Boguaçu State Park

The Boguaçu State Park (Portuguese: Parque Estadual do Boguaçu) is a state park in the state of Paraná, Brazil.

Boguaçu State Park
Parque Estadual do Boguaçu
IUCN category II (national park)
Nearest cityGuaratuba, Paraná
Coordinates25.910059°S 48.650526°W / -25.910059; -48.650526
Area6,052 hectares (14,950 acres)
DesignationState park
Created26 February 1998
AdministratorInstituto Ambiental do Paraná

Location

The Boguaçu State Park is in the municipality of Guaratuba, Paraná, and has an area of 6,052 hectares (14,950 acres).[1] The Boguaçu River is affected by urban pressure from Guaratuba, with landfill in the river's estuary within the state park on an area where the city disposed of its garbage for twenty years, with no control over infiltration into the ground.[2]

History

The Boguaçu State Park was created by decree 4.056 of governor Jaime Lerner on 26 February 1998 with an area of 6,052 hectares (14,950 acres) with the objective of preserving typical mangrove and restinga ecosystems, archaeological and prehistoric heritage and particularly the Sambaquis.[1] The park is part of the 199,446 hectares (492,840 acres) Guaratuba Environmental Protection Area, which also includes the 24.267 hectares (59.97 acres) Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park.[3] It is part of the larger Lagamar mosaic of conservation units:[4]

Notes

    Sources

    • Ana Lizete Rocha (February 2006), Plano de manejo da área de proteção ambiental de Guaratuba (PDF), Curitiba: Instituto Ambiental do Paraná, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-20, retrieved 2016-09-20
    • Jaime Lerner (26 February 1998), Decreto nº 4.056 de 26 de Fevereiro de 1998 (PDF) (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-09-20
    • Unidades de Conservação - Mosaico do Litoral Sul de São Paulo e do Litoral do Paraná - LAGAMAR (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-09-19
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