List of national parks of Brazil

The system of national parks in Brazil started in 1937 with the creation of Itatiaia National Park. Another two national parks have been created in 1939, and after a period of 20 years, the program of park creation has been restarted. Since than the number of parks increased steadily to 33 by 1990 and 67 by 2010.^[1][2]

The size of the parks varies vastly between the 3,300 ha Tijuca National Park and the 3,800,000 ha Tumucumaque National Park. Of the 67 national parks, 19 are protecting an area representing 5% of the original Amazon Rainforest and another 22 protect 1% of the original Atlantic Forest. Seven parks are protecting the Caatinga ecoregion and twelve the Cerrado ecoregion. There are only six coastal and marine parks, one protecting the Pantanal wetland and none which would protect the Pampas.^[1][2]

Only parks with a management plan and a public use plan can be accessed by visitors. By 2010 only 30 parks were accessible to the public. Of these the two most visited were the Tijuca National Park with 1.7 million visitors and the Iguaçu National Park with 1 million visitors, together accounting for 71% of all visitors to national parks in Brazil in 2009.^[1]

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National parks of Brazil

Name	Year	Area (km²)
Abrolhos Marine National Park	1983	688
Amazônia National Park	1974	9,940
Alto Cariri National Park	2010	182
Aparados da Serra National Park	1959	102
Araguaia National Park	1959	5,623
Araucárias National Park	2005	128
Boa Nova National Park	2010	142
Brasília National Park	1961	300
Cabo Orange National Park	1980	6,190
Campos Amazônicos National Park	2006	8,760
Campos Gerais National Park	2006	215
Caparaó National Park	1961	318
Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park	1999	568
Chapada das Mesas National Park	2005	1,600
Chapada Diamantina National Park	1985	1,520
Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	1989	330
Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park	1961	600
Descobrimento National Park	1999	211
Emas National Park	1961	1,318
Fernado de Noronha Marine National Park	1988	112
Grande Sertão Veredas National Park	1989	833
Iguaçu National Park	1939	1,852
Ilha Grande National Park	1997	788
Itatiaia National Park	1937	300
Jacupiranga State Park	1969	1,500
Jamanxim National Park	2006	8,597
Jaú National Park	1980	22,720
Jericoacoara National Park	2002	200
Jurubatiba Sandbank National Park	1996	148
Juruena National Park	2006	19,602
Lagoa do Peixe National Park	1986	344
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park	1981	1,550
Mapinguari National Park	2008	15,624
Monte Pascoal National Park	1961	225
Monte Roraima National Park	1989	1,160
Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park	2008	8,121
Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park	2002	7,298
Pacaás Novos National Park	1979	7,658
Pantanal Matogrossense National Park	1971	1,350
Pau Brasil National Park	2000	115
Pedra Azul National Park	1996	100
Pico da Neblina National Park	1979	22,000
Pontões Capixabas National Park	2002	174
Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park	2001	245
São Joaquim National Park	1961	493
Sempre Vivas National Park	2002	1,245
Serra da Bocaina National Park	1974	1,318
Serra da Bodoquena National Park	2000	764
Serra da Canastra National Park	1972	2,000
Serra da Capivara National Park	1979	979
Serra da Cutia National Park	2001	2,836
Serra da Mocidade National Park	1998	805
Serra das Confusões National Park	1998	8,234
Serra das Lontras National Park	2010	113
Serra de Itabaiana National Park	2005	79
Serra do Cipó National Park	1984	310
Serra do Divisor National Park	1989	8,430
Serra do Itajaí National Park	2004	573
Serra do Pardo National Park	2005	4,473
Serra dos Órgãos National Park	1939	110
Serra Geral National Park	1992	173
Sete Cidades National Park	1961	62
Superagüi National Park	1989	210
Tijuca National Park	1961	39
Tumucumaque National Park	2002	38,874
Ubajara National Park	1959	62
Vale do Catimbau National Park	2002	623
Viruá National Park	1998	2,159

See also

• Conservation in Brazil
• List of national parks

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Ariane Janér: The National Parks of Brazil, EcoBrasil - Brazilian Ecotourism Association
2. ^ ^{a b} David Braun: Brazil beefs up protection of Atlantic rain forest, in National Geographic, 14 June 2010

External links

• Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and the Legal Amazon (Portuguese only)
• List of all Brazilian national parks with coordinates (in Portuguese)