Biodiversity, Forests and other Ecosystems

Using the world's leading supplier of genetic sequencing equipment we will start mapping the biodiversity of Santuário dos Três Reinos' the Atlantic Rainforest reserve of 5 million square metres within the Greater Metropolitan Recife area. This reserve belongs to the parent group of Arborem, which is part of the controlling group of PETRA Energia, Latin America's largest privately held oil & gas company. Arborem has the pledged support of its parent group which is also totally committed to the biodiversity and regeneration of Brazil's flora. The iGRU is headed by Brazil's leading molecular biologist and geneticist Dr Genaro Ribeiro de Paiva who until recently was visiting professor at UCLA. Arborem's development in this area is led by Charles Frewen a lifelong campaigner and supporter of the Brazilian Rainforest and the Cerrado.