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Help research aiming to improve the safeguarding of large mammals in Brazil.
There is incredible diversity of mammals in the Brazilian Cerrado, the most biodiversity-rich tropical savanna and Brazil’s main agriculture frontier. However only 3% of its original area is protected by strict reserves.
In order to safeguard at least some of this incredible biodiversity, it is crucial that these parks and reserves are as effective as possible but little research has been done so far into their protective impact on ecosystems.
In order to understand more about how effective reserves are, ZSL and UCL PhD student Guillherme Braga Ferreira set up motion triggered video cameras in northern Minas Gerais to document the wildlife there. These videos aim to survey protected areas with contrasting levels of management regimes and anthropogenic pressure.
These cameras were unable to transmit live and following his return to the UK Guillherme has been undertaking identification of the species captured in order to continue his research, which is assessing protected area effectiveness in safeguarding large mammals in the Brazilian Cerrado.
This study is conducted in the mosaic of protected areas Sertão Veredas-Peruaçu, northern Minas Gerais, one of the most important regions for biodiversity conservation in south-eastern Brazil, harbouring large amounts of natural vegetation cover and a virtually intact large mammal community.
