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 were created in 1939, and after a period of 20 years, the program of park creation has been restarted. Since then the number of parks increased steadily to 33 by 1990 and 67 by 2010.

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 protect an area that represents 5% of the original Amazon Rainforest, and another 22 protect 1% of the original Atlantic Forest. Seven parks protect the Caatinga ecoregion and twelve the Cerrado ecoregion. There are only six coastal and marine parks, including one that protects the Pantanal wetland. No park protects the Pampas.

Visitors can only visit parks with a management plan and a public use plan. 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.

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	Name	Year	Area (km²)	State
1	Abrolhos Marine National Park	1983	688	Bahia
2	Amazônia National Park	1974	9,940	Amazonas/Pará
3	Alto Cariri National Park	2010	182	Bahia
4	Aparados da Serra National Park	1959	102	Rio Grande do Sul/Santa Catarina
5	Araguaia National Park	1959	5,623	Tocantins
6	Araucárias National Park	2005	128	Santa Catarina
7	Boa Nova National Park	2010	142	Bahia
8	Brasília National Park	1961	300	Distrito Federal
9	Cabo Orange National Park	1980	6,190	Amapá
10	Campos Amazônicos National Park	2006	8,760	Rondônia
11	Campos Gerais National Park	2006	215	Paraná
12	Caparaó National Park	1961	318	Espírito Santo/Minas Gerais
13	Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park	1999	568	Minas Gerais
14	Chapada das Mesas National Park	2005	1,600	Maranhão
15	Chapada Diamantina National Park	1985	1,520	Bahia
16	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	1989	330	Mato Grosso
17	Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park	1961	600	Goiás
18	Descobrimento National Park	1999	211	Bahia
19	Emas National Park	1961	1,318	Goiás
20	Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park	1988	112	Pernambuco
21	Furna Feia National Park	2012	85	Rio Grande do Norte
22	Grande Sertão Veredas National Park	1989	833	Bahia/Minas Gerais
23	Iguaçu National Park	1939	1,852	Paraná
24	Ilha Grande National Park	1997	788	Mato Grosso do Sul/Paraná
25	Itatiaia National Park	1937	300	Minas Gerais/Rio de Janeiro
26	Jamanxim National Park	2006	8,597	Pará
27	Jaú National Park	1980	22,720	Amazonas
28	Jericoacoara National Park	2002	200	Ceará
29	Jurubatiba Sandbank National Park	1996	148	Rio de Janeiro
30	Juruena National Park	2006	19,602	Amazonas/Mato Grosso
31	Lagoa do Peixe National Park	1986	344	Rio Grande do Sul
32	Lençóis Maranhenses National Park	1981	1,550	Maranhão
33	Mapinguari National Park	2008	15,624	Rondônia
34	Monte Pascoal National Park	1961	225	Bahia
35	Monte Roraima National Park	1989	1,160	Roraima
36	Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park	2008	8,121	Amazonas
37	Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park	2002	7,298	Bahia/Maranhão/Piauí/Tocantins
38	Pacaás Novos National Park	1979	7,658	Rondônia
39	Pantanal Matogrossense National Park	1971	1,350	Mato Grosso/Mato Grosso do Sul
40	Pau Brasil National Park	2000	115	Bahia
41	Pedra Azul National Park	1996	100	Espírito Santo
42	Pico da Neblina National Park	1979	22,000	Amazonas
43	Pontões Capixabas National Park	2002	174	Espírito Santo
44	Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park	2001	245	Paraná
45	São Joaquim National Park	1961	493	Santa Catarina
46	Sempre Vivas National Park	2002	1,245	Minas Gerais
47	Serra da Bocaina National Park	1974	1,318	Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo
48	Serra da Bodoquena National Park	2000	764	Mato Grosso do Sul
49	Serra da Canastra National Park	1972	2,000	Minas Gerais
50	Serra da Capivara National Park	1979	979	Piauí
51	Serra da Cutia National Park	2001	2,836	Rondônia
52	Serra da Mocidade National Park	1998	805	Roraima
53	Serra das Confusões National Park	1998	8,234	Piauí
54	Serra das Lontras National Park	2010	113	Bahia
55	Serra de Itabaiana National Park	2005	79	Sergipe
56	Serra do Cipó National Park	1984	310	Minas Gerais
57	Serra do Divisor National Park	1989	8,430	Acre
58	Serra do Itajaí National Park	2004	573	Santa Catarina
59	Serra do Pardo National Park	2005	4,473	Pará
60	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	1939	110	Rio de Janeiro
61	Serra Geral National Park	1992	173	Rio Grande do Sul/Santa Catarina
62	Sete Cidades National Park	1961	62	Piauí
63	Superagüi National Park	1989	210	Paraná
64	Tijuca National Park	1961	39	Rio de Janeiro
65	Tumucumaque National Park	2002	38,874	Amapá/Pará
66	Ubajara National Park	1959	62	Ceará
67	Vale do Catimbau National Park	2002	623	Pernambuco
68	Viruá National Park	1998	2,159	Roraima

See also

• Conservation in Brazil
• List of national parks

External links

• Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and the Legal Amazon (Portuguese only)
• List of all Brazilian national parks with coordinates (in Portuguese)
• Amazonian Parks - Socio-environmental Institute