Editing Belo Horizonte (section)

===Parks===
[[File:PESRM - Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola Moça.jpg|thumb|left|[[Serra do Rola-Moça State Park]].]]
A centre for conservation and preservation of animals and plants it has also developed environmental education projects. The Zoo, which encompasses a total area of 1.4&nbsp;million square meters, is located at the Foundation's headquarters and is regarded as one of the most complete in Latin America. It has a collection of close to 900 animals representing 200 species, from Brazil and other parts of the world, as well as the first public butterfly sanctuary in South America.

Pampulha Ecological Park is administered by the Zoo-Botanical Foundation of Belo Horizonte and was inaugurated on May 21, 2004. It is {{convert|30|acres|0|abbr=on}} of green area that offers to the population and the tourists a permanent programming of [[Natural environment|environmental]], cultural and patrimonial education.

The city contains the {{convert|102|ha}} [[Baleia State Park]], created in 1988 but still not implemented as of 2014.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|access-date=2017-01-16|ref={{harvid|MPMG aciona Justiça para assegurar implantação ...}}|title=MPMG aciona Justiça para assegurar implantação do Parque Estadual da Baleia em BH|date=October 6, 2014|publisher=Ministério Público de Minas Gerais|url=https://www.mpmg.mp.br/areas-de-atuacao/defesa-do-cidadao/meio-ambiente/noticias/mpmg-aciona-justica-para-assegurar-implantacao-do-parque-estadual-da-baleia-em-bh.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092530/https://www.mpmg.mp.br/areas-de-atuacao/defesa-do-cidadao/meio-ambiente/noticias/mpmg-aciona-justica-para-assegurar-implantacao-do-parque-estadual-da-baleia-em-bh.htm|archive-date=March 23, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
It contains part of the {{convert|3941|ha}} [[Serra do Rola-Moça State Park]], created in 1994.<ref>{{citation|language=pt|ref={{harvid|Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça – IEF}}|title=Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola-Moça|publisher=IEF|url=http://www.ief.mg.gov.br/component/content/198?task=view|access-date=2017-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711133333/http://www.ief.mg.gov.br/component/content/198?task=view|archive-date=July 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>