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Araguaia Biodiversity Conservation Corridoor
What it is:
The Araguaia Biodiversity Conservation Corridor;
Where:
Tocantins State – Marianópolis, Pium, and Caseara;
Duration time:
2004 to 2006;
Financial Sponsor:
Conservação Internacional do Brasil – CI;
Components:
Research and social.
The Island of Bananal region, between the States of Tocantins and Mato Grosso, represents one of the important centers of Brazilian scrubland endemic species. The biodiversity of the region presents certain peculiarities such as, being the biggest flood plain within this biome. A superficial analysis indicates that the state of the legal protection in the region is apparently satisfactory, as two integrated protection areas exist in the region (Araguaia National Park and Cantão State Park), in addition to various Indian Territories, but the real situation doesn’t fit in this picture.
For some time, the Araguaia National Park has been reducing due to the amplification of the Indian Territories and a new area (the Inãwebohonã Indian Territory, with 376.545 ha) that is being staked out and must contribute even further to the stale mate between Ibama and FUNAI.
The Cantão State Park still needs to be implanted. The areas surrounding these conservation areas have been suffering rapid and significant environmental alterations with the settling of hundreds of families by INCRA and by big irrigation projects promoted by the Tocantins State.
OBJECTIVES
▪ Prepare a diagnosis of the occupation and use of the land in the areas designated for the biodiversity corridoor;
▪ Perform a survey of the biodiversity with an emphasis on the endemic and threatened species;
▪ Perform a field inventory to identify the endemic and threatened species of flora and fauna;
▪ Implement actions to strengthen the existing conservation areas;
▪ Provide support to the sustainable development to the involved communities.
EXPECTED RESULTS
▪ The use and occupation of the land in the areas involved in the cited study: Municipal regions of : Marianópolis, Pium, and Caseara;
▪ Identification and knowledge of the endemic species of each studied ecosystem , as well as the species in process of extinction and those species threatened with extinction;
▪ Analyze the viability of the implantation of a management plan for the Cantão State Park area;
▪ Definition of the biodiversity corridor in the region as a form of management of the fragmented ecosystems in the region, aimed principally at an attempt to avoid the extinction of species;
▪ Improve the protection of the protected areas by proposing the involvement of the local communities in the conservation biodiversity process;
▪ The data produced by the inventories of the endemic and threatened birds and mammals will give support for the elaboration of a proposal aimed at the conservation of the avifauna and megafauna species.
MORE INFORMATION
Click here to see a presentation of the project.
RELATED LINKS
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