Back Mochima National Park CEB Parque nacional Mochima Spanish Parc national Mochima French მოჩიმის ეროვნული პარკი Georgian Park Narodowy Mochima Polish 莫奇馬國家公園 Chinese
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| Location | Sucre (state), Venezuela |
| Nearest city | Cumaná |
| Coordinates | 10°15′41″N 64°28′48″W / 10.26139°N 64.48000°W |
| Area | 949,35 km2 |
| Established | December 19, 1973 |
| Visitors | ~ 500,000 (in 2005) |
| Governing body | INPARQUES |
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Mochima National Park (/moʊˈtʃiːmə/ moh-CHEE-mə) is located in the States of Anzoátegui and Sucre, on the northeastern coast of Venezuela. The park covers 94,935 hectares and is made up of an exclusively marine area in its western sector (Anzoátegui State), a coastal marine area that includes the Gulf of Santa Fé and Mochima Bay, and a mountainous area that covers the Turimiquire Dam watershed (Sucre State).[1][2] Mochima Park was created to protect the montane forests of the Turimiquire Range and the country's eastern Caribbean Sea marine landscapes.[3]
However, this is one of the most threatened parks in Venezuela. Recently[when?] two large construction projects have altered the park permanently. A new national highway is being constructed between Puerto La Cruz and Cumana running directly through the park deforesting a 70+ meter wide swath of parkland along its entire course. Adding to this dilemma is a new natural gas pipeline being built to the east running virtually parallel to the new highway.[citation needed]
Other threats stem from the fact that when the park was created, many human settlements were included inside park boundaries and The National Park Institute (INPARQUES) has been unable to manage the situation properly. Even though educational policies have improved community relations, INPARQUES is highly deficient in terms of park management and administration.[3][1]
- ^ a b Entrena, Maria Jose; Arismendi, Jose (1990), El Geopatrimonio en la Caracterización del Parque Nacional Mochima, estados Anzoátegui y Sucre. Venezuela. [Geoheritage in the Characterization of Mochima National Park, Anzoátegui and Sucre states. Venezuela.], INPARQUES, archived from the original on 29 July 2024, retrieved 28 July 2024 – via La Fundación Instituto de Ingeniería para Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico
- ^ "Mochima". Sistema Venezolano de Información sobre Diversidad de Biológica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Mochima National Park". Parks Watch. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2024.