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The Bahia coastal forests occupy a belt approximately 150 km (93 mi) wide along the Atlantic coast of eastern Brazil, in the states of Bahia and Espírito Santo.The Itapicuru River forms the northern boundary of the ecoregion, which extends south to near the Itapemirim River.
Bahia (Portuguese: ⓘ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo , Minas Gerais , and Rio de Janeiro ) and the 5th-largest by area.
The Bahia mangroves is a tropical ecoregion of the mangroves biome, and the South American Atlantic Forest biome, located in Northeastern Brazil. Its conservation status is considered to be critical/endangered due to global climate change and other factors.
It is home to primate species endemic to the Atlantic Forest and at risk of extinction, such as the golden-bellied capuchin and the golden-headed lion tamarin. [38] Serra do Itajaí Brazil: June 4, 2004 57.374 [39] One of the largest stretches of Atlantic Forest in Santa Catarina. [39] Serra dos Órgãos Brazil: November 30, 1939 20.024 [40]
Regarding oranges, Bahia was the 4th largest producer in Brazil in 2018, with a total of 604 thousand tons. Sergipe was 6th, with 354 thousand tons. Alagoas was 7th with 166 thousand tons. [45] Bahia is the second largest fruit producer in the country, with more than 3.3 million tons a year, behind São Paulo.
Bahia has the longest coastline of the Brazilian states, and also the greatest number of coastal municipalities. Porto Seguro is regarded as the first place in which the explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral set foot. Maragogi, Alagoas. From Sergipe to Ceará, the landscape changes little, remaining relatively flat. Most of their islands are separated ...
The reserve includes remnants of Atlantic Forest in 15 states, including Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, and the coastal states of Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. As of 2016 the reserve covered parts of over ...
Bahia interior forest is one of the most modified ecoregions in Atlantic forest region. Most forests remnants has less than 10 km 2 , and even these are currently under strong pressure from anthropogenic activities, as fires, illegal deforestation and predatory hunting. [ 3 ]