The Floresta do Jacarandá Environmental Protection Area (Portuguese: Área de Proteção Ambiental Floresta do Jacarandá) was an environmental protection area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Floresta do Jacarandá Environmental Protection Area (APA) was in the municipality of Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro.
[1] The area contains Atlantic Forest and sources of the Teresópolis water supply.
[3] The Floresta do Jacarandá Environmental Protection Area was created by state decree 8.280 of 23 July 1985 as an Area of Environmental Protection and Permanent Preservation, with its forests, water sources and other forms of vegetation located in the place called Floresta do Jacarandá.
[4] The APA was included in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.