Pacaás Novos National Park

Pacaás Novos National Park IUCN Category II - National Park
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location	Rondônia , Brazil
surface	7,086.66 km²
WDPA ID	56
Geographical location	11 ° 10 ′  S , 63 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 9 ′ 36 "  S , 63 ° 25 ′ 48"  W
Setup date	1979
administration	ICMBio

The Pacaás Novos National Park ( Portuguese Parque Nacional de Pacaás Novos ) is a protected area in Brazil in the state of Rondônia . It was designated in 1979 and is 7,086.66 km² in size.

Eight large rivers have their source in the park. They feed most of the fresh water in the state of Rondônia.

The protected area is subordinate to the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio).

The national park overlies the protected area Terra Indígena Uru-eu-wau-wau , settlement area of ​​the Uru-eu-wau-waus and Amondawas .

Relief of the Serra dos Pacaás Novos , in which the national park is located

Web links

• Parna de Pacaás Novos , Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (Portuguese)
• Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional de Pacaás Novos , Ministério do Meio Ambiente (Portuguese)
• Parna Pacaás Novos , Website Unidades de Conservação no Brasil , Instituto Socioambiental (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Record for Parque Nacional de Pacaás Novos. In: Protected Planet. Retrieved October 1, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Indigenous lands and other protected areas under threat in Brazil. WWF, April 25, 2007, accessed October 1, 2016 .