Serra dos Reis State Park
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| Serra dos Reis State Park | |
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| Parque Estadual Serra dos Reis | |
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| Coordinates | 12°15′49″S 63°57′40″W / 12.263614°S 63.961137°W |
| Area | 36,442 hectares (90,050 acres) |
| Designation | State park |
| Created | 8 August 1995 |
| Administrator | Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento Ambiental, RO |
The Serra dos Reis State Park (Portuguese: Parque Estadual Serra dos Reis) is a state park in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
The Serra dos Reis State Park is divided between the municipalities of Costa Marques (91.17%) and São Francisco do Guaporé (8.83%) in Rondônia. It has an area of 36,442 hectares (90,050 acres).[1] It is bordered to the north by the Serra dos Reis A State Park. It lies to the south and east of the BR-429 highway, and to the north of the Guaporé River, which defines the border with Bolivia.[2] The park is in the central-west Brazilian pediplain and the Parecis plateau. Altitudes are from 100 to 400 metres (330 to 1,310 ft). The park has two support bases for researchers and inspection teams.[3]
History
The Serra dos Reis State Park was created by decree 7.027 of 8 August 1995. Law 764 of 29 December 1997 defined the limits of the park with an area of 36,442 hectares (90,050 acres). The consultative council was created on 16 June 2002.[4] On 22 January 2013 the governor decreed the creation of the park with an area of about 42,286.9376 hectares (104,493.298 acres) in the municipality of Costa Marques, under the Secretariat of State for Environmental Development (SEDAM).[5]
In February 2016 it was announced that the federal Ministry of the Environment would include the Serra dos Reis State Park, the Samuel Ecological Station and the Rio Pacaás Novos Extractive Reserve, all in Rondônia, among the conservation areas supported under the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA).[6]