Protecting the Serra da Bocaina region preserves the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and its biodiversity, directly benefiting endangered terrestrial species and fragile ecosystems. This project combines advanced field monitoring with drones, camera traps and acoustic recorders to create a network of protection and deliver hands-on education and training to local community members in these technologies, building local capacity, and scaling conservation impact across the region.
The Atlantic Forest in the Serra da Bocaina region faces habitat loss and fragmentation from illegal activities and episodic disturbances that threaten its rich, endemic biodiversity. There is a critical lack of reliable information on populations of endangered terrestrial species, the threats they face, and their distribution and behavior. This data gap hinders the design of targeted, effective conservation strategies and the prioritization of actions under difficult field conditions.
We will deploy drones, camera traps and acoustic recorders to generate systematic, high quality data on species presence, behavior and threats. We will analyze and openly share datasets with the scientific community and provide handson training to local community members to sustain monitoring. Better data and local capacity will enable targeted management, rapid response and evidence based conservation planning.
Improved, openly shared species and threat data will enable targeted, evidence based conservation and adaptive management. Trained local community members will sustain monitoring, create jobs, and foster stewardship. Scalable methods and datasets will strengthen regional networks, enhance habitat connectivity, and increase Atlantic Forest resilience.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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