Decree No. 4.219 creating the Amazon Giant Trees State Environmental Park (PAGAM) and amending the Paru State Forest, located in the State of Pará.

This Decree provides for the creation of the Amazon Giant Trees State Environmental Park (PAGAM) within the municipality of Almeirim, State of Pará aiemd at preserving natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and natural heritage, enabling scientific research and the development of environmental education and interpretation activities and ecological tourism. The PAGAM has the following specific objectives: protecting giant trees taller than 70 m (seventy meters), especially the 88.5 m (eighty-eight meters and fifty centimeters) tree, which stands out as the largest tree in Brazil and Latin America; contributing to the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity, in association with contiguous state and federal protected areas; and preserving populations of endangered, rare, and endemic species.

巴西 · 2024-09-28