More than two decades studying the biggest primate of the Americans continents inside the RPPN FMA has produced the most complete and detailed work about their social behavior, reproducing habits, relation with habitat and inner group interactions; all of these were performed using a very simple and inadequate infrastructure.

Given the importance of these studies for the long term preservation and hopefully repopulation of this endangered species, Preserve Muriqui is looking for partners to build new facilities where it will be able to host the next generation of researches.

With a beautifully designed project with the shape of a leaf, made by the German architect Iris Hannevald, the new field Laboratory for the Caratinga Biological Station is due to support the reserve’s natural vocation for researches.