Apuí Mosaic
| Apuí Mosaic | |
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| Mosaico do Apuí | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Apuí. Amazonas |
| Coordinates | 8°18′46″S 58°45′45″W / 8.31278°S 58.762391°WCoordinates: 8°18′46″S 58°45′45″W / 8.31278°S 58.762391°W |
| Area | 2,467,244 hectares (6,096,690 acres) |
| Designation | Protected area mosaic |
| Created | 12 March 2010 |
| Administrator | Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente do Amazonas |
The Apuí Mosaic (Portuguese: Mosaico do Apuí) is a protected area mosaic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
The Apuí Mosaic is divided between the municipalities of Apuí (91.85%) and Novo Aripuanã (8.15%) in the state of Amazonas. It covers an area of 2,467,244 hectares (6,096,690 acres). The mosaic is accessible by air to Apuí, by land via the BR-230 Trans-Amazonian Highway or by boat via the Madeira River to the city of Novo Aripuanã and then to the conservation units via the Aripuanã River.
The mosaic contains the Guariba and Sucunduri State Parks; Bararati and Aripuanã sustainable development reserves; Guariba Extractive Reserve; and Sucunduri, Aripuanã, Apuí and Manicoré state forests. The mosaic, together with the Juruena and Campos Amazônicos national parks, forms a contiguous block of 9,000,000 hectares (22,000,000 acres) of protected areas known as the Southern Amazon Ecological Corridor, which covers parts of southern Amazonas, northern Mato Grosso and southwestern Pará. These are areas with strong deforestation pressure due to expansion of the agricultural frontier into the Brazilian Amazon.
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