Tree of life
To climb.
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Sumaúma State Park is a small reserve within Manaus, in the heart of the Cidade Nova district in the city's north-east, one of its most densely populated areas, covering about 53 hectares. It is named after the giant Amazonian sumaúma tree and holds remnants of primary forest, low and high rainforest, grassland and buriti palms; two springs rise in it to feed the Mindu stream that runs through the city. It was created by decree on 5 September 2003 after efforts by local residents, a volunteer group and the state legislature to save one of the city's few remaining green spaces, and it became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor. Fifty volunteer environmental agents help run it. The park was looted in 2014 and reopened in February 2015 with security cameras and round-the-clock guards. It has an educational walk, a community centre, a recreation area, a nursery, statues of Amazon animals and legendary figures, and a 15-metre artificial «tree of life» visitors can climb. It is a good place to show children the forest inside the city.
To climb.
In the city.
For children.
Cidade Nova, north-east Manaus
A giant Amazonian tree that gives the park its name.