Brazil Resumes National Park Privatization

Brazil is targeting national parks and forests in the country’s vast northeast, including Lençóis Maranhenses in the state of Maranhão and Jericoacoara in Ceará, for private concessionaire status under Brazilian law.

Auctions were completed earlier this year for national park concessions at the National Parks of Aparados da Serra and Serra Geral and southern Brazil’s Canela and São Francisco de Paula national forests.

Iguaçu National Park is Brazil’s second largest and attracts two million visitors annually, said Embratur officials. Tijuca National Park in Rio de Janeiro, where the Christ the Redeemer statue is located, leads Brazil with 2.9 million annual visitors. Both parks operate within the concession program.

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