By Paul Jepson, Richard J. Ladle and Susanne F. Schmitt. Photo; Richard J. Ladle When we were started out in conservation in the 1980s the Golden Lion Tamarin (hereafter GLT) was the poster child for species conservation. The species is restricted to the Atlantic rainforests of southeast Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State) and in
By Paul Jepson and Richard Ladle Ilha Grande is a prize asset within Rio State’s protected area portfolio. This former leper colony and political prison has exceptional scenic beauty – rainforest clad mountains meet sandy coves and azure seas. We visited the island to test and develop our Protected Asset Framework. There are no roads and
Ten years ago Rio State invested in the creation of a portfolio of state parks. Over Easter we visited Tres Picos, located 100k m outside Rio de Janerio, to field test our protected area asset framework. The biophysical assets associated with Tres Picos are outstanding: scenic rock massifs rise out of rainforest clad mountains which
In March I introduced my students to protected area professionals working to conserve the unique biodiversity and landscapes of Tenerife -Europe’s popular vacation island located off the north coast of Africa. Tenerife is becoming a city island. It has developed rapidly since the rise of package holidays in the 60’s and nowadays receives upwards of
Originally posted to the FreshwaterBlog on 30 May 2014 The designation and management of protected areas has been a cornerstone of biodiversity policy for more than a century. In the 1970s, for example, the international community agreed to expand the global protected reserve area system guided by the representation principle – the idea that populations
