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In celebration of World Environment Day on June 5, the Western Pará Environmental Research Program (POPA) held the second edition of Environment Week, an outreach initiative aimed at communities located near the program’s permanent research plots. Students examining arthropod specimens. Photo by: Isão Miranda. The activities took place on June 8, 10, 15, and 19, 2026, at schools in the Alter do Chão and Eixo Forte Environmental Protection Areas (APAs). Participating in t

From March 16 to 19, the 1st Course on Best Practices for Guiding Visitors on Interpretive Trails took place in Alter do Chão. The initiative brought together 11 participants and focused on training tour guides and tour leaders to promote more responsible and safer practices. Aula teórica sendo ministrada. Foto: Guilherme Jardel, 2026 The training was organized by PELD POPA, in partnership with the Department of Tourism, with support from the Department of the Environment a

Access the book for free by clicking on the image. During the months of December and January, the PELD Oeste do Pará carried out the distribution of six copies of the book "Biodiversity in the Tapajós National Forest and the Tapajós-Arapiuns Extractive Reserve", organized by Carlos Rodrigo Brocardo and Leandro Lacerda Giacomin and published in 2022. The book brings together information on different groups of organisms of the local biodiversity and serves as an important refer

Closing the first year of a new cycle, POPA is launching a newsletter highlighting the main moments of 2025, featuring experiences from students, professors, and collaborators who are part of this network. The purpose of “ De vento em POPA ” is to make the project’s progress public so far. It also serves as a space for students, professors, and scholarship holders to share behind-the-scenes aspects of the research: the challenges faced in the field, results already achieved,

Nos dias 04 e 05 de junho de 2025, o POPA realizou atividades expositivas e didáticas junto às escolas da rede municipal de Santarém e Belterra. As atividades marcaram a passagem emblemática de 05 de junho, dia Internacional do Meio Ambiente.