The system of national parks in Brazil started in 1937 with the creation of Itatiaia National Park. Another two national parks have been created in 1939, and after a period of 20 years, the program of park creation has been restarted. Since then the number of parks increased steadily to 33 by 1990 and 67 by 2010.
Size of the parks varies vastly between the 3,300 ha Tijuca National Park and the 3,800,000 ha Tumucumaque National Park. Of the 67 national parks, 19 protect an area that represents 5% of the original Amazon Rainforest, and another 22 protect 1% of the original Atlantic Forest. Seven parks protect the Caatinga ecoregion and twelve the Cerrado ecoregion. There are only six coastal and marine parks, including one that protects the Pantanal wetland. No park protects the Pampas.
Visitors can only visit parks with a management plan and a public use plan. By 2010 only 30 parks were accessible to the public. Of these, the two most visited were the Tijuca National Park with 1.7 million visitors and the Iguaçu National Park with 1 million visitors, together accounting for 71% of all visitors to national parks in Brazil in 2009.
2 3 4 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 33 35 37 41 42 45 47 50 51 53 54 55 56 57 59 National parks of Brazil| Name | Year | Area (km²) | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrolhos Marine National Park | 1983 | 688 | Bahia |
| Amazônia National Park | 1974 | 9,940 | Amazonas/Pará |
| Alto Cariri National Park | 2010 | 182 | Bahia |
| Aparados da Serra National Park | 1959 | 102 | Rio Grande do Sul/Santa Catarina |
| Araguaia National Park | 1959 | 5,623 | Tocantins |
| Araucárias National Park | 2005 | 128 | Santa Catarina |
| Boa Nova National Park | 2010 | 142 | Bahia |
| Brasília National Park | 1961 | 300 | Distrito Federal |
| Cabo Orange National Park | 1980 | 6,190 | Amapá |
| Campos Amazônicos National Park | 2006 | 8,760 | Rondônia |
| Campos Gerais National Park | 2006 | 215 | Paraná |
| Caparaó National Park | 1961 | 318 | Espírito Santo/Minas Gerais |
| Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park | 1999 | 568 | Minas Gerais |
| Chapada das Mesas National Park | 2005 | 1,600 | Maranhão |
| Chapada Diamantina National Park | 1985 | 1,520 | Bahia |
| Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 1989 | 330 | Mato Grosso |
| Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park | 1961 | 600 | Goiás |
| Descobrimento National Park | 1999 | 211 | Bahia |
| Emas National Park | 1961 | 1,318 | Goiás |
| Fernando de Noronha Marine National Park | 1988 | 112 | Pernambuco |
| Furna Feia National Park | 2012 | 89,000 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Grande Sertão Veredas National Park | 1989 | 833 | Bahia/Minas Gerais |
| Iguaçu National Park | 1939 | 1,852 | Paraná |
| Ilha Grande National Park | 1997 | 788 | Mato Grosso do Sul/Paraná |
| Itatiaia National Park | 1937 | 300 | Minas Gerais/Rio de Janeiro |
| Jamanxim National Park | 2006 | 8,597 | Pará |
| Jaú National Park | 1980 | 22,720 | Amazonas |
| Jericoacoara National Park | 2002 | 200 | Ceará |
| Jurubatiba Sandbank National Park | 1996 | 148 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Juruena National Park | 2006 | 19,602 | Amazonas/Mato Grosso |
| Lagoa do Peixe National Park | 1986 | 344 | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Lençóis Maranhenses National Park | 1981 | 1,550 | Maranhão |
| Mapinguari National Park | 2008 | 15,624 | Rondônia |
| Monte Pascoal National Park | 1961 | 225 | Bahia |
| Monte Roraima National Park | 1989 | 1,160 | Roraima |
| Nascentes do Lago Jari National Park | 2008 | 8,121 | Amazonas |
| Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park | 2002 | 7,298 | Bahia/Maranhão/Piauí/Tocantins |
| Pacaás Novos National Park | 1979 | 7,658 | Rondônia |
| Pantanal Matogrossense National Park | 1971 | 1,350 | Mato Grosso/Mato Grosso do Sul |
| Pau Brasil National Park | 2000 | 115 | Bahia |
| Pedra Azul National Park | 1996 | 100 | Espírito Santo |
| Pico da Neblina National Park | 1979 | 22,000 | Amazonas |
| Pontões Capixabas National Park | 2002 | 174 | Espírito Santo |
| Saint-Hilaire/Lange National Park | 2001 | 245 | Paraná |
| São Joaquim National Park | 1961 | 493 | Santa Catarina |
| Sempre Vivas National Park | 2002 | 1,245 | Minas Gerais |
| Serra da Bocaina National Park | 1974 | 1,318 | Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo |
| Serra da Bodoquena National Park | 2000 | 764 | Mato Grosso do Sul |
| Serra da Canastra National Park | 1972 | 2,000 | Minas Gerais |
| Serra da Capivara National Park | 1979 | 979 | Piauí |
| Serra da Cutia National Park | 2001 | 2,836 | Rondônia |
| Serra da Mocidade National Park | 1998 | 805 | Roraima |
| Serra das Confusões National Park | 1998 | 8,234 | Piauí |
| Serra das Lontras National Park | 2010 | 113 | Bahia |
| Serra de Itabaiana National Park | 2005 | 79 | Sergipe |
| Serra do Cipó National Park | 1984 | 310 | Minas Gerais |
| Serra do Divisor National Park | 1989 | 8,430 | Acre |
| Serra do Itajaí National Park | 2004 | 573 | Santa Catarina |
| Serra do Pardo National Park | 2005 | 4,473 | Pará |
| Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 1939 | 110 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Serra Geral National Park | 1992 | 173 | Rio Grande do Sul/Santa Catarina |
| Sete Cidades National Park | 1961 | 62 | Piauí |
| Superagüi National Park | 1989 | 210 | Paraná |
| Tijuca National Park | 1961 | 39 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Tumucumaque National Park | 2002 | 38,874 | Amapá/Pará |
| Ubajara National Park | 1959 | 62 | Ceará |
| Vale do Catimbau National Park | 2002 | 623 | Pernambuco |
| Viruá National Park | 1998 | 2,159 | Roraima |
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