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Santa Maria Ecological Corridor

Santa Maria Ecological Corridor is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Santa Maria Ecological Corridor rather than just read about it. In short: The Santa Maria Ecological Corridor (Portuguese: Corredor Ecológico de Santa Maria) is an ecological corridor in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Location The Santa Maria Ecological Corridor crosses the municipalities of Santa Terezinha de Itaipu and São Miguel do Iguaçu in Paraná.

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Reference excerpt

The Santa Maria Ecological Corridor (Portuguese: Corredor Ecológico de Santa Maria) is an ecological corridor in the state of Paraná, Brazil.

Location The Santa Maria Ecological Corridor crosses the municipalities of Santa Terezinha de Itaipu and São Miguel do Iguaçu in Paraná. It connects the Iguaçu National Park in Brazil, which adjoins the Iguazú National Park in Argentina, with the protected margins of Lake Itaipu, and via these margins with the Ilha Grande National Park. The corridor consists of the Apepú River basin, the Fazenda Santa Maria Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN), the Fazenda Santa Maria, the Bonito River Basin and its connection with the protected areas of Itaipu. The corridor runs for about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Iguaçu National Park to the lake protection strip. It is about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from south to north. It covers the banks of the Apepú river, which rises in the RPPN and flows south into the Iguaçu National Park. From the RPPN a narrow corridor runs north in a straight line for about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the headwaters of the Bonito River, which flows north into the Lake Itaipu.

Environment This corridor connects several remnants of seasonal semi-deciduous forest in south-western Paraná with reforested areas. The forest remnants are in the Iguaçu National Park, the Fazenda São José Legal Reserve and the Fazenda Santa Maria RPPN. The reforested areas are the Dry Range (Faixa Seca) and the Lake Itaipu Protection Range. The Fazenda São José Legal Reserve contains secondary growth forest. The Fazenda Santa Maria RPPN has 242 hectares (600 acres) of mature Atlantic Forest. The Faixa Seca is a reforested area about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long and 60 metres (200 ft) wide, the same width as a riparian forest, but with no watercourse. The riparian forests bordering the Bonito River have suffered severe degradation and are undergoing a natural forest recovery process.

History The Santa Maria Ecological Corridor was created by Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) ordnance 195 of 10 October 2001. The objectives are to link areas of biological importance to support gene flow of flora and fauna, to increase awareness and environmental education, and to develop research into environmental recovery and conservation. The corridor was created through a partnership of government and civil society organizations and individuals. Participation of the local farmers was critical to project success. Starting in 2003, fragments of forest covering 902 hectares (2,230 acres) were preserved and connected. Forest recovery was undertaken in 73.3 hectares (181 acres) with the planting of 128,000 seedlings of 70 native species of tree. 68 kilometres (42 mi) of fencing was erected.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Santa Maria Ecological Corridor

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Santa Maria Ecological Corridor claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Santa Maria Ecological Corridor before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Santa Maria Ecological Corridor ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Santa Maria Ecological Corridor

In research: Santa Maria Ecological Corridor appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Santa Maria Ecological Corridor in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Santa Maria Ecological Corridor is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2001 establishments in Brazil, Ecological corridors of Brazil, Protected areas of Paraná (state), so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Santa Maria Ecological Corridor outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Santa Maria Ecological Corridor in simple terms?

The Santa Maria Ecological Corridor (Portuguese: Corredor Ecológico de Santa Maria) is an ecological corridor in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Location The Santa Maria Ecological Corridor crosses the municipalities of Santa Terezinha de Itaipu and São Miguel do Iguaçu in Paraná.

Why does Santa Maria Ecological Corridor matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Santa Maria Ecological Corridor?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Santa Maria Ecological Corridor.