Bosque da Barra
The Parque Natural Municipal Bosque da Barra is an urban nature reserve and recreation area with a size of 53 hectares in the district of Barra da Tijuca , in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
location
The park is located in the west of the city of Rio de Janeiro, roughly in the center of the Barra da Tijuca district, on Avenida das Américas 6000, near the Alvorada bus station , west of the Cidade das Artes , from whose public terrace you have a beautiful view of the Park has. There is also a bus stop of the same name of the Transcarioca - Bus Rapid Transit system from Rio de Janeiro just west of the entrance.
Barra da Tijuca and some of the surrounding districts of Rio de Janeiro belong to the Baixada de Jacarepaguá , a coastal plain with an area of about 140 km². Until urbanization, the area was dominated by a swampy, partly sandy lowland with brackish water lakes , wetlands, mangrove forests and rivers. Many of the larger lakes still exist today.
park
The park was established on June 3, 1983 by Decree nº 4.105. The only entrance to the park is in the south, there is also a parking lot for around 150 cars. The park is divided into two parts: to the east is the part that is open to the public. It has great recreational value, there are paved paths, wooded sections, avenues, volleyball fields, soccer fields, lawns on the lake, playgrounds and toilets. The west, on the other hand, is dominated by a wetland in which the original vegetation of this region has been preserved or recreated. This area is the habitat of alligators , capybaras , sloths and marmosets, among others . You can go around the wetland on a paved path.
There is also an environmental education center in the park, which carries out various activities with children as well as guided tours, lectures and exhibitions.
vegetation
The vegetation in the park consists mainly of shrubs, thin-stemmed trees and mangroves . In the park, the original vegetation that prevailed near the Atlantic Ocean in the region of Barra da Tijuca has been preserved. Parts of this vegetation as it appears today can also be referred to as dry mangroves because many of their roots are no longer constantly in water.
opening hours
The park is open Tuesday through Sunday between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and admission is free.
history
After colonization, the area of the Baixada de Jacarepaguá was partly used for the cultivation of sugar cane. Since the area was very difficult to reach, large parts of it remained untouched. Urbanization only began here in the second half of the 20th century. First, parts of the area were drained and holiday homes built by the sea. In the 1960s, solid roads and houses were built. In 1983 Arruda Camara Park was named after the Portuguese-Brazilian botanist Manoel Arruda da Cámara . In 1992 it got its current name. As part of the Costal Flora Project , the typical vegetation of the coastal plain was started back in the park in 1992.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ PLANO DE MANEJO DO PARQUE NATURAL MUNICIPAL BOSQUE DA BARRA, 2014, Detzel Consulting, 402 pages
- ^ Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente - SMAC, Áreas Protegidas
- ^ Parque Natural Municipal Bosque da Barra at Visit Rio
- ^ Parque Bosque da Barra
Coordinates: 23 ° 0 ′ S , 43 ° 23 ′ W