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)