The Guirá State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Guirá) is a

State park State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...

in the state of

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

, Brazil.

Location

The Guirá State Park ia in the municipality of Cáceres in the south of Mato Grosso, on the border with Bolivia. It has an area of . It is in the

Pantanal The Pantanal () is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and p ...

biome, and has a large population of deer. It adjoins the

Pantanal Matogrossense National Park The Pantanal Matogrossense National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense) is a national park in the state of Mato Grosso at the border to Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Location Pantanal Matogrossense National Park has an area of ...

to the south.

History

Creation of the park with an area of was reported to be approved by the state legislative assembly on 15 December 2001. It was justified by FEMA as essential for preserving the

ecosystem, threatened by human activities. The Guirá State Park was created by Mato Grosso Governor

Dante Martins De Oliveira Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

, who approved law 7.625 of 15 January 2002. The park would cover lands in Cáceres, on the border with Bolivia, with an area of about . The park is administered by the State Environmental Foundation. The objective is to preserve existing ecosystems and allow controlled public use, education and scientific research. On 17 October 2014 SEMA called on owners of land in the park to present their documents to allow regularization. The consultative council was created on 15 December 2014.

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