The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) announced the creation of the Brazilian Penguin Stranding and Information Network (Repin) to support conservation activities for penguins found on the Brazilian coast. The network will be made up of institutions and research groups that work to rescue birds and will promote sighting, monitoring, stranding assistance, as well as situations of injured or dead animals as a result of incidental fishing or oil spills. by the National Center for Research and Conservation of Wild Birds (Cemave/ICMBio) and will involve the rescue, stabilization, rehabilitation and release of animals, in addition to sharing data through the cataloging of biological samples of penguin specimens, with the aim of exchanging with groups of research. One of the most common species found on the Brazilian coast is the Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), a seasonal visitor from the south of the American continent – from Argentina, the Malvinas Islands and Chile. Due to different circumstances, many birds arrive weakened on Brazilian beaches. Those that manage to be rescued are rehabilitated, some undergo depetrolization processes and are returned to nature. In 2020, 16 Magellan penguins were released by ICMBio through a partnership with Petrobras’ Beach Monitoring Project (PMP), Eletronuclear and the Center for Rehabilitation and Depetrolization of Marine Animals, in Angra dos Reis, coast from Rio de Janeiro. Repin members should promote institutional exchange, collaboration, technical cooperation and articulate actions to assist penguins stranded and captured in fishing gear, tarpaulins or victims of other types of incidents. “The network will consist of an unlimited number of institutions, as long as they meet the necessary requirements established by the Internal Regulations”, says an excerpt from the decree creating Repin, published this Monday (27) in the Official Gazette. The participation of technical or institutional representatives in Repin meetings will not involve remuneration and will be considered of relevant public interest. The network’s actions will also involve the necropsy of animals, for research related to conservation; observation and recording of the presence of individuals on the coast, which may or may not involve rescue. Repin meetings will preferably be held in a virtual environment and, when face-to-face, the costs must be borne by each institution, ICMBio not being responsible for the cost, provides for the ordinance, which comes into force on April 3.
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