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All our researches focus on conservation issues due to conflicts between human activities for economic growth and yield objectives and the need to preserve biodiversity.

We develop our researches in order to gather information relevant to the conservation of fauna, flora, native and rural knowledge, anything that could help to reduce the impact of human activities upon the environment.


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Small and Medium-sized Neotropical Felids Check-Up at the ITAIPU Binacional Wildlife Refuge – A team of 15 professionals from the multinational ITAIPU Binacional, students and professors frm the Federal University of Paraná and Reserva Brasil’s biologists and their trainees checked the general condition of 57 felids within three working days. The main objective of this campaign was to verify the general and bucal health of these captive animals while gathering needed basic information regarding these poorly studied species. More...
 
A Southern Extension of the Geographic Distribution of the Two-Toed Sloth, Choloepus didactylus (Xenarthra, Megalonichidae) - We demonstrate that the eastern part of the distribution of this species extends further south than previously known. more...

 The hunting and its effect on the occurrence of medium and large mammals in preserved areas of Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest - This research project used hunting remains to assess the mammal communities status in two protected areas of Atlantic Forest in the "Serra de Paranapiacaba", South-east of the state of São Paulo. more...

 Livestock predation by big cats in North State of Goiás - This project research intended to assess the actual predation rate due to pumas (Puma concolor) and jaguars (Panthera onca) verifying kills due to big cats, age class most attacked, time of the year for highest attack risks, mapping of livestock depredation cases in a rural property of northern Goiás. more...

 Hunting in rural settlement in the South of Amazon Forest - This research project allowed collecting information regarding subsistence hunting by colonists in a rural settlement in the south of the Amazon Forest, Nova Bandeirantes city, Northern Mato Grosso. more...
Odorific communication by spraint deposition among otters (Lontra longicaudis) -This is an experimental fieldwork to verify the role of the spraints in the intra-specific communication among otters in Iporanga, Southersten Brazil. more...
 
 Road kill census on a Park road in Atlantic Forest - To assess the use of the highway SP-139 by fauna going across "Carlos Botelho" State Park, south-east of the state of São Paulo. more...
   
 Conflicts caused by predation on domestic livestock by large cats in quilombolas communities in the Atlantic Forest - This research project assessed the general locals perception regarding the presence of pumas (Puma concolor) and jaguars (Panthera onca) in two quilombolas communities located in the "Vale do Ribeira", Iporanga city, South-East in the state of São Paulo. more...
       
 quatic food chain: Otter (Lontra longicaudis), an exploratory research with mercury (Hg) -  The aim of this study was to evaluate the total mercury (Hg) concentrations on otters from different locations in Brazil. more...