Jau National Park is a large protected area of Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, centred on the Jau River, a tributary of the Rio Negro. It is one of the largest national parks in South America, and it protects a wide range of habitats, including flooded forest, sandbanks and lakes along the dark, tea-coloured river waters. The park is home to jaguars, giant otters, manatees, river dolphins, black caimans and a great many species of fish and birds. Access is limited, and the area remains largely untouched by human development. It forms part of the Central Amazon Conservation Complex, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000.
Before and after
- 1980Rise of transhumanism
- 1980Founding of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- 1980Establishment of Channel Islands National Park
- from January 1980 to April 1991Siege of Khost
- 1980Establishment of Jaú National Park
- c. 1980sInvention of laptop
- 1980Establishment of Komodo National Park
- 1980Establishment of Ujung Kulon National Park
- 1980First light of Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
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The era
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