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The Tijuca National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Tijuca) is an urban national park in the mountains of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The park is part of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Preserve , [ 1 ] and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).
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.
The city has parks and ecological reserves such as the Tijuca National Park, the world's first urban forest and UNESCO Environmental Heritage and Biosphere Reserve; Pedra Branca State Park, which houses the highest point of Rio de Janeiro, the peak of Pedra Branca; the Quinta da Boa Vista complex; the Botanical Garden; [5] Rio's Zoo; Parque Lage; and the Passeio Público, the first public park ...
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Since 1961, the Tijuca National Park (Parque Nacional da Tijuca), the largest city-surrounded urban forest and the second largest urban forest in the world, has been a National Park. The largest urban forest in the world is the Floresta da Pedra Branca (White Rock Forest), which is located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
OPINION: Tijuca National Park is the largest urban rainforest in the world and the heart of Rio. Now, the little-known story of how six enslaved Black Brazilians helped save the land from complete ...
A 19th century picture of Tijuca Metro station at Saens Peña Square. Tijuca (Portuguese pronunciation: [tʃiˈʒukɐ]) (meaning marsh or swamp in the Tupi language, from ty ("water") and îuk ("rotten") [1]) is a neighbourhood of the Northern Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It comprises the region of Saens Peña and Afonso Pena ...
The mountain is the most prominent peak of the Rio de Janeiro City urban zone. Pico da Tijuca is part of the 3,958.41 hectares (9,781.4 acres) Tijuca National Park protected area, established in 1961. There are stairs cut in the rock to reach the top of the peak. [3]