{"id":1474,"date":"2023-02-25T18:05:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T18:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toninhasdobrasil.com.br\/history\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T04:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T04:01:44","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toninhasdobrasil.com.br\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Toninhas do Brasil is a benchmark reference, both in Brazil and worldwide, when it comes to research and conservation of small cetaceans, especially the franciscana. The project is also well-known for its environmental awareness actions.<\/p>\n

It works in conjunction with national and international institutions, strengthening partnerships for actions in networks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Research of the species\u2019 ecology started in 1994, when the then-undergrad Biology student Marta Cremer started a project with artisanal fishermen at the Farol de Santa Marta community, in Laguna.<\/p>\n

In 1996, in the northern coast of Santa Catarina, Marta made the first record of franciscanas at Babitonga Bay.<\/p>\n

Their presence at the bay was considered unlikely at the time, since franciscanas were believed to occur only in open-sea coastal waters. That finding did not change this reality completely: to this day, the occurrence of franciscanas in bays and estuaries is considered rare. Since then, the Babitonga Bay franciscanas have been studied, being confirmed as a resident population and considered a unique population stock. Babitonga became a showcase for franciscanas, whose photographs used to be rare, as well as a natural laboratory for the development of a variety of researches, which have been contributing greatly to the scientific knowledge about the species.<\/p>\n

From 2000 onwards, when Marta became a professor at UNIVILLE, research on the cetacean populations of Babitonga Bay developed into an institutional project. In 2011, Projeto Toninhas received funding from Petrobras (Petr\u00f3leo Brasileiro S.A, or Brazilian Petroleum Corporation) for the first time, which enabled a great number of advancements in research and environmental education. Since then, the project has dedicated itself to researches involving a variety of aspects related to the species\u2019 ecology, to an intense environmental education work, to the engagement of different sectors of society and to the development of a strategic communication, bringing society closer to marine conservation.<\/p>\n

In the last few years, the project has been amplifying its area of activity, aiming to contribute to the conservation of franciscanas in different regions of occurrence of the species, being also present in S\u00e3o Paulo and Paran\u00e1, through partnerships with local institutions.
Nowadays, the project also directs its efforts to the search for solutions for the reduction of bycatch mortality.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"Pesquisadora
Pesquisadora manuseando primeiro alarme ac\u00fastico testado pelo Projeto Toninhas em 2003.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Equipe
Equipe do Projeto Toninhas em frente ao Espa\u00e7o Ambiental Babitonga (ESAB), em 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Toninha
Toninha monitorada pelo projeto com marcador satelital na nadadeira em 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Pesquisadores
Pesquisadores de diversos pa\u00edses em uma embarca\u00e7\u00e3o de pesquisa durante coloca\u00e7\u00e3o de marcadores satelitais em toninhas na Ba\u00eda Babitonga (SC) no ano de 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Tr\u00eas
Tr\u00eas pesquisadores \u00e0 bordo de uma pequena embarca\u00e7\u00e3o com um tel\u00eametro em campo para estimativa de abund\u00e2ncia de toninhas na Ba\u00eda Babitonga (SC) em 2003<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Pesquisadora
Pesquisadora do Projeto Toninhas manuseando o primeiro alarme ac\u00fastico para toninhas testado pelo Projeto em 2003<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\"Marta
Marta Cremer, coordenadora do Toninhas do Brasil, palestrando na Exposi\u00e7\u00e3o Mam\u00edferos Marinhos de Santa Catarina, na Univille de Joinville (SC), em 2003.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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