Nature Park of Santa Maria

Nature Park of Santa Maria (Parque Natural de Santa Maria)
Santa Maria Nature Park
Nature park (Parque Natural)
A view of the diverse geomorphology and natural environments that make-up the island of Santa Maria, as seen from Pico Alto
Official name: Parque Natural da Ilha de Santa Maria
Named for: Santa Maria
Country  Portugal
Autonomous Region  Azores
Group Central
Island Santa Maria
Municipality Vila do Porto
City Vila do Porto
Location Santa Maria
Highest point Pico Alto
Lowest point Sea level
 - location Atlantic Ocean
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Biomes Temperate, Mediterranean
Geology Alkali basalt, Tephra, Trachyte, Trachybasalt
Orogeny Volcanism
Period Holocene
Founded Decreto Legislativo Regional n.º 46/2008/A
Date 7 November 2008
Management Secretário Regional do Ambiente e do Mar
 - location Rua Cônsul Dabney - Colónia Alemã, 140, Horta, Faial
 - elevation 28 m (92 ft)
 - coordinates 38°32′2″N 28°37′45″W / 38.53389°N 28.62917°W / 38.53389; -28.62917
Owner Regional Government of the Azores
For public Public
Easiest access Multiple
The location of the various protected areas that constitute the Santa Maria Nature Park
Website: http://parquesnaturais.azores.gov.pt/pt/santamaria

The Nature Park of Santa Maria (Portuguese: Parque Natural de Santa Maria), or simply or Santa Maria Nature Park (PNSM) developed from the intention of better managing the protected areas of the island of Santa Maria, and was instituted by the Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar (Regional Secretariate for the Environment and Oceans), of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores. Several natural landscapes were preserved and their use conditioned in order to foster conservation and support endemic flora and fauna species, as well as provide communal forms of recreation and nature interpretation.

History

On the 7 November 2008, the Regional Government legislated the creation (under Regional Legislative Decree 47/2008/A) of the Parque Natural da Ilha de Santa Maria (Nature Park of the Island of Santa Maria) in order to encapsulate and administer the various territorial units into one scheme, the thirteen protected areas include:[1]

Geography

A geological formation in the region of Figuerial
The red desert of Barreiro da Faneca in the civil parish of São Pedro
Nature Reserves
  • [SMA01] Nature Reserve of the Formigas Islets (Portuguese: Reserva Natural dos Ilhéus das Formigas)
  • [SMA02] Nature Reserve of the Vila Islet (Portuguese: Reserva Natural do Ilhéu da Vila)
Natural Monuments
Protected Areas for the Management of Habitats and Coast Species
  • [SMA04] Protected Area of the Southwest Coast (Portuguese: Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies da Costa Sudoeste)
  • [SMA05] Protected Area of Ponta do Castelo (Portuguese: Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies da Ponta do Castelo)
  • [SMA06] Protected Area of Baía do Cura (Portuguese: Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies da Baía do Cura)
  • [SMA07] Protected Area of Pico Alto (Portuguese: Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies do Pico Alto)
Protected Landscapes
  • [SMA08] Protected Landscape of Barreiro da Faneca (Portuguese: Área de Paisagem Protegida do Barreiro da Faneca)
  • [SMA09] Protected Landscape of Baía de São Lourenço (Portuguese: Área de Paisagem Protegida da Baía de São Lourenço)
  • [SMA10] Protected Landscape of Baía da Maia (Portuguese: Área de Paisagem Protegida da Baía da Maia)
Protected Areas for the Management of Resources
  • [SMA11] Protected Resource Areas of Baía de São Lourenço (Portuguese: Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos da Baía de São Lourenço)
  • [SMA12] Protected Resource Areas of the North Coast (Portuguese: Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos da Costa Norte)
  • [SMA13] Protected Resource Areas of the Southern Coast (Portuguese: Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos da Costa Sul)

In addition, the Direcção Regional dos Recursos Florestais (Regional Directorate for Forest Resources), which is responsible for the administration of forest resources and parks on the island, is responsible for the maintenance and promotion of the following forest reserves, within the designated spaces:

References

Notes
  1. ↑ GRA, ed. (7 November 2008), Parque Natural da Ilha de Santa Maria
Sources
  • Decreto Legislativo Regional 47/2008/A: Parque Natural da Ilha de Santa Maria (PDF) (in Portuguese) (217) (Série 1 ed.), Lisbon, Portugal: Diário da República, 7 November 2008, pp. 7787–7801, retrieved 20 April 2014
  • Decreto Legislativo Regional 39/2012/A: Primeira alteração ao Decreto Legislativo Regional 47/2008/A, de 7 de novembro (Parque Natural da Ilha de Santa Maria) (PDF) (in Portuguese), Série 1 (182), Lisbon, Portugal: Diário da República, 19 September 2012, pp. 5282–5310, retrieved 20 April 2014
  • Ventura, Maria Anunciação; Queiroz, Rosé Emília; Resendes, Roberto; Marquet, Nathalie; Melo, José Andrade, Caracterização e Avaliação dos Percursos Pedestres da Ilha de Santa Maria (in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: University of the Azores |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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