The CRBA periodically organises expeditions to study and collect zoological material. Obtained results are made public by the means of books that can be downloaded in pdf format from here.


The Abune Yosef Massif: Birds and Mammals of a Hidden Jewel of Ethiopia (2009)

Between 1999 and 2004, five expeditions wewre conducted in the Abune Yosef massif, in Ethiopia. The purpose of these expeditions to the Lalibela area was providing an inventory of birds and mammals and a complete photographic report of the region with the aim of establishing a base document for the proposal of the Abune Yosef massif as a Biosphere Reserve. The Man and Biosphere Programme of the UNESCO grants this title to the areas where biodiversity conservation is combined with the sustainable development of local communities and research on their natural and cultural values.

The book, edited by Deli Saavedra and with photographs by Dantart, contains checklists and studies of bird and mammal species living in the Abune Yosef massif, as well as a revision of micromammal species and maps. Moreover, it includes a set of management proposals for the area, such as the use of solar cookers to stop deforestation.


Censuses of Vertebrates in a Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Area: The Paranapiacaba Fragment (2002)

In 1998, in collaboration with the Fundaçao Florestal de Sao Paulo, an expedition to the Brazilian Mata Atlantica was performed. The aim of this expedition was the assessment of population denisties of reptiles, birds and mammals in the area.

The Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest is a biodiversity hotspot. Deforestation during the XVII century reduced it to thousands of isolated fragments separated by pastures, roads and cities. Edited by E. Mateos, J.C. Guix, A. Serra and K. Pisciotta, the book is a set of scientific papers showing the results of censuses and inventories of several threatened vertebrate species living in one of the best preserved areas of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest: the Paranapiacaba fragment.