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"Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the
southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy bridges have reconnected rainforest
fragments that were separated by urban roads.
Camera traps have recorded more than 3,000 crossings by canopy-dwelling
wildlife, an average of more than 12 a day, since October 2024, when the
bridges were installed by the Reconecta (Reconnect in English) Project in
partnership with the city council. Before the bridges, local firefighters
reported an average of one primate collision a day within the city’s perimeter.
The black-capped capuchin (
Sapajus apella) was the first to use the bridge,
crossing just days after installation. In the weeks and months that followed,
several rare species also began using the bridge, including the endangered
Schneider’s marmoset (
Mico schneideri), black spider monkey (
Ateles chamek)
and the critically endangered Alta Floresta titi monkey (
Plecturocebus
grovesi).
“It was incredible,” road ecologist Fernanda Abra, founder of the Reconecta
Project and a postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian, told
Mongabay in a
phone interview. “When we saw the animals exploring the bridges just two, three
days after installation, it was the best result we could have hoped for.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
