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The Descobrimento National Park () is a
national park A national park is a nature park designated for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protecte ...
in the state of
Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...
, Brazil.


Location

The Descobrimento National Park is in the municipality of Prado, Bahia. It has an area of . It contains the Discovery Coast World Natural Heritage Site, a
Biosphere Reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...
.


Environment

The Descobrimento National Park is in the Atlantic Forest biome. It holds an important fragment of Atlantic Forest of the northeast plateau of Brazil, and the most important wildlife refuge of the south of Bahia. Protected species in the park include the
cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') (, ''Help:Pronunciation respelling key, KOO-gər''), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North America, North, Central America, Cent ...
(''Puma concolor''), the characid fish '' Mimagoniates sylvicola'' and the bird species ringed woodpecker (''Celeus torquatus''), black-headed berryeater (''Carpornis melanocephala''), red-billed curassow (''Crax blumenbachii''), banded cotinga (''Cotinga maculata''), band-tailed antwren (''Myrmotherula urosticta''), ochre-marked parakeet (''Pyrrhura cruentata'') and striated softtail (''Thripophaga macroura'').


Administration

The Descobrimento National Park was created by federal decree of 20 April 1999 with an area of and expanded to an area of on 6 June 2012. It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002. It is administered by the
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ( Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is a government agency under the administration of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment. It is nam ...
(ICMBio). The consultative council was established on 1 February 2008, and the management plan was approved on 26 December 2014. The park is classed as
IUCN protected area category IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part ...
II (national park). The objective is to preserve a natural ecosystem of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty, and to support scientific research, environmental education and interpretation, outdoors recreation and ecotourism.


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* * * * {{authority control 1999 establishments in Brazil National parks of Brazil Protected areas of Bahia Protected areas of the Atlantic Forest