Iguaçu National Park Concession

CLASSIFICATION BY MEETING
10th Meeting
SECTOR
Parques Nacionais
ASSET
Brownfield Project
PROJECT STATUS
In progress
TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP
Common Concession
TYPE OF INITIATIVE
Estatal
UF
PR
AWARD CRITERIA
to be defined

Project Summary

The Iguaçu National Park, created in 1939 by Decree No. 1035, houses the largest remnant of Atlantic forest (seasonal semideciduous) in southern Brazil. The National Park protects a rich biodiversity, made up of representative species of Brazilian fauna and flora, some of which are endangered, such as jaguars, pumas, yellow-crested alligators, purple-breasted parrots, hawks, peroba-rosa, ariticum, araucaria, and many other species of relevant value and scientific interest.

This expressive biological variability added to the unique landscape of rare scenic beauty of the Iguazu Falls made the Iguazu National Park the first Conservation Unit in Brazil to be established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.

Joined by the Iguaçu River to the Iguazú National Park in Argentina, the Brazilian Park is part of the most important biological continuum of South-Central South America, with approximately 1 million hectares of natural areas, over 600,000 hectares of protected areas and another 400,000 in still primitive forests.

The Iguaçu National Park is today an example of sustainability, where social and environmental development is carried out with the integration between protection and conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources.

The qualification of the Park in the PPI, made by the Council through Resolution No. 79, of August 21, 2019, has the objective of making the concession of the public service to support visitation, as well as services to support conservation, protection and management of the conservation unit.