Novo Progresso

Novo Progresso is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.

[2][3][4][5] The city is served by Novo Progresso Airport The municipality contains part of the 342,192 hectares (845,570 acres) Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005.

[6] It also contains part of the 538,151 hectares (1,329,800 acres) Rio Novo National Park, a conservation unit created in 2006.

[7] In contains the 1,301,683 hectares (3,216,530 acres) Jamanxim National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006 in which uncontrolled clearance of the Amazon rainforest was proceeding at a rapid pace.

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