The national parks of Central West Brazil are places as diverse as they are varied to visit for their impact or interest: natural, landscaped, plant, animal or historical.
Understand
The parks national sites are places whose attractions are valuable at the state level for:
- Safeguarding and protecting a natural environment, a landscaped site and flora
- The reserve and protection of animal species and terrestrial or marine fauna
- The protection of historic or monumental places
Province of Distrito Federal
Province of Goiás
Mato Grosso Province
Province of Mato Grosso do Sul
Central West Brazil
Distrito Federal (Brazil)
- 1 Brasilia National Park (Parque Nacional de Brasília) – 42,355 ha
Goiás
- 2 Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros) (in the state of Goiás) – 64,700 ha registered at World Heritage under the name "Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks"
- 3 Emas National Park (Parque Nacional das Emas) (in the state of Goiás) – 133,064 ha registered at World Heritage under the name "Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks"
Mato Grosso
- 4 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães) (in the state of Mato Grosso) – 32,630 ha
- 5 Juruena National Park (Parque Nacional do Juruena) (in the states of Mato Grosso andAmazonas) – 1,958,000 ha
- 6 Pantanal Matogrossense National Park (Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense) (in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul) – 135,606 ha, registered at World Heritage under the name “Pantanal Conservation Area”. Ramsar site of the "Pantanal Matogrossense"
Mato Grosso do Sul
- 7 Serra da Bodoquena National Park (Parque Nacional da Serra da Bodoquena) (in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul) – 78,681 ha