Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park
| Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park | |
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| Parque Estadual Nascentes do Paranapanema | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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| Nearest city | Capão Bonito, São Paulo |
| Coordinates | 24°09′00″S 48°12′12″W / 24.15°S 48.203333°WCoordinates: 24°09′00″S 48°12′12″W / 24.15°S 48.203333°W |
| Area | 22,268.94 hectares (55,027.7 acres) |
| Designation | State park |
| Created | 21 June 2012 |
| Administrator | Secretário do Meio Ambiente SP |
The Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park (Portuguese: Parque Estadual Nascentes do Paranapanema is a state park in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects part of the largest remnant of Atlantic Forest in Brazil.
The Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park is in the municipality of Capão Bonito, São Paulo. It has an area of 22,268.94 hectares (55,027.7 acres) of Atlantic Forest covering the sources of the Paranapanema River. The park is in a mountainous area, and much of its territory is in the buffer zones of the Carlos Botelho and Intervales state parks. The region contains one of the best preserved remnants of Atlantic Forest in Brazil, and shelters many endangered species of flora and fauna. It also has a rich historical heritage and holds various tourist attractions. It is part of a biological corridor, or continuum, recognized by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve.
The Nascentes do Paranapanema State Park was announced during the June 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The new park and other units would make up the Paranapiacaba Conservation Units Mosaic, a forest massif of over 250,000 hectares (620,000 acres). São Paulo state decree 58.148 of 21 June 2012 created the state park and the mosaic. The objectives were protection of biodiversity, water resources and the biological corridor of Paranapiacaba, forming a biological continuum to preserve its ecological processes and gene flows, and to support ecotourism, leisure and environmental education.
The park was expected to develop sustainable employment form ecological and cultural tourism in the region. The land was already owned by the state, and only ten residents had been identified, whose rights would be respected. The deputy mayor of Capão Bonito said the municipality should be compensated for "freezing" of part of the territory. Important mineral resources could not now be extracted, two cement plants could not be expanded, and there were question over who would maintain rural roads in the area.
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