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Day 05 – September 06, 2007

jaguardetectives — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:54:06 +0000

Before re-starting on our journey, we returned to Porto Rico (nothing to do with the Menudos’ home island…wow, that was a terrible joke!) to find an Internet café or somewhere, anywhere, with an Internet connection where we could update our Blog, check email and deal with other issues;...

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The jaguar meeting

jaguardetectives — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:35:24 +0000

Dear friends, As a good Mineiro (native from Minas Gerais State) I will share in a “tale” format my meeting with a jaguar in the bush last December. A philosopher or some writer of “weirdoteric” book of self-help said – I am almost certain that I read it in some Richard Bach or Paulo...

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Conservation Games

jaguardetectives — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:09:15 +0000

To celebrate my 13th (or is it the 16th? Think I lost the account… anyway) project proposal denied I decide to write some lines on this issue. E-mails starting with “…we regret to inform you…” can change pure hope in complete frustration… But what is behind it? The proposals do...

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Day 4 - September 5, 2007

jaguardetectives — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:06:06 +0000

After yesterday’s fright in the lock, we awoke at 6:30 AM and noticed a man meandering curiously toward us to look at the boat. Mr. Eliseu owns the house facing that night’s mooring. We were preoccupied with the CESP (São Paulo State Electric Company) high tension lines that cross the...

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Day 3 – September 4, 2007

jaguardetectives — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:40:33 +0000

The day was still struggling to show its first signs and we were already preparing for breakfast, when two people, almost unnoticeably, climbed down the banks toward the river margin: Carlos Plateiro and one of the assistants who work on the farm he owns in Anaurilândia. Breakfast postponed, we...

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Day 2 – September 3, 2007

jaguardetectives — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:03:37 +0000

Most important accounts and findings: Definitely a long day! We woke up really early and, after a hearty breakfast, reassumed our journey, but could count very little on the wind. About one third of our route was taken using the 15 hp outboard engine that we have for situations like this and for...

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Day 1 – September 2, 2007

jaguardetectives — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:05:31 +0000

As planned, the Jaguar Corridor Expedition departed at 2:30 PM from Porto Príncipe Marina, in the town of Presidente Epitácio, São Paulo. Our departure was quite hectic, with friends from IPÊ, sailors and supporters from all over the region coming to watch closely the beginning of our journey along...

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Are jaguars killing everything?

jaguardetectives — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:47:51 +0000

Back on July we went to the forest fragment Tucano to start sampling this area. I have to confess that I didn’t want to do this now. In 2005 we start a pilot study on ocelots in the fragments. At that time we only had eight camera-traps and set up all in Tucano. Four was [...]

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The Jaguar Corridor Expedition Press Release

jaguardetectives — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:20:19 +0000

“On board sailboat Pasárgada, Laury Cullen and Fernando Lima, researchers of the Institute of Ecological Research – IPÊ, set off on an unheard-of expedition, sailing for more than 270 miles, with the objective of investigating the current conservation status of the Biodiversity Corridor of...

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Ocelots ID’s and thanks!

jaguardetectives — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:25:06 +0000

As some will remember we still with nameless jaguars and ocelots. We decided to honor those who are helping to support our efforts. Here are some of the new individuals recorded by our camera traps: Sheryl, Wanda, Pirjo I, Angelica, J.B., and Kristian! Dear friends, please, accept this...

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