Pacaás Novos National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional de Pacaás Novos) is a
national park in the state of
Rondônia, Brazil.
The park contains a mountain range by the same name.
Location
The park is in the
Amazon biome. It covers an area of .
It was established by decree 84.019 of 21 September 1979, and is administered by the
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Por ...
.
The park covers parts of the municipalities of
Alvorada d'Oeste,
Campo Novo de Rondônia,
Governador Jorge Teixeira,
Guajará-Mirim
Guajará-Mirim is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is located at an altitude of 128 meters. Its population was 46,556 (2020) and its area is 24,856 km².IBGE /ref>
Location
Guajará-Mirim lies along the Mamoré River, j ...
,
Mirante da Serra and
Nova Mamoré in the state of Rondônia.
The park takes its name from the
Pacaás Novos River, which rises in the Pacaás Novos mountains in the west of the park and flows southwest via the
Rio Pacaás Novos Extractive Reserve to join the
Mamoré River just south of
Guajará-Mirim
Guajará-Mirim is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is located at an altitude of 128 meters. Its population was 46,556 (2020) and its area is 24,856 km².IBGE /ref>
Location
Guajará-Mirim lies along the Mamoré River, j ...
.
To the west the park adjoins the
Guajará-Mirim State Park.
Annual rainfall averages .
Temperatures range from with an average of .
Altitudes ranges from .
The
Pico Tracoá is the highest point in park and in the state at .
Conservation
The park is classed as
IUCN protected area category
IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The enlisting of such areas is par ...
II (national park).
The objectives are to preserve a representative sample of the transition between the Cerrado and the Amazon rainforest, to protect about 2,000 springs of three major river basins, to contribute to the integrity of the Rondonia Center Mosaic, to protect species of fauna and flora and endangered plant species endemic to the family
Podocarpaceae
Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. ''Conifers of the World''. Portland, Oregon: Timber Pr ...
, and to preserve the scenic beauty of the region.
The park would be included in the proposed
Western Amazon Ecological Corridor.
Protected species in the park include the
black-shouldered opossum
The black-shouldered opossum (''Caluromysiops irrupta''), also known as the white-eared opossum, is an opossum known from western Brazil and southeastern Peru. It was first described by Colin Campbell Sanborn, curator of Field Museum of Natur ...
(''Caluromysiops irrupta'').
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1979 establishments in Brazil
National parks of Brazil
Highest points of Brazilian states
Protected areas of Rondônia