Earthwatch Teach Earth Fellowship
Wildlife and Reforestation in Brazil
July 2025
Wildlife and Reforestation in Brazil
July 2025
Earthwatch is an international environmental nonprofit founded in 1971. Teach Earth fellowships connect educators with leading scientists in the field, transforming classrooms through immersive, hands-on research experiences. By joining live environmental expeditions, teachers don’t just learn science—they live it.
Following educators on a weeklong journey as we investigate populations of mammals to address the effectiveness of reforestation in the conservation of mammal populations in the Atlantic Forest.
The project aims to answer the following questions:
Is the reforestation being followed by the re-establishment of mammal populations?
Which mammal species occupy reforested areas? Which do not?
Are ecosystem processes being lost by the absence of specialized mammal species?
Is there a succession of mammal species in the reforestation process? Does it follow a pattern?