The Tumucumaque National Park is situated in northwestern Brazil inside the Amazon Rainforest state of Amapá. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Flag of Amapá See other Brazilian States Capital Macapá Largest City Macapá Area 142 816 km² Population   - Total   - Density 477 032 3. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... River in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. ... Flag of Amapá See other Brazilian States Capital Macapá Largest City Macapá Area 142 816 km² Population   - Total   - Density 477 032 3. ...

It was declared a national park on August 23, 2002, with the collaboration of Brazil's government and the WWF. Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Note: After losing a court case in 2002 on the use of the initials WWF, the organization previously known as the World Wrestling Federation has rebranded itself as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature. ...

It has an area of 38,874 km². It is an uninhabited region and is of high ecological value: Most of its animal species, mainly fish and aquatic birds, are not found in any other place in the world. It is a habitat for jaguars, primates, aquatic turtles, eagles and the rare agutí. Habitat (from the Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species lives and grows. ... Binomial name Panthera onca Linnaeus, 1758 The jaguar (Panthera onca) (Brazilian Portuguese: onça pintada) is a New World mammal of the Felidae family and one of four big cats in the Panthera genus, along with the tiger, lion and leopard of the Old World. ... Families 15, See classification A primate (L. prima, first) is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. ... Suborders Cryptodira Pleurodira See text for families. ... // This article is about the bird. ...

See also

• National parks (Brazil)
• Geography of Brazil

National parks of Brazil: National Parks Amazônia National Park Aparados da Serra National Park Araguaia National Park Brasília National Park Cabo Orange National Park Caparaó National Park Capivara National Park Chapada Diamantina National Park Chapada dos Guimarães National Park Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park Emas National Park... Map of Brazil The country of Brazil occupies a large portion of northern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. ...

External links

• Amazon natives use Google Earth, GPS to protect rainforest home

• Conservation International - Mountains of Tumucumaque National Park: Setting a New Conservation Standard