Grão-Pará Ecological Station
| Grão-Pará Ecological Station | |
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| Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará | |
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IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
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| Nearest city | Monte Alegre, Pará |
| Coordinates | 1°09′47″N 57°11′49″W / 1.163°N 57.197°WCoordinates: 1°09′47″N 57°11′49″W / 1.163°N 57.197°W |
| Area | 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) |
| Designation | Ecological station |
| Created | 4 December 2006 |
| Administrator | State of Pará |
The Grão-Pará Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará is a strictly protected ecological station in the state of Pará, Brazil. It managed by the state of Pará. With 42,458 square kilometres (16,393 sq mi) of well-preserved Amazon rainforest it is the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit in the world.
The Grão-Pará Ecological Station is on the left bank of the Amazon River in the west of the state of Pará. It contains parts of the basins of the Maicuru, Curuá, Cuminapanema, Erepecuru, Trombetas and Mapuera rivers. It has an area of 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres), which makes it the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet. The unit covers parts of the municipalities of Oriximiná (75.89%), Alenquer (13.31%), Óbidos (7.36%) and Monte Alegre (3.44%). Its boundaries are:
The Grão-Pará Ecological Station was established by state decree 2609 of 4 December 2006, signed by the state governor Simão Jatene. The unit was announced by Jatene in a ceremony that announced nine conservation areas, mostly in northern Pará that occupy a total of about 15,000,000 hectares (37,000,000 acres). Others included the 1,200,000 hectares (3,000,000 acres) Maicuru Biological Reserve, the Paru, Trombetas, Faro and Iriri state forests and the Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area. Creation of the protected areas was expected to reduce deforestation, mining and consequent mercury contamination of water, poaching, irregular farming and other threats.
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