Great example of seabirds' monitoring

Atobá-marrom - Sula leucogaster. Photo by Simone Marques

Seabirds decorating the sky, islands and coastal regions around the world. But several species became vulnerable or critically endangered due the effects of human impacts mainly by fisheries, human occupation or a simple presence of more than 10 people with high frequency.

In last 2 years a great project of identification and monitoring of species of seabirds in Marine Protected Area created in 2014 in coastal island of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) had contributed so much with the preservation of Atobá's species (Sula leucogaster). This wonderful study could be enjoy visiting the activities of this project in site http://maradentro.org.br/ilhasrj/

Also one of the expeditions of the seabirds' monitoring can be watched in the link bellow filmed by Globo TV. Click, enjoy and share with your friends!