Film and video · IPÊ (Institute for Ecological Research)
Black lion tamarin: a wildlife crossing video for IPÊ
The black lion tamarin, IPÊ's symbol, leads a video on the importance of reconnecting the Atlantic Forest fragments of the Pontal do Paranapanema.
Film still · Forest Criações
- Client
- IPÊ (Institute for Ecological Research)
- Year
- 2015
- Territory
- Pontal do Paranapanema, western São Paulo, Atlantic Forest
- Format
- Short video
The challenge
IPÊ has worked for decades in the Pontal do Paranapanema, where the Atlantic Forest has been reduced to fragments such as Morro do Diabo State Park and the Mico-leão-preto Ecological Station. The institute wanted to explain to the public why these fragments must be reconnected so animals can move between them, and to protect the black lion tamarin, an endangered species that became the region's symbol.
The film
What we delivered
- Educational outline
- Video on the black lion tamarin and wildlife crossings
What we did
We prepared an educational outline with the history of the region's occupation, the map of ecological corridors IPÊ is designing for the Pontal, the community tree nurseries and interviews with farmers and the institute's technicians. The final video, Travessia de Animais Silvestres (Wildlife Crossing), uses the black lion tamarin as a symbol of this connection between forest fragments.
