Editing Fortaleza (section)

===Ecology and environment===
[[File:Fortaleza Parque do Coco.jpg|thumb|left|[[Cocó Park]], considered one of the largest [[urban park]]s in [[Latin America]], is the most important green area of the city.]]
[[File:Sunset in Fortaleza (1) - cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Fortaleza bay during sunset]]
[[File:Fortaleza_do_Futuro.jpg|thumb|Futuro beach in Fortaleza]]
The vegetation of Fortaleza is typically coastal. The [[restinga]] areas are found in [[dune]] regions near the mouths of the Ceará, Cocó and Pacoti rivers, in the beds of which there is still a mangrove forest. In other green areas of the city, there is no longer native vegetation, consisting of varied vegetation, fruit trees primarily.<ref name="ProjetoOrla">{{cite web |url=http://www.mma.gov.br/estruturas/orla/_arquivos/fortaleza_orla_11_08_06_verso_final_pdf1_11.pdf |title=Plano de gestão integrada da orla do município de Fortaleza |date=August 2006 |publisher=Ministério do Meio Ambiente do Brasil |access-date=February 22, 2015 |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327122215/http://www.mma.gov.br/estruturas/orla/_arquivos/fortaleza_orla_11_08_06_verso_final_pdf1_11.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>  The city is home to seven environmental conservation units. These are the Sabiaguaba Dunes Municipal Natural Park, the Sabiaguaba Environmental Protection Area, the Maraponga Lagoon Ecological Park, the Cocó Ecological Park, the Ceará River Estuary Environmental Protection Area, the Environmental Protection Area of the Rio Pacoti and the [[Pedra da Risca do Meio Marine State Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anuariodefortaleza.com.br/meio-ambiente/apresentacao.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015073439/http://www.anuariodefortaleza.com.br/meio-ambiente/apresentacao.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2012|title=Meio Ambiente|publisher=Anuário de Fortaleza 2012-2013|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>  There is also, in the city, the Area of Relevant Ecological Interest of Sírio Curió, that protects the last enclave of [[Atlantic Forest]] in the urban zone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semace.ce.gov.br/2010/12/area-de-relevante-interesse-ecologico-do-sitio-curio/|title=ARIE do Sítio Curió|publisher=SEMACE|access-date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104238/http://www.semace.ce.gov.br/2010/12/area-de-relevante-interesse-ecologico-do-sitio-curio/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The Cocó River is part of the river basin of the east coast of Ceará and has a total length of about 50&nbsp;km in its main area. The park is inserted in the area of greater environmental sensitivity of the city, where it is possible to identify geoenvironmental formations such as coastal plain, fluvial plain and surface of the coastal trays. The Cocó river mangrove is home to [[mollusks]], [[crustaceans]], [[fish]], [[reptiles]], [[birds]] and [[mammals]]. The park has a structure of visitation, with guides, ecological trails and equipment and events of [[environmental education]] and [[ecotourism]]. The Coaçu River, affluent of the river Cocó, forms in its bed the lagoon of the Precabura.<ref name="anuariodefortaleza.com.br">{{cite web|url=http://www.anuariodefortaleza.com.br/meio-ambiente/unidades-de-conservacao-estaduais-em-fortaleza.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015072914/http://www.anuariodefortaleza.com.br/meio-ambiente/unidades-de-conservacao-estaduais-em-fortaleza.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2012|title=Unidades de conservação|publisher=Anuário de Fortaleza 2012-2013|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name="LagoasFOR">{{cite web|url=http://www.anuariodefortaleza.com.br/meio-ambiente/lagoas-de-fortaleza.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015073037/http://www.anuariodefortaleza.com.br/meio-ambiente/lagoas-de-fortaleza.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2012|title=Lagoas de Fortaleza|publisher=Anuário de Fortaleza 2012-2013|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Pacoti River|Rio Pacoti]] provides much of the water supply for Fortaleza.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semace.ce.gov.br/2010/12/corredor-ecologico-do-rio-pacoti/|title=Corredor Ecológico do Rio Pacoti|publisher=SEMACE|language=pt|access-date=May 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506081715/http://www.semace.ce.gov.br/2010/12/corredor-ecologico-do-rio-pacoti/|archive-date=May 6, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>  At the municipal boundary with [[Caucaia]], the estuary of the Rio Ceará is covered by an environmental protection area (APA), which was set up in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semace.ce.gov.br/2010/12/area-de-protecao-ambiental-do-estuario-do-rio-ceara/|title=Área de Proteção Ambiental do Estuário do Rio Ceará|publisher=SEMACE|language=pt|access-date=May 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506061332/http://www.semace.ce.gov.br/2010/12/area-de-protecao-ambiental-do-estuario-do-rio-ceara/|archive-date=May 6, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>