the paper investigates the knowledge about the medicinal plants in the community - eighty-nine species were cited, belonging to 43 botanical families, with lamiaceae and asteraceae being the most representative ones. 

praia do sono (beach of the sleep) is located inside the reserva ecológica da juatinga - rej, part of the área de preservação ambiental do cairuçu, in  paraty.

published by the secretaria de estado de meio ambiente e desenvolvimento sustentável estado do rio de janeiro, the paper manguezais, educar para proteger, (mangroves, educate to protect) is a comprehensive summary of this type of terrain - detailing how mangrove forests represent the most important sources for coastal food chains, making mangrove swamps one of the main factors responsible for the abundant sea population of tropical waters.