page_title: Atlantic Forest
hierarchical_section_title: Atlantic Forest
caption_attribution_description: English: Location map of the Atlantic Forest biome — in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. The yellow line encloses Atlantic Forest — as delineated by the WWF. "I, Miguelrangeljr, made it using NASA Blue Marble imagery and Corel Draw X4." Português: Este mapa mostra a localização da ecorregiao da Mata Atlântica. A linha amarelle delimita essa ecorregião como definida pelo WWF. Eu,Miguelrangeljr, fiz isso usando uma mapa de satélite da NASA e me baseei no livro Visão da Biodiversidade - Floresta Atlântica do Alto Paraná para desenhar a linha, usando o Corel Draw X4 e o Adobe Photoshop CS5.
context_page_description: The Atlantic Forest is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the north to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south, and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera.
  The Atlantic Forest has ecoregions within the following biome categories: seasonal moist and dry broad-leaf tropical forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, and mangrove forests. The Atlantic Forest is characterized by a high biodiversity and endemism.
  It was the first environment that the Portuguese colonists encountered over 500 years ago, when it was thought to have had an area of 1,000,000–1,500,000 km², and stretching an unknown distance inland. Over 85% of the original area has been deforested, threatening many plant and animal species with extinction.
context_section_description: The Atlantic Forest (Portuguese: Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the north to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south, and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera.
  The Atlantic Forest has ecoregions within the following biome categories: seasonal moist and dry broad-leaf tropical forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, and mangrove forests. The Atlantic Forest is characterized by a high biodiversity and endemism.
  It was the first environment that the Portuguese colonists encountered over 500 years ago, when it was thought to have had an area of 1,000,000–1,500,000 km² (390,000–580,000 sq mi), and stretching an unknown distance inland. Over 85% of the original area has been deforested, threatening many plant and animal species with extinction.
caption: Map of the Atlantic Forest ecoregions as delineated by the WWF. The yellow line approximately encloses the forest's distribution.
  (Satellite image from NASA)
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