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State Park (Brazil)
A state park ( pt, Parque Estadual) in Brazil is a legally defined type of protected area operated by one of the states. Their goal is to preserve important or beautiful natural ecosystems. Public access is allowed subject to regulations defined by the responsible agency. Definition State parks fall under the same regulations as national parks, defined by law 9.985 of July 2000. The park's basic objective is preservation of natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty. This enables the conduct of scientific research and the development of educational activities and environmental interpretation, recreation in contact with nature and eco tourism. The park is publicly owned, and private areas included in its limits will be expropriated when it is established. Public visitation is subject to the rules and restrictions set out in Unit Management Plan, rules established by the body responsible for its administration, and those provided for by regulation. Scientific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araguaia State Park
The Araguaia State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Araguaia) is a state park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. It protects an area of annually flooded ''cerrado'' in the transition to Amazon rainforest, and is rich in biodiversity. Location The Araguaia State Park is in the municipality of Novo Santo Antônio, Mato Grosso. It has an area of . It borders the municipalities of São Félix do Araguaia and Ribeirão Cascalheira, and the state of Tocantins. It is the southernmost part of the continuum of protected areas that extend along the right bank of the Araguaia River in Mato Grosso. It is in the Araguaia basin between the Araguaia and its tributary the Rio das Mortes. History From the 1970s, driven by tax incentives, the state of Mato Grosso has converted huge areas of Amazon and ''cerrado'' forest into large-scale agro-pastoral systems. Most of the unoccupied land was in remote, inaccessible and protected areas. The types of protected land depend on land use. Thus 83.77% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camaquã State Park
The Camaquã State Park pt, Parque Estadual do Camaquã is a State park (Brazil), state park in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Location The Camaquã State Park is in the municipalities of Camaquã and São Lourenço do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. It has an area of . The park is in the transition between the pampas and Atlantic Forest biomes, mostly in the latter. It was created to protect the wetlands of the Camaquã River lagoon delta, including the Banhado do Caipira, Rincão do Escuro and many islands. It covers the banks of the Lagoa dos Patos from the Banhado do Caipira to the pontal, and covers the Camaquã river valley up to the settlement of Pacheca. History The Camaquã State Park was created by decree 23.798 of 12 March 1975. As of 2016 the park did not have a management plan and was not open for visitors. The land had not been surveyed, and ownership had not been regularized. Notes Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Camaqua State Park State parks of Brazil P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caldas Novas State Park
The Caldas Novas State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Serra de Caldas Novas) is a state park in the state of Goiás, Brazil. It protects an area of cerrado vegetation on a large plateau which is important in replenishing the aquifers that supply warm mineral springs in the region. Location The Caldas Novas State Park is in the municipalities of Caldas Novas and Rio Quente, Goiás. It has an area of . The park is from the municipal center of Caldas Novas, and from Goiânia. It protects a remnant of the cerrado The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are t ... biome surrounded by farms and urban areas. The park is elliptical, covering the large plateau of the Serra de Caldas and its sides, which form natural walls. The Serra is also called the Caldas Ridge or the Structural Dome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attractions. The capital, Vitória, is located on an island, which borders the municipalities of Vila Velha, Cariacica and Serra. These municipalities plus the outer cities of Fundão and Guarapari constitute the state's main metro area. In the northern extremes of Espírito Santo is Itaúnas, in the municipality of Conceição da Barra, which is a tourist location known for its sand dunes and forró tradition. The Captaincy of Espírito Santo was carved out of the Captaincy of Bahia in the 18th century, during the colonial rule of Brazil, and named after a 16th-century captaincy covering roughly the same area of coast. Following the elevation of Brazil to a constituent kingdom of United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in 1815 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cachoeira Da Fumaça State Park
The Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça) is a state park in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, known for a dramatic waterfall. Visitors may swim in the pools. Location Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park is in the municipality of Alegre, Espírito Santo, about from the municipal seat. It is accessible by a well-maintained road paved in cobblestone. The park has an area of . In the hottest season of the year the park usually has around 3,000 visitors per month. The original vegetation was semi-deciduous forest, but over the years there were plantations of native oil and fruit trees. had been turned into pasture. Regeneration of the forest in the pasture areas has been underway since 2008. With replanting of native species some of the original resident and migratory birds have returned. The Cachoeira da Fumaça waterfall on the Braço Norte Direito River, a tributary of the Itapemirim River, attracts thousands of visitors annually due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraná (state)
Paraná () is one of the 26 states of Brazil, in the south of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the province of Misiones, Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraguay, with the Paraná River as its western boundary line. It is subdivided into 399 municipalities, and its capital is the city of Curitiba. Other major cities are Londrina, Maringá, Ponta Grossa, Cascavel, São José dos Pinhais and Foz do Iguaçu. The state is home to 5.4% of the Brazilian population and has 6.2% of the Brazilian GDP. Crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, Paraná has what is left of the araucaria forest, one of the most important subtropical forests in the world. At the border with Argentina is the National Park of Iguaçu, considered by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. At only from there, at the border with Paraguay, the largest dam in the world was built, the Hidroelétrica de Itaipu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boguaçu State Park
The Boguaçu State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Boguaçu) is a state park in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Location The Boguaçu State Park is in the municipality of Guaratuba, Paraná, and has an area of . The Boguaçu River is affected by urban pressure from Guaratuba, with landfill in the river's estuary within the state park on an area where the city disposed of its garbage for twenty years, with no control over infiltration into the ground. History The Boguaçu State Park was created by decree 4.056 of governor Jaime Lerner on 26 February 1998 with an area of with the objective of preserving typical mangrove and restinga ecosystems, archaeological and prehistoric heritage and particularly the Sambaquis. The park is part of the Guaratuba Environmental Protection Area, which also includes the Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park. It is part of the larger Lagamar mosaic The Lagamar Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico do Lagamar is a Protected area mosaic (Brazil), protected area mosaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biribiri State Park
The Biribiri State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual de Biribiri) is a state park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It protects a mountainous region of ''cerrado''. The park contains an abandoned village, once home to workers in a textile factory, which is now a tourist attraction. Location The Biribiri State Park is in the municipality of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, from the municipal seat and from the state capital of Belo Horizonte. It has an area of . The park is accessed via a dirt road, but it is maintained well and can be used by cars. The entrance is from the center of Diamantina. The park is in the Serra do Espinhaço, a range with quartz rocks in the Jequitinhonha River basin. Altitudes range from in the north to in the south. The park still has traces of gold and diamond exploration. There are archaeological sites with rock inscriptions, but their locations are not marked. Environment The climate is tropical, with annual average temperature of about . The wettest mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally "Beautiful Horizon"), is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasília and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5.8 million inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine Brazilian presidents were born in Minas Gerais, the most of any state. The state has 10.1% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 8.7% of the Brazilian GDP. With an area of —larger than Metropolitan France—it is the fourth most extensive state in Brazil. The main producer of coffee and milk in the country, Minas Gerais is known for its heritage of architecture and colonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baleia State Park
The Baleia State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Baleia) is a state park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It protects a rugged area in the cerrado biome near the state capital of Belo Horizonte. As of 2014 nothing had been done to implement the park, which existed only on paper. Location The Baleia State Park is in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. It has an area of . The park is in the Taquaril neighborhood of the city. It is at the foot of the Serra do Curral, about from the city center. The area has six springs that supply the population of the Serra neighborhood in Belo Horizonte. History A Botanical Garden was defined in the area by decree 10.232 of 1932 with the objective of preserving the vegetation and landscape of Belo Horizonte. This would be the first conservation unit in the city and one of the first in the state and the country. However, nothing was done to implement it. The Baleia State Park was created by decree 28.162 of 6 July 1988. The park was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maranhão
Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent inside the common Northeastern Brazilian dialect. Maranhão is described in books such as '' The Land of the Palm Trees'' by Gonçalves Dias and ''Casa de Pensão'' by Aluísio Azevedo. The dunes of Lençóis are an important area of environmental preservation. Also of interest is the state capital of São Luís, designated a Unesco World Heritage Site. Another important conservation area is the Parnaíba River delta, between the states of Maranhão and Piauí, with its lagoons, desert dunes and deserted beaches or islands, such as the Caju island, which shelters rare birds. Geography The northern portion of the state is a heavily forested plain traversed by numerous rivers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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