
Patricia Medici
@medicipatricia
Research Coordinator, Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative, Brazil
IPE - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas
Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG)
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http://www.tapirconservation.org.br 24-05-2011 23:28:16
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Meet the baby tapir, a threatened species that is crucial for Central and South American ecosystems. This week at #NatGeoFest, Patricia Medici will receive the National Geographic/Buffet Award for her work to save them from extinction. 📷: Katie Orlinsky INCAB-IPÊ


Starting now at #NatGeoFest: Putting Species on the Map session featuring Olivier Nsengimana, Rodrigo A Medellin, Patricia Medici and @INCAB_Brasil. Tune-in live at: NatGeo.org/WatchFestival

This is the most amazing animal on earth. - conservationist Patricia Medici on tapirs #NatGeoFest National Geographic Society


Conservationist Patricia Medici of @INCAB_Brasil uses communication to help raise awareness about the need to conserve lowland tapirs- the largest land mammal in South America. #NatGeoFest


Have you heard of the lowland tapir? Buffet Award winner Patricia Medici wants to put this species on the map. More about the work ➡️ @INCAB_Brasil #NatGeoFest


Cientista brasileira ganha prêmio internacional de liderança em conservação da natureza por trabalho com a anta brasileira. Parabéns! plurale.com.br/site/noticias-… / @INCAB_Brasil IPÊ National Geographic Instituto Pró-Tapir SOS Mata Atlântica Marcia Hirota André Rocha Ferretti Fundação Grupo Boticário André Rocha Ferretti



If you ask, Patricia Medici she would say tapirs are “undeniably the best animal.” That’s why she has dedicated nearly three decades to protecting lowland tapirs in her home country of Brazil. blog.nationalgeographic.org/2019/07/16/mee… 📷: Katie Orlinsky





New IUCN Red List guidelines (version 13) available for download: bit.ly/2piKpB0 UN Environment Programme CITES IUCN Save Our Species

This place might be home to orangutans, Sumatran rhinos, a legendary tribe and a mythical ape. theguardian.com/environment/ra… Guardian Environment





