Serra Furada State Park

The Serra Furada State Park is divided between the municipalities of Orleans and Grão Pará, Santa Catarina.

It has an area of {{convert|1330|ha}}.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – FATMA}}

The buffer zone covers {{convert|9377|ha}}, with a perimeter of {{convert|77.5|km}}.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – Passeidireto}}

The park's name is from a cleft in a sandstone rock about {{convert|45|m}} high and {{convert|8|m}} wide that can be seen from several kilometers away.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – FATMA}}

The rock is most often viewed from the Morro da Igreja, the site of the air traffic control radar towers for southern Brazil.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – Via Rural}}

The park is on the escarpment of the Serra Geral and covers parts of the Serra Geral and Botucatu geological formations.

Altitudes vary from {{convert|400|to|1480|m}}.

There are steep cliffs in the highest areas and deep valleys created by strong fluvial erosion.

There are rounded hills in areas where sedimentary rocks predominate.

The park contributes to the sources of important local rivers such as the Minador River, a tributary of the Laranjeiras River, in turn a tributary of the Tubarão River, and the Meio and Braço Esquerdo Rivers that drain into the sub-basin of the Braço do Norte River.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – FATMA}}

The western portion of the park is adjacent to the {{convert|49300|ha}} São Joaquim National Park, which was created in 1961 in an effort to halt the devastation of the Araucaria pine forests of the region.

The two parks together form a continuous forest area.{{sfn|Parque Nacional de São Joaquim: História – ICMBio}}

The park has high tourist potential.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – FATMA}}

The Serra Furada State Park was created by state decree 11.233 of 20 June 1980 as a fully protected conservation unit.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – FATMA}}

The objectives are to preserve natural ecosystems of great ecological importance and the area's scenery, and to enable scientific research, education, environmental interpretation, recreation in contact with nature and ecotourism.

The park aims to conserve biodiversity and to protect water resources.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – Passeidireto}}

The park's management plan was developed with resources from the German KfW development bank and the Santa Catarina environmental foundation (FATMA) and environmental police within the framework of the Atlantic Forest Protection Project.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – Passeidireto}}

The Management Plan was published in 2010.{{sfn|Socioambiental Consultores Associados|2010|p=ii}}

The air has high relative humidity of about 85%, and average annual rainfall is {{convert|1500|mm}}.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – FATMA}}

The warmest months are from December to March, with average maximum temperatures above {{convert|25|C}}.

July is the coldest month, with average minimum temperature of {{convert|7.8|to|12.6|C}}.{{sfn|Socioambiental Consultores Associados|2010|p=10}}

The characteristic vegetation is dense rainforest of the Atlantic Forest biome, including submontane, montane and high montane formations.

There are special types of pioneer vegetation in the extremely steep or vertical walls of the Serra Geral.

The park is part of the core zone of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve.

It protects rare and endangered forest species, unusual altitude vegetation, and primary forests of great importance for regeneration of the local forests.

Initial studies during preparation of the Management Plan found 174 species of birds, 10 of mammals, 23 of amphibians, 14 of reptiles and 12 species of fish.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – FATMA}}

A road through the park provides the only access to three neighboring private properties, and conflicts with the park objectives.

There is no tourist infrastructure.

Visitors on the trail to the Serra Furada monument have created patches of bare earth, garbage, marks on tree trunks and graffiti on the rocks.

Properties in the buffer zone are used for pig farming and eucalyptus plantations.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – Passeidireto}}

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• {{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – FATMA}}

|title=Parque Estadual da Serra Furada|publisher=FATMA: Fundação do Meio Ambiente

|url=http://www.fatma.sc.gov.br/conteudo/parque-estadual-da-serra-furada|accessdate=2017-02-04}}

• {{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – Passeidireto}}

|title=Parque Estadual da Serra Furada|work=Passeidireto

|url=https://www.passeidireto.com/arquivo/16717996/parque-estadual-da-serra-furada|accessdate=2017-02-04}}

• {{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Parque Estadual da Serra Furada – Via Rural}}

|title=Parque Estadual da Serra Furada|publisher=Via Rural

|url=http://br.viarural.com/servicos/turismo/parques-estaduais/parque-estadual-da-serra-furada/default.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130035514/http://br.viarural.com/servicos/turismo/parques-estaduais/parque-estadual-da-serra-furada/default.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 30, 2009|accessdate=2017-02-04}}

• {{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Parque Nacional de São Joaquim: História – ICMBio}}

|title=Parque Nacional de São Joaquim: História|publisher=ICMBio

|url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/parnasaojoaquim/quem-somos/historia.html|accessdate=2017-02-04}}

• {{citation|publisher=Fundação do Meio Ambiente (Santa Catarina)|language=pt

|author=Socioambiental Consultores Associados |year=2010 |location=Florianópolis

|title=Plano de manejo do Parque Estadual da Serra Furada: anexos: projeto de proteção da Mata Atlântica em Santa Catarina – PPMA-SC

|url=http://observatorio.wwf.org.br/site_media/upload/gestao/planoManejo/Volume_3_Plano_Manejo_Serra_Furada_junho_2011.pdf|accessdate=2017-02-04}}

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Category:State parks of Brazil

Category:Protected areas established in 1980

Category:1980 establishments in Brazil

Category:Protected areas of Santa Catarina (state)