Protecting Majestic Trees, Protecting the Rainforest

The most majestic trees in the Amazon rainforest are now well-guarded in Brazil’s State of Pará by establishing a State Park hosting some of South America’s lushest biodiverse tropical forests.

“The Amazon Giant Trees State Park is a milestone in the preservation of our biodiversity, guaranteeing that unique species of great ecological importance will continue to exist for future generations,” explains Nilson Pinto, president of the Institute for Forestry and Biodiversity Development in the State of Pará.

The 560,000-hectare Giant Trees of the Amazon State Park – or Parque Estadual das Árvores Gigantes da Amazônia in Brazilian Portuguese – has been established to protect a rare type of tropical forest with highly tall trees over 70 meters tall, including the Angelim Vermelho, the tallest tree in the tropical Americas, standing at 88.5 meters. Moreover, its carbon stock is the equivalent of 500 average-sized trees. The State Park derives from a portion of the Paru State Forest, surrounded by the Tumucumaque Mountains National Park and the Maicuru Biological Reserve. Traditional and Indigenous peoples who live in the region can carry out their activities without restrictions as long as they are in harmony with the Park’s conservation objectives.