Pontões Capixabas National Park

The Brazilian National Park Pontões Capixabas is located in one of the last zones of Atlantic Forest in the state of Espírito Santo. The 174.96 km ² large park was formed on 19 December 2002. It is located in the municipalities Pancas ( 5 km) and Águia Branca, accessible it is also about São Gabriel da Palha (15 km). It is located in the settlement area of German immigrants from Pomerania.

Striking as the Sugar Loaf looking island mountains, locally Pontões are called. Capixaba in turn is the adjective Espírito Santo to.

The climate is semi - humid tropical with an average temperature of 23 ° C and annual rainfall of 750-1250 mm.

Besides the forest, there are secondary forests in various stages of regeneration. On the rocky " sugar loaves " live slow-growing plants that can get by with few nutrients, moisture mist or little water because the rain water runs off very quickly. There are, for example, cacti, Tillandsia and other Bromeliads. Some of the rare animals are threatened with extinction, mammals Jaguar, Margay ( Bergozelot ), Jaguarundi, collar sloth, hedgehog and Lontra and the birds Urumutum Jao ( Tinamou ), Schwarzschnabeltukan and Goldtukan.

Environmental problems are deforestation, the expansion of agriculture and settlement and more recently the degradation of granite rock. Through the national park, new forms of work.