Sunday, April 3, 2011

Parque Nacional da Tijuca

wasandi - Parque Nacional da Tijuca is a 8000 hectare forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Park also called Tijuca National Park is one of the few last remnants of Atlantic Rainforest and reforestation over ten years of painstaking by engineers MG Archer is the result of the project was ordered by King Don Pedro II in 1861.

Erosion in forests is caused by sugar and coffee plantations, combined with a dramatic decrease in rainfall so that it will greatly reduce drinking water available to people. Tijuca National Park around Mount Cocovado and the statue of Christ. Visitors to Tijuca Peak fascinated with natural beauty. From the peak of Tijuca, you can look down over Copacabana beach, Ipanema, and Leblon Botofogo.
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