Intervales State Park, Brazil - State/Provincial Parks on Waymarking.com

Intervales State Park consists of 41,705 hetacre (121,000-acres), 270km south of the city of Sao Paulo, in Southeastern Brazil. It is part of the Atlantic Forest Biological Reserve, and is connected to four other protected area, which together were designated in 1999 as a World Heritage Site. The park was once a private farm, where livestock was raised.

Today less than 7 percent of the original Atlantic Forest remains. Even the remnants are being leveled at the rate of a soccer field every five minutes, according to SOS Mata Atlntica, a So Paulo-based forest conservation group. The park is part of one of the last intact expanses of a rain forest along the Atlantic coast of Brazil, a forest that used to cover more than 466,000 square miles (an area larger than Texas and California combined) but today less than 7 percent of the original Atlantic Forest remains. It is estimated that the fragments of this special rainforest are being leveled at the rate of a soccer field every five minutes, according to SOS Mata Atlntica, a So Paulo-based forest conservation group. (as reported by Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/1998/1207/120798.intl.intl.8.html)


Visitor activities include birdwatching, wildlife viewing, hiking, geocaching, photography, visiting the numerous caves and several waterfalls, and relaxing.

Sources:
mmv.boku.ac.at/refbase/files/passold_anna_julia-2004-comparing_indicator.pdf
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www.csmonitor.com/1998/1207/120798.intl.intl.8.html
(visit link)

Park Type: Day use with overnight accommodations by prior arrangement Activities: Birding, hiking, geocaching, caving, wildlife viewing, nature activities. Park Fees: The most beautiful in the Park is the wood an the paths through the park. Background: The park was formerly Fazenda Intervales (Intervales Farm), however it received protection in 1987 and park status in 1995. It became a World Heritage Site in 1999. Date Established?: 1987 Link to Park: [Web Link] Additional Entrance Points: N 24° 15.944 W 048° 24.804

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