Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area, Environmental Protection Area across Ceará and Piauí, Brazil.

The Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area spreads across two states and shows a varied landscape with grasslands, shrublands, and forest patches that occupy different elevations. The protected land contains habitats where animals and plants from several Brazilian ecosystems meet and coexist.

The Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area was created by federal decree on 26 November 1996, covering about 1,592,550 hectares in the Serra Grande complex. A consultative council was set up by ordinance 105 of 8 October 2012 to help draft and carry out the management plan, and the area is administered by ICMBio, the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.

Most residents of the 1,592,550-hectare area are rural families who farm for a living. The consultative council created in 2012 promotes ecotourism and handicrafts alongside agroforestry, agroecology and beekeeping, so visitors may find local produce and craftwork tied to these activities.

The area spreads over many kilometers across two states and is best reached from the larger cities in each region. Visitors should be ready to walk on forest paths and trails to explore the different habitats and landscapes.

The red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul) is one of the endangered species the APA was created to protect, alongside the frog Adelophryne baturitensis. The reserve also shelters fragments of cerrado, caatinga and Atlantic Forest, and it surrounds the Sete Cidades National Park while adjoining Ubajara National Park to the east.