Conservation is a team work!

We are a Inclusive Field Team, but how?

Fostering strong and healthy relationships: creating a welcoming environment for all participants, regardless of background, skills, or personal circumstances, maintaining kindness and optimism, even in challenging situations.

Actively encouraging girls and women to engage in fieldwork and science!

Field biology based research

Field Biology is much more than putting on your boots, going outside and taking notes: we need to prepare, design sampling, plan logistics, and build relationships, with locals (stakeholders). Also create a team with healthy interpersonal relationships.

If you identify as a female student interested in field conservation work, consider enrolling in this amazing course:

"Mulheres na fauna terrestre"

Field Diary Writing

Taking daily notes is essential—do not trust your memory. Writing field notes is both useful and enjoyable, especially when revisited years later. Complete them as soon as possible after each fieldwork activity. First, they serve as descriptions: documenting time, date, weather conditions (rainy, sunny), activities, settings, observations, behaviors, conversations, photo numbers, and tracking data. Second, they serve as interpretations, helping you analyze the value-laden and subjective aspects of fieldwork. Third, they are reflections, offering introspective commentary on what you observe and experience, and what these mean to you.

Eletronic Devices in the field

Although many apps can support writing and allow remote transmission to databases, they depend on reliable energy sources - keep in mind that rainy and muddy days may compromise electronic devices.

The diary and database need to be updated daily.

Please read the daily activities orientations for the reintroduction project participants

Training in Vertical Techniques

Rappeling and acessing the nests is an activity restricted to the permanent field team. We are NR-35 certified and aim to have biannual recycling training in vertical techniques to access breeding areas of the Lear's macaw using the safest methods and updated equipment.

Trained and Certified by Vertical Pro

Field Station at Boqueirão da Onça

Lear's macaw release site, certificated by INEMA and ICMBIO

Field station recommendations and orientations for guests

If you are researcher interested in develop a research in Boqueirão da Onça, please feel free to reach out to check availability of our field station at Campo Formoso, Bahia, Caatinga Tropical Dry-forest.

Teaching and Supervising

Teaching has always been one of my main motivations in my career, inspired by my mother’s path.

I had over 70 volunteers undergraduate students and young biologists/veterinarians, that learned bird management, breeding biology, both invasive and non-invasive biological sampling, parrot ecology, etnozoology (local people interviewins) and environmental education.

We aim fostering teamwork and an inclusive environment where we shared both scientific challenges and everyday experiences - including cooking recipes- and from which I also learned greatly.

I currently supervise and co-supervise undergraduate and master students working on topics related to wildlife management and animal conservation (both ex-situ and in-situ), field-based research, population dynamics, natural history and reintroductions of birds.

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