Bio-diversity

This project aims at preservation of local fauna in the surroundings of the Emas National Park. These animals have been causing losses to local small farmers, and consequently specimens have been lost. Statistics for these losses have never been recorded, and will be taken during execution of this project. These numbers will provide subsidies for a management plan capable of conserving not only the local wildlife, but also the small farm plantations in the surroundings of the Park. An assessment of the farming activities will be carried out, for identification of crops suffering tapir, and white-lipped peccary attacks. The losses will be quantified. Losses to cattle, sheep, goat and other farm animals due to jaguar attacks will also be quantified. These animals movement will be recorded and monitored within the park and in its surrounding areas. Greatest distances traveled for feeding will be determined, and fauna and farm animal management methods will be studied from this data. The small farmer population inhabiting the park s surroundings will undergo consciousness-building activities stressing the importance of the maintenance of the park and its wildlife.

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