The company Initiatives and Developments of Brasil (IDB) has signed a Technical Cooperation agreement with the Nucleus in Ecology and Socio-environmental Development of Macaé (NUPEM) – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), aiming to develop and implement research projects in the coastal ecosystems and natural resources area in the Atlantic Forest biome and its associated ecosystems.

Through the creation of a Private Reserve of Natural Heritage (RPPN) and a Research Center (CRA), IDB attempts to promote scientific research in relation to coastal ecosystems and restinga, typical of the area that includes its Maraey Rio de Janeiro project (formerly known as Fazenda de São Bento da Lagoa).