SAO JOAQUIM NATIONAL PARK

The park is in the Atlantic Forest biome. It covers a region of 48,three hundred hectares (119,000 acres). It was set up by decree on six July 1961, which is administered through the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It covers parts of the municipalities of Urubici, Orleans, Grão Pará and Bom Jardim da Serra in Santa Catarina.