Venezuela is among the top ten countries with the highest biodiversity in the world. Pioneers in environmental matters, Venezuelans have numerous legal instruments to deal with natural areas. Resulting from these instruments, we have 43 National Parks and 36 Natural Monuments. As a whole, they cover 15 million hectares, approximately 16% of our country's area.

National Parks are large extensions of the national territory protected by the Venezuelan State in order to preserve unspoiled portions of our ecosystems and the natural resources inside them. Nevertheless, despite the efforts of various governmental and non-governmental organizations to protect our National Parks, it is common to find out that the regulations designed for these areas are not properly complied with. This is due, to a great extent, to the lack of knowledge about the importance that National Parks and other Protected Areas have in our daily life and in the economic and social welfare of our country.

It is for this reason that BioParques, a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO), was created out of the need for motivating the citizenship to support the conservation of these natural areas to achieve Venezuela's sustainable development; because parks need people and people need parks.

We encourage you to explore our web site and discover how we support the conservation of our natural areas and how you can join us in this task.

Last update: April 2009

To contact us:

Phone: +58-212-8939009
Fax: +58-212-5761927
Email: bioparques@bioparques.org

Address: Av. Este, Edificio Imperial, Piso 7 Oficina 7-B, La Candelaria, Caracas, Venezuela

Office hours : 9 am to 1 pm (Monday to Friday)

 

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