BRAZIL: WILDFIRE THREATENING ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY FIREFIGHTERS

Record ID: 640558

  • Title: BRAZIL: WILDFIRE THREATENING ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL BY FIREFIGHTERS
  • Date: 30th August 2002
  • Summary: LOS LAGOS, RIO DE JANEIRO (AUGUST 27, 2002) (REUTERS) LV FIRE SITE; HELICOPTER THROWING WATER; FIREMEN COMING FROM FIRE SITE (6 SHOTS) (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) RODRIGO VARELA, POCO DAS ANTAS RESERVE CHIEF, SAYING "Those are areas that were regenerating, areas that were connected to mature forest zones and that are the Golden Lion monkey habitat." GV MONKEY HABITAT
  • Embargoed: 14th September 2002 13:00
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  • Location: LOS LAGOS, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Disasters,Environment,General
  • Reuters ID: LVA31E05CW9P1LXQ5OGMES0KSO2Z
  • Story Text: A wildfire threatening one of Brazil's most important environmental reserves has been brought under control by firefighters, authorities reported There was good news for endangered Golden Lion monkeys in Brazil, after firefighters brought under control Tuesday (August 27, 2002) a massive wildfire that threatened their reserve near the city of Rio de Janeiro.
    The fire scorched more than a quarter of Brazil's Poco das Antas (po-so da-ees an-tahs) environmental reserve, home to the endangered Golden Lion tamarin monkey.
    The fire that began on Saturday burnt 3,210 acres (1,300 hectares) of low-lying brush and turf in the 12,360-acre (5,000 hectare) reserve that lies 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Rio de Janeiro.
    According to park authorities, the monkeys, which weigh about one pound (500 grams) and are named after their bright lion-like manes, had escaped safely from the fire as it did not affect the area where they live, but the expansion area of the park was severely damaged.
    "The fire brought back to zero the regeneration process we were developing so now have to wait several years to return to the state we were originally in," said Poco Das Antas Reserve chief, Rodrigo Varela.
    Golden Lion tamarin monkeys are among the world's rarest mammals, with only about 1,000 estimated to be living in the wild in or around Poco das Antas.
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