From Manaus, you can travel by boat or boat along the Rio Negro to Novo Airão. In Novo Airão, you must rent another boat and follow the Rio Jaú to the Park area. By land, from Manaus, take the AM-072 Manaus / Manacapuru and Manacapuru / Novo Airão via the AM-352.
The center already has a research module installed, where fish surveys, shrimps, insects (Odonata), spiders, palm trees, woody plants and aquatic microorganisms (bacterioplankton, phytoplankton and zooplankton) are being conducted, and to evaluate plants with the potential to bioprospecting and verify the activity of the active principles and carry methodological procedures for obtaining extracts of botanical species identified.
The Great Island is a fragment of the coastal massif of approximately 190 km2 and a rather rugged relief. Ilha Grande is located in the municipality of Angra dos Reis, in the tourist region of Costa Verde, RJ. The terrestrial part of the island is now protected by two Integral Protection Conservation Units, the Ilha Grande-PEIG State Park (12052 ha) and the Praia do Sul-RBPS Biological Reserve (3600 ha).
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