Pantanal Matogrossense National Park


The Pantanal Matogrossense National Park is a national park in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Location

Pantanal Matogrossense National Park has an area of. It is in the Pantanal biome.
The park was created by decree nº 86.392 on 24 September 1981, and is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It covers parts of the municipalities of Corumbá in Mato Grosso do Sul, and Cáceres and Poconé in Mato Grosso. It adjoins the Guirá State Park to the north. The Cuiabá River runs through Pantanal Matogrossense National Park. The park is in the Pantanal Biosphere Reserve, which also includes the Chapada dos Guimarães, Emas and Serra da Bodoquena national parks, and the Serra de Santa Bárbara and Nascentes do Rio Taquari, Pantanal de Rio Negro state parks.

Conservation

The park is classed as IUCN protected area category II.
The park's basic objective is preservation of natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty and enabling scientific research, environmental education, outdoor recreation and ecological tourism.
The park was listed as a "Wetland of International Importance" under the Ramsar Convention in 1993.
Protected species include the jaguar, ocelot, marsh deer, giant anteater, giant armadillo, giant otter, chestnut-bellied guan, black-and-tawny seedeater and the mussel Lamproscapha ensiformis.