page_title: Cerrado State Park
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cerrado State Park / History
caption_attribution_description: Português: Trecho do cânion do rio Jaguariaíva, chamado de Encanadão, na borda Leste do Parque Estadual do Cerrado. Acessado somente por atividade de rafting, muito divertida com a empresa Adventurous Friends Turismo &amp; Aventura.
context_page_description: The Cerrado State Park is a state park in the state of Paraná, Brazil.
  It protects a river canyon and the surrounding cerrado fields.
context_section_description: The area of the park was part of the family property of the wife of the mayor. 
  Much of the cerrado in the area had been cleared to give way to pasture and crops, and this was true of adjacent areas such as the property on the other side of the river.
  It was common to burn the cerrado every two years to allow for cattle grazing, which had drastically changed the structure of the vegetation, and goats were also raised in the area.
  The Cerrado State Park was created by decree 1.232 of 27 March 1992 with an area of 420.40 hectares (1,038.8 acres) in the municipality of Jaguariaíva.
  It is managed by the Environmental Institute of Paraná (IAP).
  The objective is to preserve remnants of cerrado fields, typical and endangered ecosystems, and places of exceptional scenic beauty such as canyons and waterfalls.
  On 2 October 2007 Governor Roberto Requião signed a decree to expand the Cerrado State Park to 1,830.40 hectares (4,523.0 acres).
  He also expanded the Pico do Marumbi State Park to 8,745 hectares (21,610 acres) and created the Vale do Codó and Palmas state parks.
  The governor said laws were being drafted so the legislature could confirm these measures.
  In his first term of office he had created the Guartelá State Park by decree, and the governor who succeeded him had reduced it by 90% through a decree.
  This would not have been possible if laws had been passed.
  After the expansion, which would require expropriation of some land, the park would cover parts of the municipalities of Jaguariaíva and Sengés.
  The IAP closed the park in 2010 for improvements, and reopened it a year later in November 2011.
  Exotic species had been eradicated, and the park had new lookouts, trails, a visitor center, research buildings, a park ranger house and an access bridge.
  Funding came from a private company in exchange for an environmental license to build a plywood factory in Jaguariaíva.
  As of 2011 the park was the only conservation unit in Paraná to use solar energy with photovoltaic panels and to treat its waste.
caption: Rafters in the canyon
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