The São Joaquim National Park is a Brazilian conservation unit for integral protection of nature located in the south of the country in the territories of the municipalities of Bom Jardim da Serra, Grão-Pará, Lauro Müller, Orléans and Urubici at the junction of the Serra Catarinense and the Serra do Mar. The park was created in July 1961 to preserve the Araucária forests, still abundant within its 49,800 hectares. The Park is also part of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome protection program. In addition to the conservation of existing ecosystems, the park has the mission of promoting research, environmental education,
Alter do Chão (PA), the Caribbean of the Amazon
Alter do Chão, known as the Caribbean of the Amazon, is a region of Santarém in the state of Pará in northern Brazil. There the rivers Amazonas and Tapajós meet and do not mix for more than 5 kilometers due to the different temperature, density, and amount of sediment of their waters, which offers a unique spectacle for the eyes. In this place of great natural beauty, the Brazilian oil company Petrobras discovered a gigantic underground water reservoir in the 1950s that could supply mankind for 250 years. In the period from
Alligators (family Alligatoridae) live mainly on the American continent and in parts of Asia. In Brazil there are three genera of them: Melanosuchus, Caiman and Paleosuchus, all designated by the generic name of "Jacarés". Thanks to successive adaptations, alligators were under the first vertebrates to conquer terrestrial space. Despite being predatory animals, they rarely attack humans and prefer to feed on fish, crustaceans and other weak and sick animals.
Brazil has six species, mainly Jacaretinga and Jacaré-açu, the largest of Brazilian alligators with up to 6 meters in length, which are found in the Amazon basin, and the Yellow-crested Jacaré that
