List of national parks in Brazil
There are 73 national parks ( Parques Nacionais ) in Brazil . Protected areas of a similar character exist under the name Estação Ecológica . There are also regionally established protected areas at the state level ( Parques Estaduais ) and at the municipal level. For the sake of simplicity, some of the more significant of these areas are also subsumed under national parks in Brazil .
These and other protected areas fall under the SNUC ( Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação ). They accommodate areas worthy of protection that are of ecological, scientific, tourist and educational interest. Not all areas have yet been expropriated, and due to a lack of personnel it is often not possible to protect the areas from destructive interference.
The overview, organized by region and state, includes national parks and other protected areas in Brazil.
north
Rondônia
National parks:
- Pacaás Novos since September 21, 1979, 7,658.01 km², near Porto Velho
- Serra da Cutia since August 1, 2001, 2,849.1 km², near Guajará-Mirim
Other protected areas:
- Cuniã since September 27, 2001, 532.21 km², near Porto Velho
acre
National Park:
- Sierra del Divisor since June 16, 1989, 8 430 km², near Cruzeiro do Sul
Other protected areas:
- Protected area Rio Acre since June 2, 1981, 775 km², near Assis Brasil
Roraima
National parks:
- Monte Roraima since June 28, 1989, 1,160 km², near Pacaraíma
- Viruá National Park since April 29, 1998, 2,159.17 km², near Caracaraí
- Serra da Mocidade since April 29, 1998, 805.6 km², near Caracaraí
Other protected areas:
- Caracaraí since August 31, 1982, 805.6 km², near Caracaraí
- Níquia since March 6, 1985, 2,860 km², near Caracaraí
- Ilha Maracá since June 2, 1981, 1 013.12 km², near Boa Vista
Amazon
National parks:
- Jaú National Park since September 24, 1980, 22,720 km², near Barcelos (Amazonas)
- Pico da Neblina since May 6, 1979, 2,200 km², near São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Other protected areas:
- Nhamundá since March 9, 1990, 1,959 km², with Parintins
- Protected area Rio Negro since April 2, 1995, 4,360.42 km², near Novo Airão
- Serra do Araça since March 9, 1990, 18 187 km², near Barcelos (Amazonas)
- Mamirauá since March 9, 1990, 11,240 km²
- Caverna do Maroaga since March 9, 1990, 2 562 km², on the Balbina reservoir
- Lago Ayapuá since March 9, 1990, 6 100 km², on the Rio Purus
- Anavilhanas since June 2, 1981, 3,500.18 km², between Novo Airão and Manaus
- Juami-Japurá since June 3, 1985, 8,703 km², near Japurá
- Jutaí-Solimões since July 21, 1983, 2,881.87 km², near Santo Antônio do Içá
Amazon / Pará
National Park:
- Amazônia National Park since February 19, 1974, 9,940 km², near Itaituba
Amazon / Mato Grosso
National Park:
- Juruena National Park since June 5, 2006, 19,570 km², near Apiacás and Apui
Amapá
National Park:
- Cabo Orange since July 15, 1980, 6,190 km², near Oiapoque and Calçoene
Other protected areas:
- Maracá-Jipioca since June 2, 1981, 720 km², island in front of Amapá (city)
Amapá / Pará
National Park:
- Tumucumaque National Park since December 31, 2002, 38,821.21 km², between Serra do Navio , Oiapoque and Calçoene
Another protected area:
- Jari protected area since April 12, 1982, 2 271.26 km², near Monte Dourado
Pará
National parks:
- Serra do Pardo since February 17, 2005, 4,473.43 km², near Altamira and São Félix do Xingu
- Rio Novo National Park since February 13, 2006, at Itaituba and Novo Progresso
- Jamanxim since February 13, 2006, with Itaituba and Trairão
Other protected areas:
- Serra dos Martírios / Andorinhas since July 25, 1996, 1.77 km², near São Geraldo do Araguaia
Tocantins
National Park:
- Araguaia National Park since December 31, 1959, 5,623.12 km², near Macaúbas
Other protected areas:
- Cantão since 1998, 890 km², on the Rio Araguaia
- Jalapão 1,588.9 km², near Mateiros
- Serra do Lajeado since May 11, 2001, 99.31 km², near Palmas
- Serra Geral do Tocantins since September 27, 2001, 7 163.06 km², near Ponte Alta do Tocantins
Northeast
Maranhão
National parks:
- Chapada das Mesas since December 12, 2005, 1,600.46 km², near Carolina (Brazil)
- Lençóis Maranhenses since June 2, 1981, 1,550 km², near Barreirinhas
Other protected areas:
- Parcel do Manuel Luís Marine Park since June 11, 1991, 459.38 km²
- Mirador since June 4, 1980, 5,000 km²
- Bacanga since March 2nd, 1980, 30.75 km², near São Luís
Maranhão / Piauí / Bahia / Tocantins
National Park:
- Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba since July 16, 2002, 7,298 km², in the Chapada das Mangabeiras
Piauí
National parks:
- Serra da Capivara since May 6, 1979, 979.33 km², near São Raimundo Nonato
- Serra das Confusões since October 2nd, 1998, 5,024.11 km², near Guaribas
- Sete Cidades since August 6, 1961, 62.21 km², near Piripiri
Other protected areas:
- Uruçuí-Una since June 2, 1981, 1,350 km², near Bom Jesus
Ceará
National parks:
- Jericoacoara National Park since September 23, 2002, 62.95 km², near Jericoacoara
- Ubajara National Park since April 30, 1959, 5.63 km², near Ubajara
Other protected areas:
- Pedra da Risca do Meio Marine Park since September 5, 1997, 33.2 km², near Fortaleza
- Aiuaba since February 6, 2001, 115.25 km², near Sertão dos Inhamuns
- Castanhão since September 27, 2001, 125.79 km², between Jaguaribara , Alto Santo and Iracema
Rio Grande do Norte
Protected areas:
- Seridó since May 31, 1982, 11.63 km², near Caicó
- Parque das Dunas (state park) since November 22, 1977, 11.72 km², in Natal
Paraíba
Protected areas:
- Pedra da Boca since February 7, 2000, 1.56 km², between Araruna and Passa e Fica
- Pico do Jabre since October 19, 1992, 50 km², between Mauritéia and Mãe d'Água
Pernambuco
National parks:
- Catimbau National Park since December 13, 2002, 623 km², near Arcoverde
- Fernando de Noronha Marine Park, since September 14, 1988, 112.7 km²
Alagoas
Protected areas:
- Murici , since May 28, 2001, 61.1643 km², near Murici
Sergipe
National Park:
- Serra de Itabaiana since June 16, 2005, 79.66 km², between Itabaiana and Laranjeiras
Bahia
National parks:
- Abrolhos Marine Park, since April 6, 1983, 280 km², near Alcobaça and Caravelas
- Chapada Diamantina since September 17, 1985, 1,520 km², near Lençóis and Andaraí (Bahia)
- Descobrimento National Park since April 20, 1999, 211.29 km², near Prado (Bahia)
- Monte Pascoal since November 29, 1961, 225 km², near Itamaraju
- Pau Brasil National Park since April 20, 1999, 115.38 km², near Porto Seguro
Other protected areas:
- Serra do Conduru since February 21, 1997, 89.4 km², between Ilhéus , Uruçuca and Itacaré
- Sete Passens since May 24, 2000, 28.21 km², with Miguel Calmon
- Pau Brasil since February 21, 1997, 11.51 km², near Porto Seguro
- Raso da Catarina since January 3, 1983, 997.72 km² with Paulo Afonso
Bahia / Minas Gerais
National Park:
- Grande Sertão Veredas since April 12, 1989, 2,316.68 km², near Formoso
Midwest
Federal District
National Park:
- Brasília National Park since November 29, 1961, 28 km², in Brasília
Other protected areas:
- Águas Emendadas since June 16, 1988, 105.47 km², near Planaltina
Goiás
National parks:
- Emas National Park since November 1st 1974, 1,318.68 km², near Mineiros
- Chapada dos Veadeiros since November 1st, 1961, 600 km², near Alto Paraíso
Other protected areas:
- Altamiro de Moura Pacheco since July 3, 1992, 41.23 km², near Goiânia
- Serra de Caldas Novas since 1970, 123 km², near Caldas Novas
- Paraúna , 32.5 km²
- Serra dos Pireneus State Park , since 1987, 28.3 km², near Pirenópolis
- Terra Ronca since July 7, 1989, 5,000 km², near São Domingos
Mato Grosso
National Park:
- Chapada dos Guimarães since December 4, 1989, 330 km²
Other protected areas:
- Cristalino since June 9, 2000, 1,849 km², near Alta Floresta
- Serra de Santa Bárbara since August 23, 1999, 1,200.92 km², between Pontes e Lacerda and Porto Espiridião
- Serra das Araras since May 31, 1982, 287 km², between Cáceres and Barra dos Bugres
- Iquê since June 2, 1981, 2,000 km², between Vilhena and Juína
- Taimã since 1981, 112 km², near Cáceres
- Parque Estadual do Xingu since December 7, 2001, 962.88 km², buffer zone for the Parque Indígena do Xingu
Mato Grosso / Mato Grosso do Sul
National Park:
- Pantanal Matogrossense since May 28, 1971, 1350 km², between Poconé and Corumbá
Mato Grosso do Sul
National Park:
- Serra da Bodoquena since September 21, 2000, 764 km², with Bonito
Other protected areas:
- Nascentes do Rio Taquari , since October 9, 1999, 306.18 km², near Costa Rica (Mato Grosso do Sul)
- Várzeas do Rio Ivinhema , since December 17, 1998, 733 km², near Naviraí
- Pantanal do Rio Negro , since June 5, 2000, 783 km², between Aquidauana and Corumbá
Mato Grosso do Sul / Paraná
National Park:
- Ilha Grande National Park since September 30, 1997, 788.75 km², near Guaíra
southeast
Espírito Santo
National parks:
- Pedra Azul , 1,318.68 km², at Domingos Martins
- Pontões Capixabas since December 19, 2002, 174.92 km², near Pancas
Other protected areas:
- Itaúnas since November 8, 1991, 32 km²
- Pedra Azul since January 2, 1991, 12.4 km²
- Paulo Cesar Vinha since June 5, 1990, 15 km²
- Forno Grande since September 11, 1998, 7.3 km²
- Cachoeira da Fumaça since August 24, 1984, 0.27 km²
Espírito Santo / Minas Gerais
National Park:
- Caparaó National Park since May 24, 1961, 318.53 km²
Minas Gerais
National parks:
- Cavernas do Peruaçu since September 21, 1999, 568 km², near Januária
- Semper-Vivas since December 13, 2002, 1,245.55 km², with Diamantina
- Serra da Canastra since March 4, 1972, 2,000 km², near São Roque de Minas
- Serra do Cipó National Park since July 3, 1977, 310.1 km², near Conceição do Mato Dentro
Other protected areas:
- Biribiri since September 22, 1998, 169.9866 km², near Diamantina
- Ibitipoca since July 4th 1973, 14.88 km², near Lima Duarte
- Itacolomi since June 14, 1967, 75.43 km², near Ouro Preto and Mariana
- Nova Baden since 1974, 2.1447 km², near Lambari
- Pico do Itambé since January 21, 1998, 47 km², near Serro
- Parque Estadual do Rio Doce since July 14, 1944, 359.73 km², near Timóteo
- Parque Estadual do Rio Preto since June 1, 1994, 107.55 km², near São Gonçalo do Rio Preto
- Serra do Brigadeiro since September 27, 1996, 149.84 km², with Muriaé
- Serra do Rola-Moça since September 27, 1994, 39.41 km², near Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais / Rio de Janeiro
National Park:
- Itatiaia National Park since June 14, 1937, 300 km², between Itatiaia and Itamonte
Rio de Janeiro
National parks:
- Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park since April 29, 1996, 148.6 km², near Macaé
- Serra dos Órgãos since November 30, 1939, 110 km², near Teresópolis and Petrópolis
- Tijuca National Park since June 7, 1961, 32 km², in Rio de Janeiro
Other protected areas:
- Três Picos 463.5 km²
- Serra da Tiririca
- Paraty-Mirim
- Ilha Grande (Tamoios reserve)
- Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol since April 14, 2011, 98.4 km², near Arraial do Cabo
- Parque Natural Municipal Bosque da Barra since June 3, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro / São Paulo
National Park:
- Serra da Bocaina since November 1st, 1974, 1,318.68 km², between Ubatuba , Cunha and Paraty
São Paulo
Protected areas:
- Cantareira 79.165 km²
- Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho 376.44 km²
- Ilha Anchieta since March 29, 1977, 8.28 km²
- Ilha do Cardoso
- Ilhabela since January 20, 1977, 270.25 km²
- Jacupiranga since August 8, 1969, 1,500 km²
- Morro do Diabo since June 4, 1986, 338.45 km²
south
Paraná
National parks:
- Iguaçu National Park since January 10, 1939, 1,700 km², near Foz do Iguaçu
- Saint-Hilaire / Lange National Park since May 23, 2001, 245 km², near Guaratuba and Paranaguá
- Superagüí since April 25, 1989, 210 km², near Guaraqueçaba
- Campos Gerais since March 23, 2006, 212.88 km², near Ponta Grossa
Other protected areas:
Santa Catarina
National parks:
- São Joaquim National Park since July 6, 1961, 493 km², near São Joaquim and Urubici
- Serra do Itajaí since June 4, 2004, 573.74 km², near Blumenau
- Araucárias National Park since October 19, 2005, 128.41 km², near Ponte Serrada and Passos Maia
Other protected areas:
- Serra do Tabuleiro
- Serra Furada since June 20, 1980, 13.29 km²
Santa Catarina / Rio Grande do Sul
National parks:
- Aparados da Serra since December 7, 1959, 102.5 km², between Cambará do Sul and Praia Grande (Santa Catarina)
- Serra Geral since May 20, 1992, 173 km², between São Francisco de Paula , Cambará do Sul and Praia Grande (Santa Catarina)
Rio Grande do Sul
National Park:
- Lagoa do Peixe since June 11, 1986, 344 km², near Tavares , Mostardas and São José do Norte
Other protected areas:
- Caracol since August 1, 1973, 200 km², with Canela
- Delta do Jacuí since January 14, 1976, 172.45 km², near Porto Alegre
- Espinilho since February 28, 2002, 16.17 km², near Barra do Quaraí
- Espigão Alto since March 10, 1949, 13.319 km², near Barracão
- Itapuã since July 14, 1973, 55.665 km², near Viamão
- Parque Estadual do Turvo since March 11, 1947, 174.914 km², with the longitudinal waterfall Salto Yucumã , near Derrubadas
- Taim since July 21, 1987, 107.6463 km², near Rio Grande
- Reserva Biológica do Ibirapuitã since June 10, 1976, expanded in 1992, 3.51 km², near Alegrete
- Banhado dos Pachecos wildlife sanctuary since April 24, 2002, 25.435 km², near Viamão