Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park
| Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park | |
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| Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nearest city | Iporanga in São Paulo |
| Coordinates | 24°28′S 48°36′W / 24.46°S 48.6°WCoordinates: 24°28′S 48°36′W / 24.46°S 48.6°W |
| Area | 35,712 hectares (88,250 acres) |
| Designation | State park |
| Created | 19 May 1958 |
| Website | www |
The Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park (Portuguese: Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira) is a state park is the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects a mountainous area of Atlantic Forest. It is known for its many caves.
The Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park is divided between the municipalities of Apiaí and Iporanga in São Paulo. It has over 350 caves, many waterfalls, trails and archaeological and paleontological sites. There are traditional and quilombola communities in the park. It lies 320 kilometres (200 mi) from São Paulo There are four visitor centers and support for enforcement activities and research in order to safeguard and protect the rich natural heritage of the upper Ribeira region, represented by the important biodiversity of the remnants of the Atlantic forest and its paleontological, archaeological and historical sites. It is home to one of the most important speleological provinces in Brazil with more than 300 caves registered by the SBE - Sociedade Brasileira de Espeleologia.
The Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park is one of the oldest parks in the state of São Paulo, created by state decree 32,283 of 19 May 1958. From the 1990s it became popular for adventure sports such as climbing, rafting and cycling and for environmental education, photography and observation of nature.
São Paulo state decree 58.148 of 21 June 2012 created the Paranapiacaba Conservation Units Mosaic, consisting of the Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park, Intervales State Park, Carlos Botelho State Park, Xitué Ecological Station, Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park and the Serra do Mar Environmental Protection Area in the municipalities of Eldorado, Sete Barras, Tapiraí, Juquiá, Ribeirão Grande and Capão Bonito. The purpose was to promote integrated and participatory management of the conservation units, and to seek to guarantee conservation of the areas covered.
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