Fogo Natural Park

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| area = {{convert|84.69|km2|abbr=on}}

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Fogo Natural Park ({{langx|pt|Parque Natural do Fogo}}), on the island of Fogo, is one of ten "natural parks" in the country of Cape Verde.[http://www.areasprotegidas.gov.cv/images/Parques%20Naturais_pdf.pdf Parques Naturais], Áreas protegidas Cabo Verde The protected area is {{convert|84.69|km2|abbr=on}},[http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/cvi154186.pdf Resolução nº 36/2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118230515/http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/cvi154186.pdf |date=2021-01-18 }}, Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas which is 17.8% of the total area of the island.[http://ine.cv/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/estatisticas-do-ambiente-2016.pdf Estatísticas do Ambiente - 2016], Instituto Nacional de Estatística, p. 24 50% of the park lies within the municipality Santa Catarina do Fogo, 28% in municipality of Mosteiros and 22% in São Filipe. The natural park is situated in the interior of the island, and covers the volcano Pico do Fogo, its crater and crater rim (Bordeira) and the forest of Monte Velha. The volcano is active; the most recent eruption was in 2014-15.[https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=384010 Eruptive history of Mount Fogo] at the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

Flora and fauna

The volcano area of Fogo is an Important Bird Area. Key bird species are Fea's petrel, Boyd's shearwater and Cape Verde swift. The ocean around the island of Fogo is another Important Bird Area covering {{convert|2473|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url= http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/30812|title= Volcano area, Ilha do Fogo - Marine|access-date=2018-08-07 |work= Important Bird Areas factsheet |publisher= BirdLife International |year=2018 }}

The endemic plants Echium vulcanorum (endangered){{cite iucn |author1=Catarino, S. |author2=Duarte, M.C. |author3=Romeiras, M.M. |year=2017 |title=Echium vulcanorum |volume=2017 |page=e.T107425957A107468177 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107425957A107468177.en |access-date=6 January 2020}} and Erysimum caboverdeanum (critically endangered){{cite iucn |author=Catarino, S. |author2=Duarte, M.C. |author3=Romeiras, M.M. |date=2017 |title=Erysimum caboverdeanum |volume=2017 |page=e.T107426112A107468187 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107426112A107468187.en |access-date=12 November 2021}} are only found on the outer crater rim of the volcano of Fogo.{{cite web |url= http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6144|title= Volcano area, Ilha do Fogo |access-date=2018-08-07 |work= Important Bird Areas factsheet |publisher= BirdLife International |year=2018 }}

References

Category:National parks of Cape Verde

Category:Geography of Fogo, Cape Verde