Conservation success in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!

Posted on Friday, December 21st, 2007

By Clinton

It’s one of those rare days. One where you can read conservation news and NOT hear something depressing. A hugely important and strategic piece of land has been purchased in Rio de Janeiro, purely for the environment. It will reconnect one of the most important protected areas on the planet, União Biological Reserve, to nearby tropical rainforest, ending a decades long isolation.

This is hugely exciting for me! I identified this piece of land early in my research career (I think in 2000) as probably THE most important place for bird conservation in all of the Americas. Luckily there were many other people interested as well, especially those working with the Golden Lion Tamarin. This is also the first major success of SavingSpecies.org in raising funds for conservation action and carbon sequestration.

Read more about it in the press release below. You can also fly to the site in Google Earth.

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