Editing Amapá (section)

===Nature===
To protect the natural resources of the state, there are, as of 2016, 12 [[protected area]]s and five [[Indigenous territory (Brazil)|indigenous territories]] covering {{convert|10,476,117|ha}}, or 72% of the state.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tamburelli|first=Gianfranco|title=Legal Systems for the Management of Protected Areas in Italy and Ukraine: The Experiences of the Lazio and Kyiv Regions
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5P5D4I1I8p4C&pg=PA39|year=2008|publisher=Giuffrè Editore|isbn=978-88-14-14368-7|page=40|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> The [[Amapá Biodiversity Corridor]] has been established in 2003 to provide integrated management for the conservation area.<ref>{{cite book|title=Corredor de Biodiversidade do Amapá Biodiversity Corridor|publisher=CI-Brasil, Governo do Amapá, Fundação Lee & Gund|location=Belém |year=2007 |url=http://www.conservation.org/global/brasil/publicacoes/Documents/Amapa%20FINAL.pdf|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> The most important protected areas are the [[Tumucumaque Mountains National Park]] located in the west of the state, and the [[Cabo Orange National Park]] located near the coast. The Tumucumaque Mountains National Park is the world's largest tropical forest [[national park]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazil creates largest rainforest reserve|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2210914.stm|access-date=23 August 2015|work=BBC News|date=5 April 2021}}</ref> The Cabo Orange National Park contains flooded grasslands and [[mangrove forest]]s which are important fish nurseries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2190 |title=Cabo Orange National Park |website=Ramsar|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>