Serra do Pardo

Serra do Pardo National Park is located in the southern portion of Pará state in the Brazilian Amazon, within the broader Xingu river basin region. The park encompasses approximately 445,392 hectares and was established in 2005 as part of a major expansion of protected areas in the Amazon frontier zone. It protects lowland Amazonian rainforest and associated ecosystems along the Pardo River and its tributaries. The park is extremely remote, situated in an area that was under significant deforestation pressure from agricultural expansion and land speculation during the early 2000s. Its creation was coordinated with the establishment of other protected areas and indigenous territories in the Xingu region as part of an effort to create a large conservation mosaic. The park is administered by ICMBio and has minimal visitor infrastructure due to its remoteness.