The Vale Zoobotanical Park is now adding a new chapter to its history. The space is now called BioPark Vale Amazonia and is designed to be one of the main centers for biodiversity research, conservation and education in in the Northern region of Brazil. Founded about 40 years ago and installed in the heart of the Carajás National Forest, in the Parauapebas, city of Southeast of the State of Pará, the biopark has a footprint of 30 hectares, of which about 70% corresponds to native forest, divided into 29 enclosures, with over 360 animals and a herbarium, with 10 thousand plants cataloged and certified by the New York Botanical Garden.On the research front, in a partnership with the Vale Technology Institute for Sustainable Development (Instituto Tecnológico Vale – Desenvolvimento Sustentável, ITV-DS), the biopark carries out studies with the DNA of Amazon species, operating as a route for scientific works at universities in Brazil and abroad. The space also has a visitor center, an exhibition room, an orchid garden, and an immersion aviary with over 65 birds of 22 species, living out of cages and flying over the visitors. Other structures such as a veterinary hospital, poultry breeding sector, vivarium (a place dedicated to the study of animal life, reproduction and maintenance) and a nutrition room are dedicated to taking care of the animals at BioPaque Vale Amazônia.BioPark Vale Amazonia has already recorded important births of endangered species of the Amazon fauna, such as howler monkeys and red-faced spider monkeys, king vultures and six jaguar cubs. It was at this park that the first reproductive success of a harpy eagle, the largest eagle found in Brazil, took place. Specimens of ararajuba, a bird that is a symbol of the Amazon, were sent to the Utinga Environmental Park, a state conservation unit in the Metropolitan Region of Belém, to be reintroduced in nature.The biopark supervisor, Cesar Neto, emphasizes that, for visitors, the visit will continue to provide the same experience of enjoying the landscape and learning more about the flora and fauna preserved therein. “Our service to the public is not changing. We will continue to welcome our daily visitors, as well as school groups, university students and researchers who seek us as a reference center for research on the region's fauna and flora”, he says.
The Vale Zoobotanical Park is now adding a new chapter to its history. The space is now called BioPark Vale Amazonia and is designed to be one of the main centers for biodiversity research, conservation and education in in the Northern region of Brazil. Founded about 40 years ago and installed in the heart of the Carajás National Forest, in the Parauapebas, city of Southeast of the State of Pará, the biopark has a footprint of 30 hectares, of which about 70% corresponds to native forest, divided into 29 enclosures, with over 360 animals and a herbarium, with 10 thousand plants cataloged and certified by the New York Botanical Garden.On the research front, in a partnership with the Vale Technology Institute for Sustainable Development (Instituto Tecnológico Vale – Desenvolvimento Sustentável, ITV-DS), the biopark carries out studies with the DNA of Amazon species, operating as a route for scientific works at universities in Brazil and abroad. The space also has a visitor center, an exhibition room, an orchid garden, and an immersion aviary with over 65 birds of 22 species, living out of cages and flying over the visitors. Other structures such as a veterinary hospital, poultry breeding sector, vivarium (a place dedicated to the study of animal life, reproduction and maintenance) and a nutrition room are dedicated to taking care of the animals at BioPaque Vale Amazônia.BioPark Vale Amazonia has already recorded important births of endangered species of the Amazon fauna, such as howler monkeys and red-faced spider monkeys, king vultures and six jaguar cubs. It was at this park that the first reproductive success of a harpy eagle, the largest eagle found in Brazil, took place. Specimens of ararajuba, a bird that is a symbol of the Amazon, were sent to the Utinga Environmental Park, a state conservation unit in the Metropolitan Region of Belém, to be reintroduced in nature.The biopark supervisor, Cesar Neto, emphasizes that, for visitors, the visit will continue to provide the same experience of enjoying the landscape and learning more about the flora and fauna preserved therein. “Our service to the public is not changing. We will continue to welcome our daily visitors, as well as school groups, university students and researchers who seek us as a reference center for research on the region's fauna and flora”, he says.
