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The Costa das Algas Environmental Protection Area was created by federal decree on 17 June 2010. [3] It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation . [ 4 ] The APA became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor , created later in 2002. [ 5 ]
The Guanacaste Conservation Area, located in Northwest Costa Rica, is a 163,000 hectares (630 sq mi) expanse of protected land and sea. [1] [2] It extends from 19 kilometres (12 mi) out in the Pacific Ocean to about 105 kilometres (65 mi) inland, ending in the Costa Rican lowlands near the Atlantic Ocean.
Francisco da Costa Guterres is an East Timorese politician, and a member of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (Portuguese: Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor, CNRT). He is the incumbent Minister of the Interior , serving since July 2023 in the IX Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Xanana ...
The Area de Conservación Guanacaste is a network of protected areas and a World Heritage Site in Guanacaste Province, in northwestern Costa Rica.The World Heritage Site contains an unbroken tract of tropical dry forest and important habitat for several vulnerable species, including the Central American tapir, mangrove hummingbird, and the great green macaw. [1]
Amapá (ⓘ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil.It is in the North Region of Brazil.It is the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area.Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by French Guiana to the north for 730 km, the Atlantic Ocean to the east for 578 km, Pará to the south and west, and Suriname to the northwest for 63 km.
The Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area (APA) covers parts of the states of Piauí and Ceará, with a total area of 1,592,550 hectares (3,935,300 acres). [1] In Piauí it covers all or part of the municipalities of Bom Princípio do Piauí, Brasileira, Buriti dos Lopes, Cocal, Domingos Mourão, Lagoa de São Francisco, Pedro II, Piracuruca, Piripiri, Batalha, Buriti dos Montes ...
Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, commonly known as Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Ilha do Retiro or simply Ilha, is a football stadium situated in Recife, State of Pernambuco, in Northeastern Brazil, and owned by Sport Club do Recife. The stadium's official name is Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, and it was inaugurated on July 4, 1937.
Macapá, 1968. National Archives of Brazil. Macapá is a corruption of the Tupi word macapaba, or "place of many bacabas", the fruit of the local palm tree.The Spaniard Francisco de Orellana claimed the region in 1544 and called it Nueva Andalucía (New Andalusia). [6]