Iracambi Atlantic Rainforest Research Center

Current projects include forest protection and conservation (International Union for the Conservation of Nature- Netherlands, SOS Mata Atlântica, Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy), our environmental education program , Junior Scientists (Global Giving) and student interchanges (100K Strong in the Americas, Science Without Borders). Twenty five years living and working in a threatened forest environment have taught us what data to collect to provide baseline studies for use in the growing field of ecosystem service payments. We are now focusing on:

• expanding the Iracambi GIS in partnership with Clark University, Worcester, Mass
• inventorying our fauna and flora
• monitoring hydrology as an indicator of the impacts of conservation management
• monitoring forests (old growth rainforest, succession forest, shade coffee, eucalyptus with native forest and swampland)


Our goal is to be able to systematize past research and set in place foolproof monitoring systems to be operated by Iracambi students, local families and high school students in the neighboring towns.

Iracambi is what you make of it - don't wait for us to tell you, show us what you can do!

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