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- Visit by Stephen Knapp and Andrew Foster to develop a bird list revealing the significant biodiversity and quality habitat of the Locke property in Guapiaçu.
- Support gained from Keith Bromley and the World Land Trust.
- Preliminary visits to set up the Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA) with local land owners and the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Trust (BART) headed by Sir Ian Prance in the UK to support REGUA.
- Created a wetland of 3 ha.
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| 2001 |
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- Formal creation of the NGO Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA).
- Purchase of first property Donna Maria Farm (600 ha).
- Purchase of the Serra do Mar Farm (1,650 ha)
- Received a Rio de Janeiro Natural History Museum research team studying Arachnidae.
- Received a study team from England, studying Odonata at REGUA.
- Two full time rangers contracted to initiate land protection.
- Contracted two coordinators to administrate REGUA.
- Initiated an education programme at the local schools adjoining REGUA.
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| 2002 |
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- Initiated a three year teacher training course with CI and held workshops with schoolteachers.
- Committed to a research programme with the University Maria Theresa of Niteroi / RJ and University Serra des Orgôes in Teresopolis / RJ.
- 4 more rangers contracted to consolidate land protection.
- Article published 'In Hampshire' – Englishman who protected the Brazilian Rainforest by Ron Toft.
- The State Park of Três Picos was created and the IEF and REGUA signed a technical cooperation agreement.
- Created a wetland of 4 ha.
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| 2003 |
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- Purchase of Sao Jose farm (405 ha).
- Lemgruber Farm (750 ha) became a member of REGUA.
- Published a paper on environmental education and a school capacity building workshop followed.
- Invited biologist Eduardo Rubiao to work and coordinate research, who established the trail network, survey work and basic monitoring, resulting in the first photographic proof of the presence of the Puma Felis concolor, published in the national newspaper.
- RJ State University undertook a complete survey of the amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals at REGUA resulting in a publication.
- REGUA and Golden Lion Tamarin project of Poço das Antas and Conservation International formed a partnership to start a Young Rangers Programme.
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| 2004 |
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- Changes in Federal government education curriculum policies led to REGUA concentrating its education programme to onsite activities.
- Renowned ornithologist Fábio Olmos led a study to assess the bird species present at REGUA, resulting in its becoming an Important Bird Area (IBA).
- The Brazilian Environment National Fund (FNMA) approved REGUA´s Cachoeiras de Macacu Agenda 21 project.
- REGUA commenced actively encouraging international tourism with the refurbishment of its Guapi Assu Bird Lodge.
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| 2005 |
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- Approved a management agreement with Schincariol farm (2,500 ha) permitting REGUA to form a protected continuous 5000ha block of mountain rainforest starting at 30 m a.s.l. and ending at 2,000 m a.s.l.
- Initiated the reintroduction of the Red-billed Curassow project funded by BART.
- Restarted the REGUA school visitation programme in partnership with the local Cachoeiras de Macacu Education Council.
- Created a wetland of 10 ha.
- Rapid biodiversity assessment carried out by the Biomas Institute resulting in a publication.
- Initiated an intensive reforestation project on disused pastures.
- Approved a tourism agreement with Tropical Birding.
- Participated in the WWF workshop "WWF Serra do Mar Ecoregion".
- Built a plant nursery to attend REGUA´s reforestation programme.
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| 2006 |
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- Purchase of João Paulo farm (785 ha).
- Received funding from the Rufford Foundation for a school visit programme and the continuation of the Young Rangers programme.
- Tereviva NGO and REGUA became formal parters in a social and environmental case study of Três Picos Park.
- BioAtlantica Institute invited REGUA to elaborate the Area of Environmental Protection (APA) management plan for the River Macacu basin.
- Planted 12,000 trees.
- Initiated a formal international volunteer programme.
- Formalised monitoring of the wetlands with the RJ State University.
- First Red-billed Curassows Crax blumenbachii reintroduced.
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| 2007 |
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- REGUA gained a voting chair in Três Picos State Park Governing Council.
- Purchased two shares of the Onofre Cunho farm (27 ha).
- Identified the 450 ha 'Matumbo Gap' as a corridor linking REGUA with Lengruber property.
- First photograph taken of the Woolly Spider Monkey Brachyteles Arachnoides at REGUA.
- Submitted a publication in the scientific magazine "Neotropical Primates" entitled 'Further sightings of the Muriqui population, Brachyteles arachnoides, at Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu'.
- 2003-2007 18,500 trees planted.
- Election at REGUA – approved administration to continue for another six years.
- OrquidaRio developed a survey of the orchids of REGUA.
- RJ State University students developing their doctorate theses on amphibians, small mammals and plants at REGUA.
- Initial proposal involving Cologne University of Applied Sciences and Leipzig University with EMBRAPA to design a landscape matrix programme based at REGUA.
- First Black-fronted Piping-Guans Pipile jacutinga reintroduced.
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