Dr. Danté Fenolio, Vice President of Conservation and Research at the San Antonio Zoo, and one of the co-hosts of the GreenTracks Amazon Herping Tour as well as the host of the GreenTracks Amazon Photography Tour has now also taken the position as Director of Research for the Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS).  This 250,000 acre tract of  primary rainforest is full of incredible wildlife, a lodge and a 500 meter canopy walkway that establish a perfect research site. Take a look at the ACTS Facebook page to follow the research going on there.

https://www.facebook.com/ACTS-Field-Station-and-Canopy-Walkway-2319841421569124/?hc_location=ufi

We congratulate Danté and wish him great success. 

Links of interest:

ACTS and Canopy Walkway:

https://www.greentracks.com/Jungle-Lodges.html

https://www.greentracks.com/Ceiba-Tops-Canopy-Walkway-Extensions.html

Trips with Danté (Some space still available on 2019 trips):

https://www.greentracks.com/Amazon-Herping.html

https://www.greentracks.com/Amazon-Photography-Trip.html

 

The Brazilian Amazon rainforest lost 739 square kilometers to deforestation in May — or the equivalent of two soccer fields a minute. It's the worst rate of deforestation since the current satellite monitoring methods began, and is "prompting concerns that President Jair Bolsonaro is giving a free pass to illegal logging, farming and mining."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/04/deforestation-of-brazilian-amazon-surges-to-record-high-bolsonaro