from January to March, and a dry season from September to December. The island has beaches, mangroves, freshwater lakes, dunes and streams. Vegetation is typical of restinga, with great variety of species. The mangroves act as nurseries for fish, mussels, shrimps, oysters, turtles, crabs and other marine species. In the dunes and surroundings there are typical fruits such as ajuru, cashew, coconut, murucí, carambola and mango. Common bird species include guará, garça, pavão, socó, taquerê, gavião caranguejeiro, caracaraí, cebinho do mangue, yellow-crowned night heron, Platalea ajaja, garganey, parrots, collared plover, sanderling, Hudsonian whimbrel and ruddy turnstone. Common fish include pescada amarela, xaréu, tainha, anchova, corvina, gó, cação, mero, Aspistor luniscutis, dourada, pratiqueira, serra and robalo. Molluscs and crustaceans include oysters, mussels, turu, sururu, shrimp and crabs. Other fauna include sloths, quatis, anteaters, foxes, gatos maracajá, chameleons, mucuras, various species of monkey, racoons, alligators, jabutis and tartarugas. Tourism The island receives large numbers of tourists, including Brazilian and foreign visitors, who stay in inns and hotels. The residents organize tours and fishing trips. The APA has high tourism potential due to its scenic beauty and variety of ecosystems, beaches, dunes, cliffs, mangroves and trails linking the villages. They villagers sell local handicrafts produced from the regional flora, and practice traditional ways of making cassava flour, music, the carimbó praiano dance, local cooking and artisanal fishing. Notes Sources Further reading Kaufmann, Götz. 2012. “Environmental Inequality Patterns on the Island of Algodoal-Maiandeua. A Q Methodological Case Study.” In Geographies of Inequality in Latin America, eds. Geographischen Institut der Universität Kiel, Rainer Wehrhahn, and Verena Sandner Le Gall. Kiel, 263–96. Kaufmann, Götz. 2013. Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development. With a Case Study in Brazil’s Amazon Using Q Methodology. 3rd ed. Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften. download for free on: https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/discover?filtertype_0=mycoreId&filter_relational_operator_0=equals&filter_0=FUDISS_thesis_000000038744 Kaufmann, Götz. 2014. “Seeking Environmental Injustice with Help of Q Methodology on APA Algodoal-Maiandeua.” Environmental Justice 7(3). Kaufmann, Götz. 2003. “Wandel Durch Annäherung. Die Monetäre Strukturrevolution Im Zeitalter Der Globalisierung Am Beispiel von Ilha de Algodoal / Maiandeua.” (in German). Diplomarbeit, Freie Universität Berlin. http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/receive/FUDOCS_document_000000012784. Environmental protection areas of Brazil Protected areas established in 1990 1990 establishments in Brazil Protected areas of Pará