Protected areas of Brazil

Objectives include conservation of nature, sustainable development, scientific research, education and eco-tourism.

Fully protected units are expected to maintain the natural ecosystem without human interference.

[4] In addition to fully protected and sustainable use conservation units a mosaic may include private lands and indigenous territories.

[4] The SNUC law also recognises ecological corridors as portions of natural or semi-natural ecosystems linking protected areas that allow gene flow and movement of biota, recolonization of degraded areas and maintenance of viable populations larger than would be possible with individual units.

Federal coverage as of 2005 was:[7] Protected areas are subject to reduction, reclassification or declassification (RRD).