Category: Ecologia e Sustentabilidade

On the southern coast of Bahia, 70 km from the shore, the Abrolhos archipelago was the first Marine National Park established in Brazil.   The Park aims to conserve samples of an exceptionally rich marine ecosystem with reefs, algae, and fish fauna, and to protect endangered species, especially sea turtles, humpback whales, and brain corals,…

First point: almost no garden spider harms humans, except for exceptions like the Brazilian wandering spider, black widow, brown recluse, and others. The tarantulas (as they are called in Brazil) and tarantulas (in the rest of the world) despite their size and having that look of a nasty creature, are not venomous to humans although…

The specific objectives of the Marine Park are to preserve the ecosystem; protect the Aruanã turtle; ensure the reproduction and growth of the Spinner dolphin; and protect the region’s corals.Shortly after its discovery in 1503 by Amerigo Vespucci, several negative impacts occurred in the Park, such as the deforestation of about 95% of the original…

Water is undoubtedly one of the main resources necessary for life to exist. All living beings seek this resource. Water is present in the air, rivers, lakes, seas, and underground. It is estimated that 4.1% of all the water on the planet is below the ground, constituting one of the main strategic reserves of this…

The population of jaguars in Iguaçu National Park, in Paraná, has grown by 70% since 2010. The increase has been observed on both the Brazilian and Argentine sides of the conservation unit. This result stems from federal government projects aimed at repopulating the species. The Minister of the Environment, Sarney Filho, explained that the growth…

The lobo-guará, which spent a year being trained and cared for to return to nature, was killed in a car accident in January on a rural road near the Serra da Canastra National Park. Lobinha, as she was affectionately called by researchers, was part of a pioneering research project by the National Center for Research…

Visual pollution is a type of modern pollution found in large urban centers, as it designates the excess of information contained in signs, poles, billboards, banners, posters, taxis, cars, and other advertising vehicles, as well as urban degradation resulting from graffiti, excessive electrical wires, and accumulation of waste. This exacerbated visual communication in large cities,…

The Jaú National Park (AM) had a very special day! Over 2,000 tortoise hatchlings were released into a lake near the conservation unit. In total, more than 6,000 hatchlings from four typical Amazonian species were released: Amazon turtle, tracajá, irapuca, and cabeçudo. The activity, which is part of the Participatory Biodiversity Monitoring Project in Conservation…

There is an epidemic of exotic animals in the United States. Most of these animals are not native to the U.S., but are bought, sold, or traded through the illegal wildlife trade. Wolves, for example, can be obtained with a simple Google search. Although wolves are widely different from domesticated dogs, people are drawn to…

The Wildlife Animal Rehabilitation Center (Cetas) of Ibama in Goiás released 140 parrots in three areas registered in the Wings Project (Wild Animal Release Areas), initiated in the state in 2008. Received from seizures, rescues, or voluntary surrenders, the animals were rehabilitated at the Cetas in Alagoas, Ceará, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe.…