Serra do Itajaí National Park or Itajaí Mountains National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Serra do Itajaí) is a
national park in the state of
Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Location
The park is in the
Atlantic Forest biome.
It has an area of .
It was created by decree of 4 June 2004, modified by decree of 20 February 2006, 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 ...
.
It covers parts of the municipalities of
Ascurra,
Apiúna,
Blumenau
Blumenau is a city in Vale do Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina (Brazil), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South Region of Brazil. It is away from the state capital of Florianópolis.
The city was founded by the German chemist an ...
,
Botuverá
Botuverá is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.
The municipality contains part of the Canela Preta Biological Reserve, a full protected area.
See also
*List of municipalities in Santa Catarina
This i ...
,
Gaspar,
Guabiruba,
Indaial
Indaial is a city in the States of Brazil, state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, Brazil. It is located on the left bank of Itajaí-Açu River, Itajaí River, and 160 km from the capital of the state, Florianópolis.
The city is of ...
,
Presidente Nereu and
Vidal Ramos in the state of Santa Catarina.
Conservation
The park is classified 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).
It has the objectives of preserving natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty, enabling scientific research, environmental education, outdoors recreation and eco-tourism.
Protected species in the park include
cougar (Puma concolor),
margay
The margay (''Leopardus wiedii'') is a small wild cat native to Central and South America. A solitary and nocturnal cat, it lives mainly in primary evergreen and deciduous forest.
Until the 1990s, margays were hunted illegally for the wildlif ...
(Leopardus wiedii),
vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea),
white-necked hawk
The white-necked hawk (''Buteogallus lacernulatus'') is a Vulnerable species of bird of prey in subfamily Accipitrinae, the "true" hawks, of family Accipitridae. It is endemic to Brazil.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claram ...
(Buteogallus lacernulatus),
white-bearded antshrike (Biatas nigropectus) and
Phylloscartes
''Phylloscartes'' is a genus of small birds in the family Tyrannidae. They are found in wooded habitats of Central and South America. They mainly feed on small arthropods, and most commonly take part in mixed species flocks. The mottled-cheeke ...
.
File:Mirante do Morro Santo Antônio - Guabiruba-SC.jpg, View from Morro Santo Antônio
File:Nascente.JPG, Stream on Morro do Spitzkopf
File:GOPR0889.JPG, Beach at the mouth of the Itajaí-Açu
Notes
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National parks of Brazil
Protected areas of Santa Catarina (state)
Protected areas of the Atlantic Forest