What
Makes Araras Lodge Special
Environmental
Protection Program
Our product is Low Impact
Environmental Protection Program
When you visit Araras Lodge you are actively participating
in our Environmental Preservation programs.
Did
you know that in 1993 there were 27 Hyacinth Macaws
(hyacinthine macaw) living inside the Araras Eco
Lodge borders and its neighboring areas? Today,
there are 42 of them!
This mark was reached through nest monitoring, inhibiting
the capture of chicks for commercial purposes, and
educating the locals regarding a more protective
attitude towards the fauna.
And we also distribute artificial nests; we are
systematically planting the manduvis, an indigenous
tree where more than 87% of the macaw's nests were
found. With the continuous occupation and the splitting
of the large ranches in the Pantanal, these trees
are being cut down and have diminished sensibly
for they are used to make salt trugs, besides the
fact that they burn easily because of their soft
consistency. We are also recuperating large areas
with the palm acuri, which produces a nut that is
these birds' principal source of food.
Protecting the Fauna and Flora around the area of
Rio Clarinho (Clearwater River).
We've been dedicated to preserve Rio Clarinho inhibiting
the deforestation on its banks and the use of motorboats
that destroy its shores and therefore silt the river.
Our excursions into this river are always on "Canadian
Canoes".
Did you know that for 12 years the Giant River Otter
is in the list of Endangered Species?
- In 1993 we had eventual news of their presence
around the Araras Eco Lodge neighboring areas.
- Today we have 2 groups; the first with 8 individuals
and a second one composed by 5 individuals is also
sharing the river with the first one.
We bought an area 7 Kilometers distant from the
lodge, at the very beginning of the river, which
became an RPPN (Private Reserve of the Natural Patrimony),
where we started an intensive work of surveillance,
education, distribution of signs and a tight control
along the river's 40 Kilometers, visiting the ranchers
and inviting them to participate in our efforts
to protect these beautiful and rare animals, almost
completely destroyed because of the value of their
furs.
