3] The utilization plan for the reserve was approved by its deliberative council on 20 August 2010. It was approved by the Forest Foundation on 12 December 2012.[4]