WCS Brasil https://brasil.wcs.org RSS feeds for WCS Brasil 60 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/17748/Estados-Unidos-se-unem-ao-UNODC-e-WCS-para-prevenir-crimes-ambientais-na-Bacia-Amazonica.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=17748 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=17748&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Estados Unidos se unem ao UNODC e WCS para prevenir crimes ambientais na Bacia Amazônica https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/17748/Estados-Unidos-se-unem-ao-UNODC-e-WCS-para-prevenir-crimes-ambientais-na-Bacia-Amazonica.aspx O Escritório das Nações Unidas sobre Drogas e Crime (UNODC) e a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), em parceria com a Agência dos Estados Unidos para o Desenvolvimento Internacional (USAID), apresentaram, nesta terça-feira (28/07), as iniciativas Conservando Juntos e ECOS, em cerimônia em Lima, no Peru, com a presença de autoridades governamentais, Ministério Público, corpo diplomático e representantes de organizações da sociedade civil. A conservação da bacia amazônica é uma das prioridades da USAID, por isso, através dessas iniciativas regionais, contribui para tornar esta região florestal saudável e resiliente, garantindo o bem-estar das populações que a habitam. O evento de lançamento contou com a presença do Ministro Conselheiro da Embaixada dos Estados Unidos no Peru, John McNamara, que destacou a importância de valorizar a Amazônia e trabalhar com os governos e a sociedade civil do Brasil, Colômbia, Equador, Guiana, Peru e Suriname para desafios transnacionais na região amazônica. O Ministro Conselheiro mencionou os dois projetos, através dos quais a USAID investirá 28 milhões de dólares nos próximos 4 anos. Em nome da WCS, Daniela Pogliani, vice-diretora do projeto Conservando Juntos, destacou o papel da sociedade civil na promoção da conservação da biodiversidade amazônica, na defesa dos direitos de seus povos e na prevenção de crimes ambientais. “Os membros da sociedade civil, todos nós, temos um papel importante quando compramos, vendemos, votamos, fazemos voluntariado ou participamos de eventos sociais e culturais. Cabe a nós fazer a diferença”, destacou Pogliani durante o evento. Jorge Rios, chefe do Programa Global de Crimes que Afetam o Meio Ambiente do UNODC, destacou a importância do trabalho interagencial e participativo que o projeto ECOS – Cooperação Regional para o Enfrentamento de Crimes Ambientais – promove. Conservando Juntos trabalha no fortalecimento de redes de colaboração regional da sociedade civil que conectam experiências de povos indígenas e comunidades locais, empresas privadas, meios de comunicação, redes de jornalistas e outras organizações, para conservar a biodiversidade e prevenir os crimes ambientais na Amazônia do Brasil, Colômbia, Equador e Peru. Por sua vez, o ECOS, implementado pelo UNODC em parceria com a USAID, busca melhorar a cooperação regional, a capacidade dos atores do sistema judiciário e da aplicação da lei para detectar, interceptar, investigar e judicializar crimes contra a conservação no Brasil, Colômbia, Equador, Guiana, Peru e Suriname. A transmissão completa do evento está disponível em: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFWLsQ6K2wc&t=1s. msouza Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:54:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:17748 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/17749/Estados-Unidos-se-unem-ao-UNODC-e-WCS-para-prevenir-crimes-ambientais-na-Bacia-Amazonica.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=17749 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=17749&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Estados Unidos se unem ao UNODC e WCS para prevenir crimes ambientais na Bacia Amazônica https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/17749/Estados-Unidos-se-unem-ao-UNODC-e-WCS-para-prevenir-crimes-ambientais-na-Bacia-Amazonica.aspx O Escritório das Nações Unidas sobre Drogas e Crime (UNODC) e a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), em parceria com a Agência dos Estados Unidos para o Desenvolvimento Internacional (USAID), apresentaram as iniciativas Conservando Juntos e ECOS, em cerimônia em Lima, no Peru. msouza Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:54:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:17749 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/12949/WCS-Brazil-Issues-Statement-on-the-Amazon-Fires.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=12949 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=12949&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 WCS Brazil Issues Statement on the Amazon Fires https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/12949/WCS-Brazil-Issues-Statement-on-the-Amazon-Fires.aspx “The Amazon, a fortress for life on Earth, is burning nearly twice as fast as last year.  All parties must come together to stop the setting of these devastating fires.  “These fires are threatening the livelihoods of all Amazonian people - indigenous and non-indigenous, urban and rural; destroying the world’s greatest home for wild species of plants and animals; and reducing the forests which store and sequester carbon and help curtail our planet’s climate crisis. The increase in fire frequency is extremely troubling. The Amazon is the largest intact tropical forest in the world.  It produces about 20 percent of the planet's pure air and this increase in the rate of its loss has global impacts. Fri, 23 Aug 2019 23:21:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:12949 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11583/WCS-Brazil-participated-in-the-16th-Annual-Symposium-on-the-Conservation-and-Biology-of-Tortoises-and-Freshwater-Turtles.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=11583 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=11583&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 WCS Brazil participated in the 16th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles. https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11583/WCS-Brazil-participated-in-the-16th-Annual-Symposium-on-the-Conservation-and-Biology-of-Tortoises-and-Freshwater-Turtles.aspx WCS Brazil participated in the "16th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles” held in Fort Worth, Texas, between 12th and 15th of August. The Symposium is an international meeting where researchers and breeders from all over the world gather to present their studies and discuss chelonians ecology. WCS Brasil gave three oral presentations showing the results of the work developed with chelonians in the Brazilian Amazon. Sun, 19 Aug 2018 18:24:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:11583 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9939/Feral-pigs-vampire-bats-and-infectious-diseases-in-rural-Brazil.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=9939 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9939&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Feral pigs, vampire bats, and infectious diseases in rural Brazil https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9939/Feral-pigs-vampire-bats-and-infectious-diseases-in-rural-Brazil.aspx A new study examines the impacts of invasive feral pigs, a favorite prey of vampire bats, on ecosystems in rural Brazil. The distribution of feral pigs — which are also known as wild boars, or “javali” in Portuguese, and are actually the same species as the domestic pig (Sus scrofa) — has increased five-fold since they were first recorded in Brazil in 2007.A group of Brazilian researchers found that not only might populations of vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) explode as a result of this invasion of feral pigs, but associated threats, such as the spread of infectious diseases, could increase as well. The results of their study were published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment earlier this month. agarrido Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:59:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9939 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9453/Scientists-Produce-a-New-Roadmap-For-Guiding-Development-Conservation-Efforts-in-the-Amazon.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=9453 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9453&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Scientists Produce a New Roadmap For Guiding Development & Conservation Efforts in the Amazon https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9453/Scientists-Produce-a-New-Roadmap-For-Guiding-Development-Conservation-Efforts-in-the-Amazon.aspx New river basin classification will help safeguard region’s biodiversity and monitor infrastructure developmeScientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), the Nature Conservancy, and several partners in Brazil and Peru have produced a geographic information system (GIS) “roadmap” to help guide conservation efforts at large scale in the Amazon River basin, a region roughly the size of the United States.The new spatial framework—created with several major data sets and GIS technology—is made up of a new hydrological and river basin classification, along with various spatial analysis tools, that can be used to better understand and mitigate the synergistic effects of deforestation and new or planned highways and dams across the Amazon Basin. agarrido Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:05:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9453 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9396/Vampire-Bats-and-Feral-Pigs-A-Bad-Combination-for-Wildlife-and-People.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=9396 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9396&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Vampire Bats and Feral Pigs: A Bad Combination for Wildlife and People https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9396/Vampire-Bats-and-Feral-Pigs-A-Bad-Combination-for-Wildlife-and-People.aspx A camera trap survey conducted by WCS and other groups to survey wildlife in rural locations in Brazil’s Atlantic forest and Pantanal regions produced a big surprise: the unexpected frequency of vampire bats feeding on both wildlife and livestock in both areas.  agarrido Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:03:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9396 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9308/WCS-Brazil-Launches-Pantanal-Science-to-Bridge-Gap-Between-Researchers-Communities.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=9308 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=9308&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 WCS Brazil Launches Pantanal Science to Bridge Gap Between Researchers & Communities https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/9308/WCS-Brazil-Launches-Pantanal-Science-to-Bridge-Gap-Between-Researchers-Communities.aspx Seeking to bridge the gap between scientists and the public, WCS Brazil and its collaborators have published Ciência Pantanal (Pantanal Science), a new scientific journal designed to inform rural communities of the latest in environmental studies and issues. agarrido Fri, 19 Aug 2016 07:09:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:9308 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/8292/WCS-Brasil-offers-training-in-Large-Scales-Wildlife-Monitoring.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=8292 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=8292&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 WCS Brasil offers training in Large Scales Wildlife Monitoring https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/8292/WCS-Brasil-offers-training-in-Large-Scales-Wildlife-Monitoring.aspx The Wildlife Conservation Society, in partnership with Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with support from the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, is proud to offer the following training opportunity:Cost-effective wildlife monitoring at large scales: Introduction to site-occupancy and mark-recapture methods.Course dates & Location: 15-20 February, 2016. Manaus or Novo Airão.For more information please click on the following documents: "Syllabus" and "Application Questionnaire". agarrido Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:45:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:8292 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6806/WCS-Brazil-PantanalCerrado-team-received-the-Ecology-and-Environmentalism-Award-from-the-City-Council-of-Campo-Grande.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=6806 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=6806&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 WCS Brazil Pantanal/Cerrado team received the Ecology and Environmentalism Award from the City Council of Campo Grande https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6806/WCS-Brazil-PantanalCerrado-team-received-the-Ecology-and-Environmentalism-Award-from-the-City-Council-of-Campo-Grande.aspx In recognition of their long-term efforts to protect the headwaters and floodplain of the Pantanal wetlands and bordering Cerrado, the WCS Brazil Pantanal/Cerrado team received the Ecology and Environmentalism Award from the City Council of Campo Grande. The award ceremony took place at the "Camera Municipal" (city hall) of Campo Grande on Wednesday evening, June 10, 2015. Campo Grande is the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state and the gateway to the Pantanal wetlands of central-western Brazil. The City Council presents the award annually to individuals and organizations that contribute significantly to regional environmental conservation. agarrido Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:11:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:6806 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6694/Camila-Ferrara-our-Aquatic-Turtle-Specialist-publish-an-article-at-Live-Sciences-Expert-Voices-Op-Ed-Insights.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=6694 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=6694&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Camila Ferrara, our Aquatic Turtle Specialist, publish an article at Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6694/Camila-Ferrara-our-Aquatic-Turtle-Specialist-publish-an-article-at-Live-Sciences-Expert-Voices-Op-Ed-Insights.aspx Camila Ferrara is an aquatic turtle specialist with the Brazil Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). This article is the second in a series celebrating the contributions of women to the practice of conservation. Ferrara contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.  agarrido Sun, 19 Apr 2015 11:15:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:6694 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6660/WCS-wins-International-ReSource-Award-for-work-in-Brazils-Pantanal.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=6660 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=6660&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 WCS wins International ReSource Award for work in Brazil's Pantanal https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6660/WCS-wins-International-ReSource-Award-for-work-in-Brazils-Pantanal.aspx The Wildlife Conservation Society has won Swiss Re Foundation's prestigious International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management for its efforts to protect and restore the headwaters of Brazil's Pantanal, one of the world's largest tropical wetlands. agarrido Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:6660 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6632/WCS-Brazil-and-partners-launch-an-Innovative-Project-in-Manaus-Amazonia.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=6632 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=6632&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 WCS Brazil and partners launch an Innovative Project in Manaus, Amazonia https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6632/WCS-Brazil-and-partners-launch-an-Innovative-Project-in-Manaus-Amazonia.aspx WCS Brasil launches new project to design and build a world-class conservation education center in Manaus, the Amazon’s largest city and the nexus of tourism, wildlife consumption and trade in the region. agarrido Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:06:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:6632 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2679/Sustainable-Agriculture-and-Sporting-Festival-for-NATIONAL-TREE-DAY.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=2679 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2679&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Sustainable Agriculture and Sporting Festival for NATIONAL TREE DAY https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2679/Sustainable-Agriculture-and-Sporting-Festival-for-NATIONAL-TREE-DAY.aspx To scale-up adoption of SLUP (Sustainable Land-use Practices) in the highlands region bordering the Pantanal, WCS Brasil in partnership with the rural municipality of Corguinho and the local NGO, Instituto Quinta do Sol, organized a celebration of Brazil’s National Tree Day, which happened on the first day of spring, September 21st, 2014. agarrido Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:44:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2679 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2642/Launching-of-Ciencia-Pantanal-first-edition-covered-by-a-major-brazilizan-network.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=2642 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2642&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Launching of Ciência Pantanal first edition covered by a major brazilizan network https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2642/Launching-of-Ciencia-Pantanal-first-edition-covered-by-a-major-brazilizan-network.aspx The WCS Brazil Pantanal program wanted to share this TV news report from a major Brazilian network: REDE RECORD, which was shown on their AgroBrasil TV news. agarrido Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:53:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2642 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2623/River-turtle-mothers-talk-to-their-hatchlings.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=2623 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2623&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 River turtle mothers 'talk' to their hatchlings https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2623/River-turtle-mothers-talk-to-their-hatchlings.aspx Scientists in Brazil have managed to eavesdrop on underwater "turtle talk".Their recordings have revealed that, in the nesting season, river turtles appear to exchange information vocally - communicating with each other using at least six different sounds. agarrido Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:16:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2623 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2613/Ciencia-Pantanal-Magazine--Release.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=2613 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=2613&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Ciência Pantanal Magazine - Release https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2613/Ciencia-Pantanal-Magazine--Release.aspx The first magazine called CIÊNCIA PANTANAL (Pantanal Science) – a property-owner-friendly journal for bridging the gap between researchers and landowners, was released today at FAMASUL (Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock). The event united a number of regional landowners, landowner associations and researchers representing Universities, NGO’s, Government organizations, etc. agarrido Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:17:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:2613 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1357/Thousands-of-Baby-Turtles-Hatch-in-Brazil.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=1357 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1357&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Thousands of Baby Turtles Hatch in Brazil https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1357/Thousands-of-Baby-Turtles-Hatch-in-Brazil.aspx This week, scientists in Brazil weren’t kidding when they said that they “hit the mother lode.” They were referring to a mass hatching of an estimated 210,000 giant South American river turtles at the Abufari Biological Reserve. It’s one of the largest known hatchings for the species,Podocnemis expansa. Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Chico Mendes Institutefor Biodiversity Conservation were able to mark and release 15,000 of the hatchings. The methodology is usually referred to as “mark and recapture,” and it will allow the researchers to estimate the size of the turtle’s population in the future. anagarrido Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:57:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1357 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1223/White-Lipped-Peccary-Trails-Lead-to-Archeological-Discovery-in-Brazil-4000-To-10000-Year-Old-Cave-Drawings.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=1223 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1223&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 White-Lipped Peccary Trails Lead to Archeological Discovery in Brazil: 4,000 To 10,000-Year-Old Cave Drawings https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1223/White-Lipped-Peccary-Trails-Lead-to-Archeological-Discovery-in-Brazil-4000-To-10000-Year-Old-Cave-Drawings.aspx While tracking white-lipped peccaries and gathering environmental data in forests that link Brazil's Pantanal and Cerrado biomes, a team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and a local partner NGO, Instituto Quinta do Sol, discovered ancient cave drawings made by hunter-gatherer societies thousands of years ago. anagarrido Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:06:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1223 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1196/Agroforestry-Course--Pantanal.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=1196 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1196&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Agroforestry Course - Pantanal https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1196/Agroforestry-Course--Pantanal.aspx WCS Brasil in partnership with Instituto Quinta do Sol gives an Agroforestry Course to family farmers in the highlands bordering the Pantanal. The idea is to promote sustainable land-use, improving the farmers livelihoods and protecting and recuperating regional streams and forests. anagarrido Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:18:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1196 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1166/Capacity-building-course--Pantanal.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=1166 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1166&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Capacity-building course - Pantanal https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1166/Capacity-building-course--Pantanal.aspx The Pantanal team just recently conducted the 6th capacity-building course that teaches the movable fencing technique to owners and workers of regional dairy farms and small-scale livestock operations.   The main idea is that cows in a rotational grazing system will cause less damage to streams, aquatic habitats, and forest. The benefit for the farmer is that their pasture biomass and milk production both increase. anagarrido Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:47:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1166 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1104/White-lipped-peccary-IUCN-status-change-from-Near-Threatened-to-Vulnerable.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=1104 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1104&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 White lipped peccary IUCN status change from Near Threatened to Vulnerable https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1104/White-lipped-peccary-IUCN-status-change-from-Near-Threatened-to-Vulnerable.aspx The population decline of the White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) has recently steepened, resulting in this previously Near Threatened species being reassessed asVulnerable. The threats causing this decline are habitat loss, illegal hunting, competition with livestock, and epidemics, and it is even disappearing from areas of pristine habitat in the Amazon rainforest. It is uncertain whether the existing network of reserves is adequate to allow the formation of large herds of this species, or that there is sufficient connectivity between reserves to permit recovery when populations crash due to disease epidemics or other reasons. Photo © Ana Luzia de Souza Teixeira Cunha anagarrido Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:25:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1104 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1102/Sushi-for-Peccaries.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=1102 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1102&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Sushi for Peccaries? https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1102/Sushi-for-Peccaries.aspx The images of fish consumption by white-lipped peccaries were taken by Douglas Fernandes in the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands one morning back in 2011. A short description of the observations, along with the digital photographs taken, will appear in the latest edition of Suiform Soundings(IUCN Peccary Specialist Group Newsletter). "As far as we know, these are the first images of fish consumption by white-lipped peccaries," said Dr. Alexine Keuroghlian of the Wildlife Conservation Society and an expert on peccaries. "This finding expands our knowledge of how this ecologically important species survives in highly seasonal habitats." anagarrido Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:42:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1102 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/844/York-students-take-part-in-study-of-Brazilian-wetland.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=844 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=844&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 York students take part in study of Brazilian wetland https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/844/York-students-take-part-in-study-of-Brazilian-wetland.aspx For the better part of two decades, biologists Alexine Keuroghlian and Donald Eaton have made it their mission to attempt to understand the Pantanal's complex and diverse ecosystem. Although they are studying very different aspects of the region, both are working toward a common goal — to understand the biological and environmental effect cattle ranching is having on this vital region. Keuroghlian's specialty is peccaries, a pig-like animal that uses the Pantanal and adjacent areas as its home. They have been significantly affected by the fragmenting of habitat into small secluded "islands" because of the demands placed on the region by pasturing cattle. Eighty percent of the beef consumed in Brazil is raised in the Pantanal.   Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:56:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:844 https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/783/Protecting-the-not-so-cute-and-cuddly.aspx#Comments 0 https://brasil.wcs.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=4135&ModuleID=7694&ArticleID=783 https://brasil.wcs.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=783&PortalID=93&TabID=4135 Protecting the not-so-cute-and cuddly https://brasil.wcs.org/pt-br/WCS-Brazil/News/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/783/Protecting-the-not-so-cute-and-cuddly.aspx By Dr Alexine Keuroghlian, member of IUCN’s Peccary Specialist Group. I was honoured and flattered to receive the Harry Messel Award for Conservation Leadership, from IUCN's Species Survival Commission, especially knowing how many wonderful conservation biologists are struggling to make an impact in their region. I wish there could be awards for all of them. Regionally this recognition promotes our continued efforts to preserve the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), a species that is not necessarily considered cute and cuddly but is threatened in many places in Brazil. As the Pantanal/Cerrado coordinator for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) – Brazil, our greatest challenges have been to find solutions that prevent further deforestation and encourage rural populations to adopt practices that avoid further habitat loss. To help us reach out to the local community, we teamed up with a popular local woman’s Futsal team who have the white-lipped peccary as their team mascot. Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:33:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:783