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Wildlife Corridors
Wildlife Corridors
Pontal,
Brazil
Restoring the Atlantic Forest to bring back wildlife
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No other large tropical forest has suffered as much loss as Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. We’re working with IPÊ to restore the forest and bring back wildlife, and helping communities make a living from restoring and protecting it.

By reconnecting the second largest Protected Area in the Interior Atlantic Forest – the Morro do Diabo State Park – to the surrounding forest fragments, we’re creating more space and migration routes so that endangered species will thrive again.

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Why and how we’re working here

The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica) – which stretches along the Atlantic coast and inland as far as Paraguay – used to be six times the size of the UK. It has lost more than 80% of its original forest cover, mainly due to agricultural expansion.
Many species are now listed as endangered, vulnerable or near threatened by the IUCN.
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Location

Pontal do Paranapanema, western São Paulo state

Restoration approaches

Enrichment and full planting

restoration partners

Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPÊ)

species

Include Cedrela fissilis, Cordia trichotoma, Colubrina glandulosa, Guazuma ulmifolia, Jacaranda cuspidifolia

Fauna

Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Black lion tamarin)

The project’s impact on people and nature

Our combined methods of assisted natural regeneration and framework planting help the communities start making a living from restoring and protecting the forest, which UNESCO still considers to be one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots. It’s home to more than 300 amphibian species, 250 mammal species, 1000 bird species and almost 200 reptile species.
The black lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus) is endemic to the Atlantic Forest and one of the most endangered mammals in the world. IPÊ is monitoring populations of black lion tamarin to assess the impact our efforts are having on this species. © IPÊ
With fewer than 300 jaguars (Panthera onca) estimated to be living in the Morro do Diabo State Park area, camera trap footage of the species in the intervention area highlights the need to restore the forest habitat. © IPÊ
It is estimated that more than one third of giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) have been lost in the last decade. Fortunately, this lucky anteater is safely enjoying the benefits of restoration activities in the landscape. © IPÊ
We will win this battle against deforestation when people start making a living from restoring and protecting forests, and not from cutting the trees. © IPÊ
The community-based nurseries around the restoration sites are run by local female entrepreneurs, and enable them to become financially independent. © IPÊ
Various training sessions in forestry techniques are provided to the people of the community several times during the year. © IPÊ
Transplanting the produced seedlings to the planting sites provides an opportunity for income. © IPÊ

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