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The presence of species such as the rare sedge Hypolytrum bullatum may provide insight as to the floristic relationships of the Murici forest Hypolytrum bullatum is known from only three sites the forest of São Vicente Ferrer in northeastern Pernambuco and the forests near Ilhéus in southern Bahia about 250 km north of Murici is also a forest on the east-facing slopes of the Borborema Highlands The Bahian forests near Ilhéus are over 600 km to the south of Murici and are coastal lowland forests on rolling hills as well as various ferns and fern allies in the genera Adiantum Although several species have been collected in flower orchids are not an important component of the terrestrial or epiphytic flora Lightbath’s Modular Creations: Crafting a Shared Sound Experience with Solid State Logic SiX Desktop Mixer Eurorack synthesizers is a passionate electronic music composer and educator generative compositions using bespoke combinations of interconnected Eurorack synthesizers can be described as transcendental and meditative enticing listeners to explore the ‘subtleties of emotion Bryan upgraded his tool kit to include the Solid State Logic SiX desktop mixer Read the full article here Music Connection magazine is a monthly music trade publication catering to musicians Music Connection exists to serve artists and music people to offer connections to the unconnected and to provide exclusive information that can help our readers take their music to the next level Welcome to BirdLife International en As a global Partnership We have translated as much content in your language as our resources allow Please visit the English language site to view all of our content From new forest corridors to the production of shade-grown commodities restoration work in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina Brazil and Paraguay is crossing country borders and taking landscape conservation into new realms of ingenuity The Atlantic Forest was once an unbroken tapestry stretching from northeast Brazil along the coast down to northern Argentina and Paraguay Considered one of the top five global biodiversity hotspots and historically one of the world’s largest forests and now only 16% remains: the ancient tapestry is in tatters isolated patches of Atlantic Forest still provide key services to millions of people and habitat for important species The restoration challenge is to reconnect these patches and weave the tapestry whole again The ancient Atlantic Forest tapestry is now a modern patchwork landscape – a social as well as an ecological system – meaning that for conservation success and restoration to be sustainable the needs of people today must be met without compromising the future One way to achieve this is through the sustainable production of commodities. “Today, conservation-friendly production is considered not only innovative,” says Andrés Bosso from Aves Argentinas (BirdLife in Argentina) “It is also perceived as a positive and – thinking empathetically – inevitable course of action.” Drivers of deforestation such as timber sales cattle farming or even illegal marijuana cultivation are often also sources of immediate income for local inhabitants with few viable alternatives Such is the case for a large number of smallholders inhabiting what remains of the Atlantic Forest Transitioning to sustainable land-use practices – a truly modern approach if done properly – is thus a fundamental conservation goal Only 16% of the original Atlantic Forest remains restoring ecological connectivity and thereby recovering overall forest health basically boils down to two interweaving threads: joining one forest fragment to another SAVE Brasil helped establish and support the management of the 6,000-hectare Murici Ecological Station and purchased 360 hectares of Atlantic Forest in the 100-km distant Serra do Urubu SAVE is now designing a Serra do Urubu-Murici forest corridor to connect existing forest patches between the two sites and prioritise areas for forest restoration There are essentially two ways to restore a forest: you can fence off forest fragments and let nature do the rest or you can plant native plant seedlings and monitor them to ensure optimal survival rates and actively reconstruct the original habitat ‘Jump starting’ forest recovery with active restoration gets things moving but is expensive having started restoration activities within the Murici Reserve and helping to establish a network of native plant nurseries seed collectors and knowledgeable individuals to deliver and monitor restoration efforts in the region When the idea is to restore the natural flow of things nature always helps out: planting more trees effectively attracts more birds and insects which then actively take over much of the required ecological ground work to regenerate the ecosystem forest restoration is a massive endeavour that can quickly exhaust resources especially if conservationists fail to consider the presence of human residents and their activities this typically means farmers and livestock producers “We want to encourage a system that combines agriculture and generates mixed-revenue streams to help keep forests standing,” says Alice Reisfeld “We expect this approach to have measurable benefits for the livelihoods of local landowners.” Matters can get complicated when the landowners involved are reticent even when the dialogue is about sustainable production practices that will benefit them “Many landowners are not aware of the possibility of raising crops and cattle in a more sustainable way that will increase their productivity and help them access new markets while also generating environmental services,” says Bárbara Cavalcante Co-ordinator of the Northeast Atlantic Forest Project “That’s why we will implement demonstrative units in a few properties so that others can also learn and allow replication of this model.” Guyra Paraguay and Aves Argentinas are under similar pressure to reconcile forest restoration with local economic interests Their main answer to this conundrum is shade-grown yerba mate (used to make a popular caffeinated drink) an impressively simple yet sophisticated agroforestry initiative whereby local producers receive a premium for a forest-friendly product Guyra Paraguay is looking to take its shade-grown yerba mate model to scale Among these is the illegal production of marijuana in the San Rafael Reserve The prospect of producing forest-friendly yerba mate alone is often insufficient to convince smallholders to forego the highly lucrative marijuana business a major driver of forest degradation and forest fires Guyra Paraguay is promoting the diversification of smallholder farms so that farmers can tap into multiple income streams at different times of the year A key element in scaling the shade-grown yerba mate initiative is to work with other organisations wanting to do the same things for the same reasons. Thus, Guyra Paraguay has teamed up with Aves Argentinas to stitch together farms adopting forest-friendly yerba mate production to create an ‘eco-productive’ corridor linking Atlantic Forest fragments and Key Biodiversity Areas between south-eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina This corridor is already showing measurable benefits for birds and other biodiversity within the agroforestry plantations; furthermore it provides a framework for the shade-grown yerba mate initiative to expand all the while growing synergy between the relevant BirdLife Partners and their respective local alliances Such alliances are the stuff of 21st century conservation the Atlantic Forest as a whole is gradually being reassembled Working alongside and in the interests of the local people who work and influence the landscape BirdLife Partners and their allies are implementing modern conservation initiatives that draw transformative power from the union of economy with ecology the Atlantic Forest tapestry is gradually being woven back together again captures the reason why this is working: “I could cut everything down but I don’t do this because I understand the damage I would cause for the future.” This Atlantic Forest work is currently supported by the Aage V. Jensen Charity Foundation, the Hempel Foundation, WWF-Brazil, Trillion Trees and the BirdLife Forest Accelerator programme a farmer in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Sign up to receive the latest bird conservation news You’ll also receive updates about our projects science and other ways to get involved including fundraising Thank you for your support, we are committed to protecting your personal information and privacy. For more information on how we use your data, please see our Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe from emails at any time by using the link in the footer of any email from us Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The cryptic treehunter lives the in highly threatened Atlantic forest but researchers hold out hope that more might be found a team of ornithologists at Murici in northeastern Brazil observed and recorded the call of a bird the team believed they had chanced upon a rare bird previously described by other researchers as the Alagaos foliage-gleaner (Philydor novasei) “But then the bird vocalized!” Dante Renato Corrêa Buzzetti an independent ornithologist who was a part of the team The bird’s loud screeching call was very different from what had been described for the Alagaos foliage-gleaner it appeared to be similar to the call of another species the pale-browed treehunter (Cichlocolaptes leucophrus) So did the Alagaos foliage-gleaner exist at all found a bird in the state of Pernambuco that looked and sounded like the description of Alagaos foliage-gleaner “So the bird found in Pernambuco was the ‘true’ P and the bird recorded in Murici was a new species,” Buzzetti said In Portuguese, the bird was aptly named “gritador-do-nordeste,” with gritador meaning “screamer,” for its loud screeching call. Recordings of its calls can be heard here. Buzzetti also dedicated the scientific name of the new species who passed away before their manuscript was completed comes “in recognition of [Barnett’s] important contributions to the conservation of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil and its declining avifauna.” the researchers estimate that there might be fewer than 10 individual cryptic treehunters left So this newly described bird could well be one of the rarest birds in the world the authors propose that it should be categorized as Critically Endangered at a national and global level “We consider the situation of its conservation to be critical in that it will require urgent action to avoid its global extinction,” they write in the paper The Alagaos foliage-gleaner, too, is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List the bird species was first discovered in Frei Caneca in the state of Pernambuco and its conservations status in the area is considered critical Forest cover in the two states where cryptic treehunters occur – Alagoas and Pernambuco – is rapidly declining Alagoas lost over 62,000 hectares of tree cover and Pernambuco lost more than 146,000 hectares Both Murici in Alagoas and Frei Caneca in Pernambuco where the Cryptic Treehunters and Alagaos foliage-gleaners have been recorded lie within a biodiversity hotspot called the Atlantic Forest The region is a mosaic of diverse habitats and is home to about 20,000 species of plants Many more – like the cryptic treehunter – continue to be discovered and described mainly for sugarcane plantations and cattle ranching quickly disintegrated the forest cover to less than 8 percent of its original area Moreover, these forests, which were once continuous, have been diced into 245,000 isolated fragments with little original forest cover, according to a study published in Biological Conservation the status of many species in the Atlantic Forest today is critical over 70 percent of the 199 endemic bird species found here are threatened or endangered The cryptic treehunter occurs within the Pernambuco Centre of Endemism in the Atlantic Forest This centre includes the coastal forests of the states of Alagoas and is one of the most important centers of biodiversity and endemism in South America and is one of the least-known parts of South America to the scientific world The region of Murici is one of the most important areas of the Pernambuco Centre Lying within Murici is the Murici Ecological Station (MES) But the protected area status might not be enough to thwart habitat loss for the rare birds the bird is rapidly losing its habitat to deforestation Every September and October of 2002 to 2007 the researchers detected “troubling levels of small to medium-scale deforestation.” They write that the “most unsettling then was the felling of much of the forest on the entire slope opposite the ravine that holds all recent records of C with evidence of further logging occurring between visits during the above period.” the area being logged appeared to be ideal habitat for the cryptic treehunter The researchers stress the need to continue searching for the bird “Sadly our expectations for the long-term survival of this species are not high and we may now be witnessing its passage through the temporal window representing the time-lag between deforestation and extinction,” they write “Conservation efforts at Murici have been undermined by political and bureaucratic problems since the ornithological discovery of the area Without the political will to design and implement environmental policies and the commitment of private interests and stakeholders in Murici little will be achieved for the conservation of its damaged forests.” Although there are no recent records of both the birds in the region it might be premature to declare them extinct “In my opinion there is still some hope of finding the species in Murici if the forest where the bird lives has not been removed especially in remote areas with difficult access…but it is also necessary to know if there are still primary forests in the mountains at all.” The authors also note in their paper that with increased interest of birders in Murici ecotourism could provide a way out to protect the area “Murici and Frei Caneca are of maximum priority for the conservation of birds in the Atlantic Forest and the presence of this new species is a renewed reason to take actions for their preservation,” they add The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa as protected areas become battlegrounds over history and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins and trying to forge a path forward […] The councilman attends to a stream of constituents who proffer crumpled bits of paper: prescriptions receipts for ultrasound scans and electricity bills It is a month before Brazil’s general election “We go door to door with our electoral programme but people ask what we have to give,” says Mr Gaia who is campaigning for candidates from the conservative Progressive Party (PP) This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “The noise from Brazil” Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents Taiwanese are growing more doubtful that they can fend off their hostile neighbour The Trump administration’s fickleness is adding to the island’s anxieties As other countries age, they will need African youth Their huge endowments are not easy to cash in The Ivy League sees little point in fighting the federal government in court A cryptic species of treehunter from northeastern Brazil a small passerine bird from the Brazilian state Bahia and two tiny birds from Indonesia are among new species of birds described in the past year 1. Cryptic treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti) from Brazil: was formerly confused with the Alagoas foliage-gleaner (photographed November NE Brazil Birding / via Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia The Cryptic treehunter is a member of the South American bird family Furnariidae (ovenbirds) with the tail accounting for more than one-third of the length it is one of the rarest birds in the world It is known from only two sites in northeastern Brazil – the type locality at Murici in the state of Alagoas and Frei Caneca in the state of Pernambuco Based on intensive fieldwork at Murici as part of the conservation project of BirdLife International Brazil Programme we estimated that a maximum of 5-10 pairs may have existed in the entire reserve in 2004; however the number of birds remaining is likely lower we estimate that no more than one or two pairs survive 2. Sulawesi streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa sodhii) from Indonesia: The Sulawesi streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa sodhii) The Sulawesi streaked flycatcher belongs to Muscicapa a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae This species has a body weight of about 12.5 g The wing length (flattened) is 6.4 cm and the tail length is 4.5 cm It is widely distributed in lowland and submontane forest throughout the Indonesian island of Sulawesi 3. Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo (Scytalopus gonzagai) from Brazil: The Bahian Mouse-colored Tapaculo (Scytalopus gonzagai) The Bahian mouse-colored tapaculo measures an average of 12 cm in length and weighs an average of 15 g a genus of small passerine birds in the family Rhinocryptidae It is a difficult-to-see creature living mostly among the dark 4. Wakatobi flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) from Indonesia: The Wakatobi flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) The Wakatobi flowerpecker belongs to Dicaeum a genus in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae It is endemic to the Wakatobi Islands of Indonesia 5. Elachuridae The Spotted wren-babbler (Elachura formosa) in Wuyi Shan Elachuridae is represented by just one species – the Spotted wren-babbler (Elachura formosa) This species is a small perching bird found in China It measures about 10 cm in length and has a short tail It also has white speckles all over its body Ħamrun Spartans are set to complete the signing of Brazilian winger Cláudio Murici The 24-year-old winger caught the interest of the Premier League leaders with his performances for Għajnsielem this season including his display in the FA Trophy third round match against the Spartans which saw the latter only prevail 3-1 after extra-time The Spartans agreed personal terms with the player this week and he completed his transfer on Wednesday after he successfully completed a medical test Murici is in his second season in Maltese football as he was brought to our islands by Żejtun Corinthians last season before he moved to the Gozitan league last summer Murici made six appearances with Għajnsielem scoring three goals Read full story on www.sportsdesk.com.mt please register for free or log in to your account It has received more than 2,600 visitors since opening The establishment of the Hummingbird Garden, as well as the management of the Pedra D’Antas reserve and ongoing reforestation efforts in this region, are part of the NGO SAVE Brasil’s Atlantic Forest of the Northeast Project The project’s main goal is to conserve and improve the connectivity between the remaining fragments of Atlantic Forest in the Serra do Urubu-Murici landscape that straddles the border between the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas a spectacularly colored species that’s also endemic to the Atlantic Forest north of the São Francisco River and considered vulnerable The garden was created to attract birds and serve as an educational space to fight the tradition of keeping them in cages a practice that persists in this region of Brazil And it sits on the site formerly occupied during Brazil’s colonial period by the old Engenho Pedra D’Anta estate manor house where slaves were once kept “We’ve changed what was historically an exploitative place — not only of the environment but also of humans — into a stronghold for life,” says Bárbara Cavalcante coordinator of the Atlantic Forest of the Northeast Project The most degraded part of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest lies north of the São Francisco the river that forms a geographic barrier for some bird species The area is known as the Pernambuco Center of Endemism (CEP) and includes coastal forests in the states of Alagoas According to monitoring data from SAVE Brasil the local affiliate of BirdLife International there are fewer than 10 of these birds left living inside the Murici Ecological Station (ESEC) are located inside the CEP and encompass 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of forest that host 343 bird species Eighteen of these species are listed as critically endangered and all but two of these are endemic to the Atlantic Forest five of them found exclusively in the CEP region Both the Serra do Urubu and Murici fragments are focal points for the Atlantic Forest of the Northeast Project which has been working in the region since 2000 Monitoring in Serra do Urubu over the past 17 years has recorded an increase in bird diversity “The total number of reported bird species jumped from 105 in our first year to 287 during the last count carried out in December of 2021,” Cavalcante says Even though the results are encouraging, the situation remains fragile. A study published last year in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution concluded that seven bird species have probably gone extinct in the Atlantic Forest in recent decades Four of these species were previously found inside the CEP The Atlantic Forest of the Northeast Project supports forest restoration to increase the odds of survival for species with a restricted range “Our goal for 2023 is to have implemented 70 hectares [173 acres] of forest,” Cavalcante says we have restored eight sites totaling 12.9 hectares [31.9 acres] between Pernambuco and Alagoas we will have implemented at least 50 hectares [124 acres].” Given that most of the rainforest fragments lie inside private properties the project also supports the creation of private reserves “We will have a 3-hectare [7.4-acre] RPPN here in Lagoa dos Gatos [in Pernambuco],” Cavalcante says referring to a commitment by one property owner to restore their land “They will restore some pastureland and protect the 3-hectare fragment.” I always take people inside the project and show them,” says João Evangelista de Lima but also about taking care of the forest and seeing the birds coming back again De Lima owns a 40-hectare (99-acre) ranch that he inherited from his family After living in the giant metropolis of São Paulo for 20 years he sought refuge from the stress and traffic by moving back to the forest in Alagoas “There is so much water in this valley — springs and rivers,” he says “We have a stretch of the Atlantic Forest that is part of the Murici ESEC and it’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen.” he dedicates 30 hectares (74 acres) of his ranch to farming prata bananas “The people here were cutting down all the trees and killing what little was left of the rainforest,” de Lima says “I had to do something different to show that we need to plant and reforest.” he adopted an agroforestry system for a plot of 3,000 square meters (about three-quarters of an acre) on his land cedar and mahogany trees among beans and fertilizing species different types that I had never seen in the region There are many jataís [Tetragonisca angustula] and tubibas [Scaptotrigona tubiba] as well,” says de Lima who has taken courses in fish farming and beekeeping He says he plans to transform his ranch into an ecotourism destination “We have many birds that come to visit the agroforestry area,” he says listing the rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris) “There are really so many coming,” de Lima adds The agroforestry system on de Lima’s ranch is part of the forest restoration project funded by SAVE Brasil He initially received seedlings and labor and technical support Other properties have also become showcases or visitor sites to demonstrate different restoration techniques All the reforested land is monitored to understand how the bird life interacts in these environments “The idea of being a showcase is that we can show possibilities for growing food and generating income,” says project coordinator Cavalcante “We’ve started using the term ‘bird-friendly agroforestry’ because we want to encourage people to set up agroforestry systems that also offer shelter and food for birds.” is a key area because it directly impacts the ecological station it’s important that we have this buffer zone with compatible activities that are friendly to biodiversity,” Cavalcante says “It is a protective zone surrounding the ESEC.” Even though the 6,000-hectare (14,800-acre) area was recognized by the federal government in 2001 as the Murici Ecological Station the land has not yet been effectively registered as such “This is one of the bottlenecks that conservation units in Brazil face,” Cavalcante says The Murici ESEC turned 20 years old last year but the land has still not been legally registered There are still lots of large areas of pastureland inside there.” Aside from forest restoration and better engagement with the government and scientific community the Atlantic Forest of the Northeast Project promotes environmental tourism and education programs Initiatives that involve community engagement include the Hummingbird Garden the management of the Pedra D’Antas private reserve environmental education programs in schools and vocational training for ecotourism professionals “It’s common for people in small towns to keep birds in cages,” says José Allanderlanio Rodrigues a painter who photographs birds on the weekends but I think it’s something that’s changing You see so many birds in cages that you get used to it But once you get to see a bird living free and hear it — it’s beautiful to see it in its natural habitat I don’t think anyone would want it to live in a cage.” Rodrigues used to keep cage birds until he met José Vicente a park ranger at the Pedra D’Antas reserve to observe them in nature where they should be,” he says Rodrigues released all his birds and began a new phase in his life: photographing birds in nature It’s made my life much better because it’s real living but when you step into the forest on the weekend Rodrigues took a course offered by SAVE Brasil to become a licensed tour guide in the Serra do Urubu and be able to lead tours inside the Pedra D’Antas reserve He says he’s pleased to be able to contribute directly to ecotourism and biodiversity conservation and also speaks with pride about convincing some of his friends to stop keeping birds in cages But Cavalcante says the cage-bird culture remains very strong in the region and poses a threat to endemic species It’s one of the most commonly sold animals in the illegal market here,” she says “People catch them and sell them at big markets.” Community engagement is seen as the path to changing that culture “Conservation is about people too,” says Cavalcante who invokes the words of local novelist Ariano Suassuna in defining herself as a “hopeful realist.” Develey, P. F., & Phalan, B. T. (2021). Bird extinctions in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and how they can be prevented. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.624587 Banner image of a long-tailed woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii) a bird found exclusively in the coastal forests of Alagoas and Pernambuco states This story was reported by Mongabay’s Brazil team and first published here on our Brazil site on March 29 29-Jul-2019 Last updated on 29-Jul-2019 at 16:06 GMT Writing in Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura (RBF) researchers from Brazil's Federal University of Piauí investigated the bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of three fruits from the Brazilian Cerrado – a vast tropical biome covering numerous states in Brazil The three species investigated were carnaúba (Copernicia prunifera); murici (Byrsonima crassifolia); and oiti (Licania tomentosa) Brazil's plant diversity was significant but “far from being optimally exploited” especially considering the country was one of the top three global fruit producers alongside China and India “Native Brazilian fruits are considered excellent sources of bioactive compounds as well as high in vitro antioxidant activity and significant amounts of flavonoids and vitamin C,” the researchers wrote but most remained unknown and under-exploited the assessment of the potential benefits of these fruits for human health is of utmost importance because in addition to bringing to light new species useful for human consumption (it) encourages consumption and the development of new products as well as the appreciation of the Cerrado flora,” they said Studies on the chemical composition and bioactive compound content of carnaúba murici and oiti were “very scarce” and there were “no records” of the fruits in food composition tables all fruits were edible and could be consumed and used in a variety of ways The carnaúba belonged to the Arecaceae family and was well-adapted to hot and dry climates – its fruits were smooth rounded berries about two inches long with seeds that could also be extracted to make oil or tea The murici belonged to the Malpighiaceae family and boar spherical fruit about 1-2cm in diameter soft pulp that could be consumed fresh or in juices And the oiti plant belonged to the Chrysobalanaceae family and had edible oval fruits between 12-16cm in length with seeds that could also be extracted for oils From açaí to buriti to camu-camu: Study makes case for increased commercialization Most studies looking at bioactive compounds have focused on temperate climate berries, argue researchers from Brazil. They make the case for the commercialization of Brazilian small fruits to compete with so-called ‘temperate berries.’ READ MORE These fruits 'stood out' compared to other Brazilian fruits Findings showed oiti presented the “highest content of total phenolics” and had the highest antioxidant activity the researchers said all three fruits “stood out” when compared to other tropical fruits from the Brazilian Cerrado in terms of anthocyanin content (carnauba); vitamin C (murici); and carotenoids (oiti) “Oiti can be considered an important source of phenolic compounds considering that it stood out in comparison with other tropical fruits known for being sources of these compounds The murici and carnauba fruits could also be considered as having “high levels of vitamin C” when compared to the recommended daily intake (RDI) for this micronutritent Vitamin C levels were 78.1mg per 100g and 58.6mg per 100g with 20.0 mg β-carotene/100 g and 2.43mg β-carotene/100 g This content was much higher than those observed for several Brazilian tropical fruits,” they said The researchers said that whilst it was important to consider several factors could interfere with the content of bioactive compounds differences in agronomic and environmental conditions and extraction techniques “Data obtained add valuable information to the current knowledge on the nutritional and functional features of fruits from the Brazilian Cerrado that have been scarcely explored which showed high content of bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity,” the researchers wrote Source: Revista Brasilerira de Fruticultura Published online ahead of print, doi: 10.1590/0100-29452019011 “Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity three fruit species from the Brazilian Cerrado" Brazilian Cerrado marolo fruit 'excellent candidate' for functional foods: Review15-Jul-2019By Adi MenayangThe pulp, leaves and by-product of Brazil's native marolo fruit are rich in a range of nutrients and phytochemicals and present promise for the development of novel, functional foods, say researchers. Super infusion? Brazilian inventor seeks patent on instant bioactive tea concentrates12-Jul-2019By Stephen DaniellsAn inventor from Brazil has developed highly concentrated portable blends containing plant and wine extracts to enable on-the-go bioactive teas rich in trans-resveratol and other compounds Por um futuro em que as pessoas vivam em harmonia com a natureza Photos and graphics © WWF or used with permission. Text available under a Creative Commons licence You are using an outdated browser. 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