Serra do Pardo National Park, Nature reserve in Pará, Brazil
Serra do Pardo National Park is a large protected area in Pará situated between São Félix do Xingu and Altamira. The landscape features forested hills cut by the Pardo River, creating varied habitats across its terrain.
Rubber tappers worked the area until the rubber crisis of the 1950s; squatters then logged timber and cattle grazed the land, amid deforestation and land conflicts. The park was created by decree on 17 February 2005, when farms were expropriated and cattle removed in joint operations by ICMBio, IBAMA and the federal police. A consultative council was formed on 26 December 2012 and the management plan approved on 23 December 2015.
The park's name comes from the Serra do Pardo range along the Pardo River. Some traditional communities of former rubber tappers still live inside the park, awaiting transfer to an area where they can keep their livelihoods. Rubber was extracted here until the crisis of the 1950s.
The park sits in a tropical region with warm and humid conditions year-round. Visitors should prepare for jungle trails and bring sturdy footwear plus insect protection.
The park lies in the interfluvial zone between the Xingu and Tapajós rivers, a position that may shelter endemic species. Its bird list includes the threatened white-crested guan (Penelope pileata), the hyacinth macaw and the chestnut-throated spinetail.
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