Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument and to conserve, protect and recover the existing Atlantic Forest ecosystem and landscape. The consultative council is chaired by the Municipal Environmental Secretariat, which administers the monument. The natural monument is part of the Carioca Mosaic, created in 2011. The monument became part of a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 2012. The management plan was published in October 2013. Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument () is a natural monument in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It protects the Sugarloaf Mountain and the adjoining Morro da Urca,
Lower Sugarloaf Key the Atlantic side with Upper Sugarloaf Sound and Park Key in the center. Although smaller in area, than Upper Sugarloaf Key, it is more densely populated and is also called Sugarloaf Shores. It has Sugarloaf Lodge and restaurant, an airport and a volunteer fire department. The Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower was built in 1929 and is listed as a historic site. The tower was put there by a man named Perky to control the mosquito problem in the Lower Keys, but when the bats were put in, they flew away, never to return. Mr. Perky intended to found a city