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The Amazônia National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Amazônia) was created in 1974, as a national park comprising 1,070,737 ha. It is situated in Itaituba and Trairão municipalities, Pará state, in the north region of Brazil. It is located in the watershed of the Tapajós River, about halfway between Manaus and Belém. It has expanded ...
The park is classed as IUCN protected area category II (national park). The objective is to preserve an Amazonian black water ecosystem for environmental education, interaction with local communities, sustainable tourism and the research. The park is designed as a mega-reserve and world heritage site for present and future generations. [4]
National parks are the oldest type of protected area in Brazil. National parks are very important for our rainforest and other areas. Their goal is to preserve ecosystems of great ecological importance and scenic beauty, and to support scientific research, education, environmental interpretation, recreation and eco-tourism through contact with nature.
It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor, established in 2002. [8] In 2003, the property was expanded by the addition of the Anavilhanas National Park, Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve, and Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve to form the Central Amazon Conservation Complex, a larger World Heritage Site. [7]
A bird sits in front of the sun, obscurbed by smoke from wildfires in Brasilia National Park, Brazil, on Sunday. Smoke has choked cities while record wildfires and drought have ravaged the region.
Tumucumaque was declared a national park on August 23, 2002, by the Government of Brazil, after collaboration with the WWF. [1] It is part of the Amapá Biodiversity Corridor, created in 2003. [2] The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program. [3] Its Management Plan was published on March 10, 2010.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell 30% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government worked toward a pledge ...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is down to lowest level since 2016, government says. August 7, 2024 at 3:32 PM.