It was Hope who first dared to approach Juvenal
They had been on the opposing sides of a quarrel ever since Hope’s family wrapped their tails around the branches of that 10,000-acre urban forest in the heart of Rio de Janeiro
The arrival of her clan contested the eight-year rule of Juvenal’s group in Tijuca National Park
Brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba) are
peaceful denizens of the Atlantic Forest — gentle leaf-eaters that also enjoy the occasional fruit
But that doesn’t put them above skirmishing for territory
Juvenal and another male had attempted to attack the leader of Hope’s group
kept exchanging threatening howls since the incident
and — to the delight of the researchers spectating the scene — he accepted the gesture
the howler groups appeared to reach an understanding
The reintroduction of howlers — including Juvenal
Hope and Max — conducted by the NGO Refauna in Tijuca is part of a monumental effort to rescue the species
Wildlife managers from all over Brazil have organized the nation’s first population management program — an initiative that connects captive facilities with experts able to release them back into forests
It’s an ambitious project that was only made possible by the production of a vaccine against the monster that killed howlers by the thousands: yellow fever
“People here used to say we had a bucketload of monkeys,” she recalls
I worked in this beautiful forest area with 59 howlers
Hirano is the creator of Project Bugio — the Brazilian name for howlers — in the state of Santa Catarina. She didn’t start out as a conservationist. Originally from São Paulo, she began her career as a medical biochemist. After getting married, she moved to the small city of Indaial, where she kept hearing these loud, guttural howls coming from the woods around town
“I would ask people ‘what is this animal?’ and ‘why does it yell so much?’” she remembers
she decided to follow those strange sounds up a nearby hill
The call brought her face-to-face with a “fabulous reddish thing!” she recalls
Although dubbed “brown howlers,” their coloration actually ranges from brown to dark red
Few Brazilian researchers paid any attention to brown howler monkeys when Hirano started working with them
the howler’s biggest problems were habitat destruction
fragmentation and the occasional bump against the human world
howlers are vulnerable to all sorts of mishaps
electrocuted in power lines or attacked by dogs
a serious threat reared its head in Rio Grande do Sul
Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus
but it is absolutely devastating for many nonhuman primates
The 2008-09 epizootic — as animal epidemics are called — killed thousands of brown howlers
researchers and officials cataloged 1,183 dead howlers
and the species completely disappeared from half its forest fragments
“It is the saddest thing to hear the human population tell you that they can’t hear a single howler anymore.” She says the upcoming ICMBio assessment will classify the species as endangered
The duty of ICMBio goes beyond providing risk assessments. The agency has put forward guidelines for many endangered species in Brazil, called national action plans for the conservation of endangered species (PANs). Atlantic Forest primates have their own PAN
and within it hid the proverbial ace for potential howler recovery
As conservationists met to discuss the howler’s plight
they turned to the idea of implementing a nationwide population management program
“[This] is considered a last resort,” says Rafael Rossato of the National Center for Research and Conservation of Brazilian Primates (CPB)
The possibility of large-scale population management is part of the PAN
The program would connect captive facilities across the country with experts capable of relocating the animals to areas where populations had vanished or declined
such close management “carries a series of risks and a chance of failure.”
a species has to face the prospect of severe reduction or extinction within 30 years
found that howlers fulfilled that requirement
Launched in 2023, the Alouatta guariba population management program is the first of its kind in Brazil
Supervised by a committee coordinated by Hirano
geneticists and representatives of all eight Brazilian states where the species occurs
Brown howlers are a genetically diverse species — they even used to be split into two subspecies
the program divided the howler’s range into five distinct management areas
The far south management area also includes the single brown howler population in Argentina
The program plans to relocate monkeys from Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina to reinforce this population
But before conservationists could attempt any translocations
animals had to first be protected against yellow fever
“The virus persists in forests [in southern Brazil]
but it hasn’t reached the same proportions as before
It would need a large vulnerable population to become an epidemic again
and we lost too many primates for that,” says Dr
a veterinarian at the Rio de Janeiro Primatology Center (CPRJ)
started to research a way to adapt the yellow fever vaccine — developed for human use — to howler monkeys
Hirano herself coordinated one of the tests of this adaptation on living howlers
All of the 77 vaccinated animals living in captivity in Santa Catarina successfully developed antibodies against the virus
the program’s protocol determines that every brown howler must be vaccinated before translocation
In September 2015, before the second yellow fever outbreak, the NGO Refauna was already busy reintroducing brown howlers to Tijuca — the first howlers the urban forest had seen in more than a century
Refauna had already brought red-rumped agoutis (Dasyprocta leporina) back to the park
but the primates were proving a bigger challenge than their rodent predecessors
Some of the monkeys came from captivity or semi-domesticated backgrounds and ended up having to be moved back to captivity after seeking constant contact with visitors
The researchers also had problems with tracking equipment
leading to a costly veterinary intervention
“We ended up with an initial population based solely on one reproductive couple: Kala and Juvenal,” says Dr
Refauna’s executive director and a biologist at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
But a family of three is far from a reliable seed for a sustainable population
Refauna’s plan was always to gather and release multiple groups
Kala and Juvenal did more than just survive the following years
Tucked into the urban matrix of Rio de Janeiro
and what started as a couple and a baby grew to six individuals
conservationists finally brought more howlers to the park
freshly vaccinated after their stay in CPRJ
They were first placed in an acclimation enclosure — a large wire cage in the forest
“We use the enclosure to accustom the animals to the forest environment,” says Matheus Sette e Camara
“They needed to get used to the new smells
sounds and to other animals — including the other howlers.”
the team abandoned radio tracking equipment and settled for finding howlers the old fashion way: with patience and binoculars
The new group also suffered two losses before their release into the wild
One infant died from pneumonia during the acclimation period
and a young female was returned to CPRJ after being ostracized from the group just a week before the enclosure doors opened
Conservationists finally released the remaining six howlers in January
A moment of celebration for everyone involved in the project — except for Juvenal’s crowd
“They came across Juvenal’s group outside the enclosure
and everyone seemed surprised and cautious at first,” Camara says
silently approached the new group to attack Max
leaving the females to hide back in the acclimation enclosure
The researchers would follow these altercations for a couple weeks
until Hope’s peaceful gesture seemed to mark the end of hostilities
The team removed her and her infant from the forest
four animals compose Tijuca’s second brown howler group
howlers have lived in the park for nearly a decade now
and Tijuca’s experience has helped instruct new initiatives
Vanessa Kanaan — technical director of the Wild Space Institute — is conducting another howler reintroduction
She has already released three groups in Rio Vermelho State Park and will soon translocate more howlers to another location: Lagoa do Peri
“It is very rewarding to see an animal reintroduced,” Bahadian says
adding that even the best captive circumstances “can’t come close to offering howlers what should be their normal life
Reintroductions — this defiant conservation practice that integrates so many different skills — brings hope for more than individual animals
“[This is] an opportunity to unite the captivity management experience — and the possibility of giving a destination to rescued animals — with the necessity of restoring wild populations which have been reduced or extinct,” Rheingantz says
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Neoenergia continues to advance with the construction of the Vale do Itajaí transmission projectin Santa Catarina
The company obtained the installation license of the new Indaial substation
in addition to the expansion of SE Gaspar 2 and SE Rio do Sul
issued by the Institute of the Environment of Santa Catarina (IMA)
mobilization was initiated for the works of the project
which will improve the availability of energy and reliability in the region's electrical system
These works are part of Lot 1 of the auction held by the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) in December 2018
"We have kept our focus on accelerating projects
overcoming the challenges posed by the covid-19 pandemic with innovation
such as in holding virtual public hearings to ensure the participation of the population in environmental licensing processes safely
We know the importance of the growth of the transmission segment for the development of the electricity sector and we will maintain our investments
Superintendent of Environment and Landof the Transmission Board of Neoenergia
The Gaspar 2 substation will have a new patio with voltage at 525 kV and transformation 525/230 kV with (6+1 Res.) x 224 MVA
The Indaial project will have transformation 230/138 kV with power 2 x 225 MVA
The project also foresees the implementation of 673 kilometers of transmission lines
in addition to three new power substations (Joinville Sul
Jaraguá do Sul and Itajaí 2) and expansion of three more substations (Areia
three more projects were acquired by the company
770 kilometers of transmission lines are planned between the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina
The Marmeleiros and Livramento substations are already under construction
in addition to the Santa Maria-Livramento line section
328 kilometers long in a double circuit in Rio de Janeiro) and 3 (Itabapoana
Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais) are in the process of environmental licensing
The government has since declared a state of emergency after flooding displaced more than 20,000 people
As many as 4,000 houses have been damaged across more than 70 towns in the region
the areas most affected by the floods are in the northern parts of the state and the region of Vale do Itajaí
In Rio do Sul as much as half of the city’s streets and neighborhoods have been flooded
has warned that the situation is still critical across all the the regions so far affected
It is hoped that federal aid will be available for repairing infrastructure such as bridges and roads that have been damaged
Declaring a state of emergency would be for three months and is hoped to expedite the acquisition of supplies such as medicine
machinery and equipment to reduce the damage caused by the flooding
where 135 people were killed as a result of flooding
two people were killed and 64 injured in the Brazilian city of Taquarituba after a tornado tore through the area
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so they decided to delve deeper into the investigation
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In statements made by Congressman Marcos Ito Okuma
in order to simulate the death of his partner
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