Current Research Projects

1- Biodiversity Monitoring Project of Tapyta Reserve: A monitoring system of biological diversity is a continuous, systematic, consistent, and periodic process of gathering biological information during the life of a project, program, or system.
For the design and implementation of monitoring programs it’s a priority to have a clear definition of goals, objectives, methodology, and procedures for diffusion of information. This process apportions the necessary information to the area administrators in order to efficiently carry out actions related to the general functioning and sustainable management of the region.
In this framework, the Biological Diversity Monitoring project of the TPNR has 3 components: update the inventories of flora and fauna, monitor the indicated species of fauna, and establish a system of permanent parcels for monitoring in the forest.


2- Completion of the Ferns Guide of the Tapyta Nature Reserve: This project is being carried out by the MBF with support from the Natural History Museum of London. The objective is to create a guide to the species of ferns present in Tapyta Nature Reserve. In this project, 10 young inhabitants of rural communities of Enramadita and Atongué (bordering Tapyta Reserve) are being trained in research methodology, techniques of botanical collection, specimen identification, etc. The goal is to develop the results into scientific material made by young students from the local communities.