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Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is a national park in the north-eastern portion of the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, on the border with Brazil. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
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Motto: ¡Arriba cruceños, hagamos historia! (Stand up cruceños, lets make history!) Himno: Bajo el cielo más puro de América Capital Santa Cruz de la Sierra Largest city Santa Cruz de la Sierra Official Languages Spanish, Guaranà Provinces 15 Area - total - % de Bolivia Place nº 1 370. ...
June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
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Motto: ¡Arriba cruceños, hagamos historia! (Stand up cruceños, lets make history!) Himno: Bajo el cielo más puro de América Capital Santa Cruz de la Sierra Largest city Santa Cruz de la Sierra Official Languages Spanish, Guaranà Provinces 15 Area - total - % de Bolivia Place nº 1 370. ...
Date of creation
The date of its foundation was on June 28, 1979. Its original name was "Parque Nacional Huanchca", but was then changed to "Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado" in honor of the late Prof. Noel Kempff Mercado, for his several research and discoveries in the Park. June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Description The Noel Kempff Mercado National Park spans 15,234 km² (5,880 mile²) in northeastern Bolivia in one of the most biologically diverse areas in the world. Bolivia is known for its diversity in clima, fauna and flora. In the area of Santa Cruz de la Sierra the weather is very humid and warm. This area near the border of Brazil there are a lot of Rainforests and Tropical animals. The normal temperature is between 25 and 29 °C. The rainfall is annually, roughly 1500 mm Santa Cruz de La Sierra, commonly known as simply Santa Cruz, is, with a population of roughly 1. ...
Flora It is estimated that the park has approximately 4.000 species of vascular plants. There exist diverse types of bromelias, pasifloras, heliconias, aráceas and palm trees. There are also important types of wood like the "Mara". The area encompasses five important ecosystems ranging from Amazonian rain forest, gallery forest and semi-deciduous tropical forest to flooded savanna and dry cerrado.
Fauna The Park is home to more than 130 species of mammals (including rare river otters, river dolphins, tapirs, spider and howler monkeys, the giant armadillo, giant anteaters and endangered jaguars, including a population of black jaguars), 620 species of birds (including 9 species of macaw, possibly the highest number of species in any one protected area), and 70 species of reptiles, including black caiman.
Birds In this area there are more than 617 species of birds (20% of the entire birds in South America). The most recent studies say that these numbers will increase once they count the passing birds.
Reptiles In this park there exist nearly 74 species of reptiles including the black caiman, snakes, and other rare species.
Invertebrates The park counts with 347 insects, in these are a lot of the rarest in the world. They are unfortunately not studied yet. It has a huge collection of butterflies in the most beautiful colors there are.
Principal goals General objective:
To protect this natural area of great diversity that has not been industrialized and is not polluted.
Specific goals:
- Guarantee the protection of the ecosystems
- Help the scientific research
- Enjoyment by visitors
- Show the people an unpolluted area with beautiful locations
- Help the people that live there to improve their lifestyle
Threats the park faces: - Turtle hunting
- Fishing
- Industrialized Forest fires
- Illegal forest exploitation
- Narcotraffic
- Financing problems
See also Noel Kempff Mercado National Park See also: List of national parks Categories: Lists of national parks | Bolivia ...
External links - Official UNESCO website entry
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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