The first sight of the Araripe Manakin by ornintologists was made on December 15, in the Farias watersource, Ararara district, Barbalha/CE.
The discovery of the Araripe Manakin echoed internationally. Its unique beauty and the risk of extinction from nature in the near future mobilized a range of institutions for its conservation.
The discovery of the Araripe Manakin echoed internationally. Its unique beauty and the risk of extinction from nature in the near future mobilized a range of institutions for its conservation.
The discovery of the Araripe Manakin echoed internationally. Its unique beauty and the risk of extinction from nature in the near future mobilized a range of institutions for its conservation.
In this year, the description of the specie was published in the Ararajuba magazine. Its name Anthilopia bokermanni is a homage to Werner Bokermann, a zoologist that praised the study of the birds of Ceará.
The specie is enlisted in the International Red List because of its restricted and severely fragmented distribution, the worsening of the quality of its habitat and the disappearence of mature animals.
First conservation project for the specie, supported by the NPO Observadores de Aves de Pernambuco. The specie is enlisted in the National Red List.
Aquasis starts the conservation work for the specie in a partnership with one of its discovers, the researcher Weber Silva. The main goal is to obtain data about the specie and use it to support a national handling and conservation plan.
The plan is the initial result of the research made with the Araripe Manakin. The document contains current information about the specie and recomendations for municipal, federal, state and institutional actions for conservation.
We proposed the creation of a permanent Federal Conservation Unity for the specie, in Chapada do Araripe for the specie.
As the Guardian institution of an endangered specie, Aquasis is acknowledged as a global leader in the conservation efforts for the Araripe Manakin inside the Preventing Extinction Programme of BirdLife.
The researches from Aquasis responsible for the conservation of the Araripe Manakin establish an office in Crato to intensify the conservation actions for the specie. This decision was fundamental for the acknowledgement of the specie as a symbol of Crato a few years later.
The partnership with ICC allowed the creation of a visitation room and a seedlings nursery for reforestation actions.
The second Acion Plan for the specie contain updated information from the year prior by Aquasis, and lasted for five years.
The seedlings nursery was inaugurated in the ICC, a start for one of the most important conservation actions for this bird: the reforestation and recovery of lifeless areas.
With the creation of the Araçá RPPN, about 11 hectares of land where the Araripe Manakin occur were preserved, an example for landowners in the region.
New planning of goals and actions for conservation for the years between 2015 and 2020.
Creation of the Oasis Araripe RPPN, the first Natural Reserve of Aquasis for the conservation of the Araripe Manakin in Crato.