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The State Government of Rio de Janeiro promotes the creation of the State Park of Pedra Selada

16.12.2011

To coincide with the International Mountain Day, the State Institute for the Environment, Brazil (Instituto Estadual do Ambiente - INEA/SEA-RJ) promoted on 7 December 2011 a public meeting in the Municipality of Resende aimed to discuss the creation of the State Park of Pedra Selada (PEPS). The park will encompass around 8.100 hectares, including the Pedra Selada Peak, 1,755 metres high, one of the most astonishing natural sceneries in the region. With PEPS, the state government of Rio de Janeiro aims to ensure on the one hand, the preservation of an invaluable natural patrimony, and secondly, to reinforce the primary economic vocation of the region, that is the tourism, by offering numerous attractions to the visitors. More information is available in Portuguese on the INEA website.