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).
Take a transport to Mangaratiba, Conceição de Jacareí or Angra dos Reis from where boats and sloops leave for Vila do Abraão on Ilha Grande. For arrival and departure times for transportation to Vila do Abraão see ilhagrange.org.
The East module plots can be accessed either from Vila do Abraão or Vila Dois Rios. In Vila do Abraão there are several camping areas, inns and the support house of INEA.
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