FROM A SPEAKER'S DREAM TO A REFUGE FOR NATURE: ONE YEAR OF ECOPARK, by biologist Igor Morais
Foz do Iguaçu attracts visitors and attention from all over the world due to its exuberant nature and, within this context, the city stands out in Brazil for being the only one to have three institutions dedicated to the management and care of fauna. Here, wild animals find refuge and help conserve their [...]
Eco Park offers children under six free of charge
Eco Park, a space dedicated to showing the relationship between human beings and animals, encouraging connection and respect for nature, will be offering free admission for children from zero to five years old, starting this Friday (17th). According to the unit's institutional coordinator, Igor Morais, the aim of this Eco Park policy is to bring [...]
We are against the sale of the Spix Macaw!
A few days ago, the world conservation community was shaken by the news of the trade in 26 Spix macaws and 4 Leopard Macaws. We at Eco Park, as a wildlife institution with ethical principles and committed to biodiversity conservation, publicly repudiate the trade in spix macaws!
Onças do Iguaçu and Eco Park inaugurate the first chicken coop of the Ciscando o Futuro program
The first chicken coop in the Ciscando o Futuro Program was inaugurated this week on Leila Rodrigues' property in Picada Benjamin, Matelândia. The construction of the space is the result of a partnership between the Onças do Iguaçu project and Eco Park, with the support of the Iguaçu National Park. The aim of Ciscando o Futuro is to bring together [...]
Ecopark biologist takes part in research published in international journal on animal abuse on social networks
A study carried out by biologist Antônio Carvalho, a specialist in combating wildlife trafficking at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS Brasil), with the participation of biologist Igor Morais, institutional coordinator of Eco Park, in Foz do Iguaçu, on the mistreatment of animals on social networks, was published in the November issue of the American journal Biological [...]
