Carioca Mosaic
The Carioca Mosaic is a protected area mosaic in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It includes various federal, state and municipal conservation units in and around the city of Rio de Janeiro.
History
The Carioca Mosaic was created by ordnance 245 of 11 July 2011.It included conservation units administered at the federal, state and municipal levels.
The federal Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation administers the Tijuca National Park and Ilhas Cagarras Natural Monument.
The Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat for the Environment administers the Pedra Branca State Park, Gericinó/Mendanha and Sepetiba II environmental protection areas, and Guaratiba Biological Reserve.
The Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat for the Environment administers 14 municipal nature parks, two environmental protection area and a natural monument.
The mosaic is coordinated at the federal level.
The consultative council includes administrators of the various protected areas and representatives of other public and private bodies.
The mosaic headquarters is at the headquarters of the Tijuca National Park.
Protected areas
Conservation units in the mosaic include:| Conservation unit | Level | Established | Area |
| Bosque da Barra Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 1983 | 54 |
| Catacumba Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 1979 | 30 |
| Chico Mendes Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 1989 | 44 |
| Cidade Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 2008 | 47 |
| Darke de Mattos Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 1976 | 7 |
| Fonte da Saudade Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 2000 | 2 |
| Freguesia Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 1992 | 20 |
| Gericinó/Mendanha Environmental Protection Area | State | 2005 | 105 |
| Grumari Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 2001 | 794 |
| Guaratiba Biological Reserve | State | 1974 | 3,600 |
| Ilhas Cagarras Natural Monument | Federal | 2010 | 106 |
| José Guilherme Merquior Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 2000 | 8 |
| Marapendi Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 1978 | 248 |
| Mendanha State Park | State | 2013 | 1,445 |
| Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument | Municipal | 2006 | 122 |
| Paisagem Carioca Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 2013 | 160 |
| Pedra Branca State Park | State | 1974 | 12,394 |
| Penhasco Dois Irmãos Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 1992 | 38 |
| Prainha Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 1999 | 147 |
| Sepetiba II Environmental Protection Area | State | 2004 | 194 |
| Serra da Capoeira Grande Municipal Nature Park | Municipal | 2002 | 21 |
| Tijuca National Park | Federal | 1961 | 3,359 |