Rio das Furnas Private Natural Heritage Reserve
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| Rio das Furnas Private Natural Heritage Reserve | |
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| Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Reserva Rio das Furnas | |
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
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| Nearest city | Alfredo Wagner, Santa Catarina |
| Coordinates | 27°40′44″S 49°10′28″W / 27.678789°S 49.174332°W |
| Area | 53.5 ha (132 acres) |
| Designation | Private natural heritage reserve |
| Created | 19 April 2002 |
| Administrator | Renato Rizzaro, Gabriela Giovanka |
The Rio das Furnas Private Natural Heritage Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Reserva Rio das Furnas) is a private natural heritage reserve in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
The Rio das Furnas Private Natural Heritage Reserve is in the municipality of Alfredo Wagner, Santa Catarina.[1] The Furnas River (Rio das Furnas) runs through the reserve.[2] The reserve protects an area of moist forest nestled in a canyon.[3] The canyon is in the Itajaí River basin in the Serra da Boa Vista, between the Cubatão, Tubarão and Tijucas basins.[4] There are seven waterfalls, several natural pools and an archaeological site. Vegetation is the transition between dense and mixed rainforest with araucaria and altitude fields. More than 170 species of birds have been identified.[5]
Threats include invasion of seedlings from the pine monocultures around the reserve, fires in the surrounding plateaus, and capture of birds for captive breeding and sale.[3]