Pau Brasil National Park
Pau Brasil National Park is a national park in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
It preserves a remnant of the Atlantic Forest biome.Location
The Pau Brasil National Park is in the Atlantic Forest biome.
It covers an area of.
It was created by decree on 20 April 1999, with a modified decree on 11 June 2010, and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.
It lies in the municipality of Porto Seguro, Bahia.
The park lies between the Frades River and Buranhém River.
The terrain is a relatively flat coastal plain with elevations of cut by many deep gullies carrying streams that drain the area.
Most of the streams originate in the conservation unit.
Average annual rainfall is.
Temperatures range from with an average of.
The park contains a remnant of dense lowland rainforest of the Atlantic Forest biome including Pau-brasil trees, as well as regenerating areas that have been disturbed by human activity.
There are 71 endemic plant species, including Protium icicariba, Caryocar edule, Couepia belemii, Arapatiella psilophylla, Byrsonima alvimii, Tibouchina elegans, Eugenia flamingensis, Manilkara multifida.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.
Protected species in the park include jaguar, cougar, harpy eagle, red-billed curassow, Atlantic black-breasted woodpecker, black-headed berryeater, ochre-marked parakeet, the fish Mimagoniates sylvicola and Rachoviscus graciliceps and the Hercules beetle.
