Utinga State Park
| Utinga State Park | |
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| Parque Estadual do Utinga | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Walkway in the park
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| Nearest city | Belém, Pará, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 1°25′23″S 48°25′35″W / 1.423038°S 48.426305°WCoordinates: 1°25′23″S 48°25′35″W / 1.423038°S 48.426305°W |
| Area | 1,393 hectares (3,440 acres) |
| Designation | State park |
| Created | 3 May 1993 |
| Administrator | Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente e Sustentabilidade |
The Utinga State Park (Portuguese: Parque Estadual do Utinga) is a state park within the metropolitan area of Belém, Pará, Brazil. It is surrounded by the Metropolitan Belém Environmental Protection Area, which protects a large part of the water supply of the city.
The Utinga State Park is in the city of Belém, Pará, within the Metropolitan Belém Environmental Protection Area (APA). It has an area of 1,393 hectares (3,440 acres). It is divided between the municipalities of Belém (99%) and Ananindeua (1%). It is just a few kilometers from the city center. The park is a fully protected conservation unit, so direct exploitation of resources such as hunting or fishing in the lakes is prohibited. Sustainable use of natural resources is allowed in the APA, which covers the entire catchment area of the Água Preta and Bolonha lakes and the Aurá River.
The Metropolitan Belém Environmental Protection Area (APA) was created by decree 1.551 of 3 May 1993 in the municipalities of Belém and Ananindeua, with an area of about 7,500 hectares (19,000 acres), administered by the state environmental secretariat (SEMA). The Utinga State Park was created by decree 1.552 of 3 May 1993. The management plan was published in 1994.
The goals are to extend the useful life of the Bolonha and Água Preta lakes, which supply about 60% of the population of the metropolitan region, and ensure water potability through management of water sources and recovery of degraded areas; to protect the landscape, forests and other types of vegetation, preserve representative samples of biodiversity as a gene bank and protect animals that take refuge in the park due to expansion of the surrounding urban areas; and to preserve a green space to improve the quality of life of the population and support scientific, cultural, educational and recreational activities and tourism.
The management council was created by ordinance 1.365 of 8 July 2009, and includes representatives from government agencies such as SEMA, universities such as the Federal University of Pará and Universidade da Amazônia, and civil society groups such as Imazon, community associations and so on. By 2011 the management plan no longer met current environmentalist and legal standards, and an update was initiated, which was published in August 2013 The updated plan was prepared by Imazon, the Institute of Man and the Environment of the Amazon.
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