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Caiman Ecological Refuge

Onçafari jaguar habituation and reintroduction project — 53,000 hectares protected in Southern Pantanal, funded by every stay.

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Ranger's Receipt
Southern Pantanal · Brazil
ONE RIDICULOUSLY GOOD ADVENTURE
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  • 1wild jaguar, close enough to remember forever, through the Onçafari project
  • 53,000 haof Pantanal kept wild — nine Manhattans
  • 500local people whose living now depends on the jaguar staying alive
  • 2 / yrorphaned jaguars raised and returned to the wild
  • the cattle ranch that decided a jaguar was worth more alive
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TOTAL: You went. The jaguar won.
53,000-hectare reserve (~9 Manhattans of 5,900 ha each). Onçafari jaguar habituation & reintroduction (~2 rewilded per year); ~500 community members benefiting. Source: Caiman Ecological Refuge / Onçafari, https://www.caiman.com.br/en/
Conservation programs
  • Onçafari jaguar habituation and reintroduction project
  • Hyacinth macaw population monitoring
  • Blue-fronted parrot research and registration
  • 53,000 hectare Pantanal conservation ranch
The work, measured
53K haprotected
1 countryof operation
1 protected areaunder management
3 speciesunder direct program
500 community membersbenefiting
Source year: 2024
The frontline
2 speciestranslocated or reintroduced a year
1 jurisdictionunder active agreement
RiskActive jaguar poaching threats in the Pantanal; Onçafari project protects habituated jaguars at elevated risk
Source year: 2024
Conservation alignment
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