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State Secretariat for Environment and Water Resources - SEMA
Paran Biodiversity Project: The Project - Curitiba-PR, 2006.
1. Biodiversity. 2. Environment. 3. Corridors of Biodiversity.
CDD. (2 ed.) 333.95
State Governor
Roberto Requio de Mello e Silva
Vice-Governor and Secretary of State forAgriculture and Provisions - SEAB
Orlando Pessuti
Secretary of State for Environment and WaterResources - SEMA
Luiz Eduardo Cheida
Secretary of State for Planning and GeneralCoordination - SEPL
Reinhold Stephanes
Emater
Sabino Brasil Nunes de Campos
Codapar
Ney Amilton Caldas Ferreira
Environmental Instit ute of Paran - IAP
Lindsley da Silva Rasca Rodrigues
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I. INTRODUCTION
Objectives.......................................................................................................4
Lines of action .................................................................................................4
Institutional Arrangement ...............................................................................6
Components of the project ............................................................................7
II. LOCAL DIAGNOSIS
Biodiversity Corridors.....................................................................................8
Environmental Impacts .................................................................................10
Proposed solutions........................................................................................11
III LESSONS LEARNED ....................................................................................12
IV. STATEMENTS............................................................................................... 13
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The central focus of the Paran Biodiversity
Project is the conservation of biodiversity
and the sustainable management of natural
resources. With financial support from the
World Environment Fund, through the
World Bank, it is being implemented by
the Government of the State of Paran.The linking of forest fragments, mainly
represented by the Conservation Units,
and the reorientation of rural production
to models that have less impact are the
fundamental pillars of its implementation
strategy.
The development of actions in the
Araucria Forest and Semidecidual
Stational Forest eco-regions is based on
the involvement of society in the process
of constructing new models of
production. The creation of biodiversity
corridors and the adoption of more
efficient systems of inspection,
enforcement and control have helped in
the conservation and connection of local
biological diversity.
Objectives
I.INTR
ODUCTION Lines of Act ion
To protect species of the regional fauna
and flora.
to promote the Conservationof Biodiversity and sustainable
management of natural resources in two
important eco-regions in the State ofParan;
to conceive and implement a model forimproving the conservation of biodiversity in
Paran and
to create biodiversity corridors,linking the conservation units
among themselves.
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Make rural production compatible with
environmental conservation by using less
impacting alternative technology.
Execute the planning of micro watersheds
and properties inserted in the biodiversity
corridors.Readapt the conventional model of
agriculture and livestock production, through
actions which are less aggressive to the
environment and through incentives such as
agricultural ecological modules, conservationist
agriculture, such as organic, among others.
Consider the conservation units as radiating
poles for linking the forest fragments and forthe preservation of natural environments.
Educate society and the technicians
involved for the conservation of biodiversity
and soil usage alternatives with less
environmental impact.
Recover areas designated for permanent
preservation (PPA) and as legal reserve (LR).
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Institutional ArrangementThe Project Management Unit - PMU,
responsible for the coordination of the Project
is located in the State Secretariat for Planning
and General Coordination - SEPL. The State
Secretariat for Environment and Water
Resources - SEMA and the State Secretariat
for Agriculture and Provisions - SEAB are
responsible for the projects execution, mainly,
through their affiliated institutions:
Environmental Institute of Paran IAP, Paran
Company for Technical Assistance and Rural
Outreach - EMATER and the Company for the
Agricultural and Livestock Production
Development of Paran CODAPAR.
SEMA is responsible for the projectsenvironmental education program, working
together with the State Secretariat for
Education - SEED and with associations of
municipal schools.
IAP is responsible for the development of
activities linked to the control and protection
of the flora and fauna, the management of
conservation units and the training of project
technicians and institutions. The objective is
to create a new attitude with respect to the
environment, in addition to promoting
appropriate technological solutions.
SEAB works integrating the two projects,Paran 12 Months and Paran Biodiversity,
guaranteeing financial and technical support
for small farmers in the three corridors.
EMATER is in charge of planning the ruralspace in the biodiversity corridors, assuring
that agricultural and livestock-related activities
are developed in a sustainable way, with the
least possible impact on nature. It is also
responsible for promoting the recovery of
riparian woods, forests on steep slopes and
on hilltops; for the negotiation with producers
over the allocation of the legal reserve and
for the training of farmers for the development
of sustainable activities.
CODAPAR works both as a financial agentensuring support for farmers, and as auditor
for the project.
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Components of the projectIncentives for Conservation and
Management of Biodiversity: aimed at
reducing threats to biodiversity and
reestablishing links between forest
fragments and the protected areas with
environmental relevance, creating
biodiversity corridors. It promotes the useof good agricultural practices, providing
incentives for sustainable production
systems and for the practice of organic and
conservationist agriculture, agroecology,
agrosilviculture, biological management of
pests and weeds, reduction in the use of
toxic agrochemicals, among others.
Control and Protection: develops, with
greater efficiency and scope, public actions
in the control of environmental quality. The
objective is to stimulate society to participate
in the processes of conservation of
biodiversity. It strengthens the systems for
inspection and enforcement, licensing and
environmental monitoring.
Education and Guidance of Society for
Conservation of Biodiversity: seeks to
enhance social sensitivity as to the
importance of conserving biodiversity,
preparing it to participate and contribute in
the process of recovering and maintaining
the quality of the ecosystems of thecorridors and of the development of clean
productive systems.
Administrat ion: responsible for
coordinating the Project, in order to cause
various public and private institutions to
begin considering the conservation of
biodiversity in their work agenda. In addition
to that, it foresees the execution of
fundamental studies for the establishment of
technical, operational, legal and sustainable
strategies for the conservation of
biodiversity.
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Biodiversit y Corr idors
The Paran Biodiversity Project has, as areas
with priority for developing actions, the
corridors known as Caiu-Ilha Grande, Iguau-
Paran and Araucria, encompassing three
different regions along the Iguau and Paran
rivers. They correspond to a total area of2.151.175 hectares, involving 63 municipalities.
The project anticipates the linking of forests
fragments, by recovering riparian woods and
other forest formations, combined with the
promotion of responsible agriculture,
allowing the flow of animals, the
dissemination of plant species, the
improvement in the quality of water, the
control of erosion, increasing thebeauty of local landscapes and
consequently, the recovery of
biodiversity in its area of scope.
The corridor areas were defined
taking into account four criteria:
biodiversity representation;
the need to recover and
maintain the ecosystems
(Araucria Forest and
Semideciduous Stational
Forest);
existence of units of
conservation;
proximity of borders used
for the traffic of fauna and
flora species.
CAIU - ILHA GRANDCORRIDO
In the Caiu-Ilha Grande corridothe main activity is livestoc
produced for meat, along witthe production of grain an
other activities. In this corrido
two important conservation unitare found: the Caiu Ecological Station(Diamante do Norte) and the So Camil
Biological Reserve2 (Palotina
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
II.LOCAL
DIAGNOSIS
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This corridor neighbours theIguazu National Park, the largestcontinuous remmant of theSemideciduous Stational Forest.
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ARAUCRIA CORRIDORIn the Araucria corridor, the main activity is agriculture, with thepredominant crops being corn, beans, soy and wheat. The region
harbors the Rio dos Touros Ecological Station5 (Iguau Reserve) andthe Pinho Forest Reserve6 (Pinho).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
IGUAU-PARAN CORRIDORIn the Iguau-Paran corridor, the activitiesare agricultural, mainly wheat and soy,cattle raising, in addition to the raising of
hogs and fowl. In the municipality of SoPedro do Iguau there is an area ofrelevant ecologic interest, called Cabeado Cachorro3, and the Parque Estadual doRio Guarani is located in Trs Barras doParan.4.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
absence of Riparian Woods
illegal hunting and fishing
illegal deforestation for land-clearing purposes
fires used for land-clearing
purposes
toxic agrochemicals
waste material: agrochemicalcontainers and animal waste
other causes:agriculture conducted in a high-
impact mannerabsence of soil and water
conservation practices;improper usage of natural
resources by tourism;improper extraction of mineral
resources.
Source:Source:Source:Source:Source: Project Manual
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The main causes for the reductionof biodiversity identified by theProject are:
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Environmental Impacts
Activities that are inadequate for the conservation of
biodiversity cause environmental imbalance, reducing the
quality of life of local and regional populations.
Deforestation for land-clearingpurposes
Habitat fragmentation reduces thepossibility of maintaining natural areasas live, self-regulating ecosystems in
their natural complexity, which can leadto a chain-reaction extinction process.
Fires usedfor clearing land
An inadequate practice thatleads to the reduction andextinction of many naturalenvironments, reducing
biological diversity.
WasteThe improper dumping of
solid waste causes problemsfor humanity: the proliferation
of vectors which transmitdiseases, flooding, degradation
of the environment andcontamination of the soil, air
and water. In addition toresidential, commercial, and
industrial waste, in the ruralareas agrochemicals and refusefrom hog raising have a
negative impact on the qualityof river waters.Extinction of
SpeciesThe reduction ofplant and animal
populationsdiminishes their
genetic variability andincreases the
probability ofextinction.
Absence of
Riparian ForestsWithout
protection, riversand lakes are
subjected to theaccumulation ofsediments and
transport of mineraland organic
substances withdamage to water
quality and to thenavigability of rivers
and lakes.
High-ImpactAgriculture
Inappropriate agriculturalpractices lead to
exhausting or impoverishing the soil,
and to its loss.Toxic Agrochemicals
The indiscriminate and improperuse of toxic agrochemicals
eliminates, along with pests andweeds, useful organisms, animaland plant species, contaminating
the air, soil and water.
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Proposed Solutions
Micro watershed planning
To plan the landscape in a
detailed and participative way,
aiming at the conservation of
biodiversity through the
reestablishment of riparian
woods and forests and
reducing the agricultural
impact on biodiversity bymeans of the introduction of
good management practices.
In this way, remaining forests
are linked among themselves
and the agricultural matrix
does not represent a threat to
life, forming a sustainable
landscape.
Environmental Technical
Assistance
To organize producers, through
Municipal Councils and Biodiversity
Technical Chambers, and in a
participative way try to make the
use of land compatible with the
conservation of biodiversity.
Agroecological modules
To support the development
of innovative, ecologically
correct community
businesses, with groups of
approximately 20 farmers.
The project finances a wide
range of activities, from
organic agriculture to carbonsequestration projects.
These activities serve as
demonstrations, with the
aim of showing that it is
possible to simultaneously
produce with a profit and
preserve the biodiversity.
Conservation UnitsTo establish structure
for the six Conservation
Units located in the
corridors, so that they
can fulfill their role of
conservation and
preservation of the flora
and fauna while
becoming integrated
with life in their region.
Riparian Forest and other areas ofpermanent preservation
To recover riparian forest andpermanent preservation areas,
applying a set of laws as acontribution to forest recovery and as
incentive for linking the existingfragments.
Center for ManagingWild Fauna
o introduce a unit specializedin the recovery and
reintroduction of wild animals,endangered or otherwise, due
to road kill collisions, traffic(illegal capture and trade), and
other factors.
The challenge is to make rural productioncompatible with environmental conservation
with: micro watershed planning, environmentaltechnical assistance, support for agroecological
modules, protection of conservation units,
implanting a center for the management of wild
life, education, training and social mobilizationefforts. These actions show that it is possible to
produce without using fires to clear land, withoutan excess of agrochemicals, recover riparian
woods and forest fragments in order to preserve
the soil, the water and biodiversity.
Social MobilizationTo value local knowledge
in promoting theconservation of
biodiversity.
Training and Educat ionTo raise public awareness
and concern about theconservationist actions of
biodiversity and toinvolve the population inenvironmental practices.To explore and work outconcepts and practiceswith local leadership,
farmers, and teachers, inorder to improve the
environment.
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III.LESSON
SLEARNED One of the greatest results of the Paran Biodiversity Project
was to integrate technicians, formerly with opposing views,
in a project articulated for the improvement of the quality
of life and the environment of local communities.
Today, technicians linked to agriculture talk about the need
to preserve biodiversity just as naturally as they do when
recommending fertilizer usage or economic planning for
the production system. Technicians from environmental
institutions recognize the need to produce and to negotiate
biodiversity conservation, without excluding the farmer
from the process.
They all learned that it is difficult to change deeply rooted
habits and to interfere in other peoples lives, often causing
financial hardship in the short term for relatively poor
producers.
However, everybody is proud for having achieved the
following during the three years this project has been
under way:
Promoted the recovery of riparian forests,
guaranteeing the quality of our water. In partnership with
Paran 12 Months, 6000 families received financial support
for reducing impacts on biodiversity, with priority going
to the protection of rivers, whether by planting riparian
woods or by isolating them with fences, complemented
by the construction of community water supplies;
Planned the use of land in 176 micro watersheds, with 6Centers for Planning Land Use, structured in Emater offices,
in a participative way with 7500 local producers and with a
strong participation from IAP in the analysis of these plans. In
this way, environmental impacts were discussed a prioriand
not corrected after the damage had been done.
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Financed 35 agroecological modules, sustainable and
community businesses, with the objective of demonstrating
the viability of productive systems that coexist with
biodiversity conservation for 600 small farmers.
Performed responsible environmental technical
assistance, encouraging the adoption of sustainable
practices for managing agriculture, livestock and forests.
Worked with environmental education and training for
government technicians, farmers and schools in rural areas,
discussing new paradigms of development, including
subjects such as biodiversity, sustainability, conservation
of nature in local and regional discussions. 120,000 peoplebenefited from training promoted by the project, among
them 3,000 teachers and community leaders, with the
participation of 500 municipal and state schools.
Provided structure for Conservation Units and
regional teams for monitoring and managing biodiversity,
through the acquisition of vehicles, computers and
equipment. A series of training programs in service and
consulting for performing rapid ecological evaluation of
the area of the project and plans for managing are added
to investments in structure, currently in the process of
being contracted (construction of headquarters in the
conservation units, fences, trails and a Center for
Managing Wild Fauna).Finally, everybody thanks rural producers who
believed in them and acted in a positive manner on their
properties, at t imes in a simple way, but always conscious
of being part of a global action for the conservation of
biodiversity.
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IV.STATEMENTS Project Managers
Paran Biodiversity seeks the development of an
agriculture with less impact on the environment,
aiming at improved management of natural
resources, focused on the recovery of biodiversity,
by linking fragments and existing forest remnants.
Orlando Pessut iVice-Governor and Secretary of State for
Agriculture and Provisions
Paran is the first state to create effective tools for
monitoring work on conservation of Biodiversity,
which is directing all public policy in this area.
Luiz Eduardo CheidaSecretary of State for the Environment
and Water Resources
The Paran Biodiversity Project is an opportunity
for society to discuss its future, having on the
horizon the conservation of nature and a clean and
sustainable agricultural production.
Erich SchaitzaProject Manager - PMU
The Project aims at conserving Biodiversity and
implement ing sustainable agriculture. However,
more than this, it promotes integrated action by
technicians from different areas. This teamwork
has brought about social-environmental
improvements in the local communities.
Gracie Abad MaximianoTechnical Manager - PMU
The Project is in place to attenuate the causes of
environmental degradation in rural areas, proposing
and supporting measures for the conservation of
biodiversit y and for natural resources wit hout losing
sight of interests of the productive sector.
Agronomist Luiz Marcos Feitosa dos SantosImplementing agent - Emater
Paran Biodiversity is a project that I consider to
be of excellence, since it is the first one that allows
the society of Paran to work harmoniously with
the productive agricultural and livestock farming
areas and the conservation of Biodiversity.
Agronomist Jos Carlos Espinoza AliagaCoordination of the Incentive Component - PMU
The Paran Biodiversity Project, due to the large
number of people involved, adds a lot of importantposit ive energy to the review of concepts and attitudes
and serves to alert all people to become agents of the
transformations necessary for recovering the essence
of life, which is environmental balance.
Geographer Izabella Maria SwierczynskiProject Management Unit - PMU
Unfortunately, in natures house only the corridor
remained, and this project, through EnvironmentalEducation, allows the involvement and the
commitment of various social players: leaderships,
teachers and students in raising awareness and in
the change of attitude and habits necessary to
preserve a bit of what is left of nature.
Educator Rosa RiskallaAdvisor in Environmental Education SEMA
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Every environmental management process should
articulate the conservation of in situ biodiversity, by
means of the implementat ion of Conservation Unit s,
the identificat ion and recovery of strategic areas for
establishing connectivity between the CUs and
natural fragments of vegetation and manage the
social and economic relations of this intervention in
this biodiversity conservation process: and the ParanBiodiversity Project seeks this.
Joo Batista Campos
Director of Biodiversity and Protected Areas - IAP
Araucria Corridor
The Paran Biodiversity Project in the Araucria
Corridor came to revolutionize the environmental
issue. In the region, a large part of society wanted
to work in an environmentally correct manner, butthey lacked support. With the project, enthusiasm
is widespread and they are putting into practice
models of sustainable development.
Agricultural Technician Celso Arajo
Araucria Corridor Manager
Araucria Corridor of biodiversity where the pulse
of life will continue with a new vision of ecological
safeguarding and economic growth.Idelfonso Costa SEMA - Guarapuava
The Paran Biodiversity Project brings to the
Southwest region of the State the possibility of
repairing damage caused to the environment
throughout history. It makes us recover ethical and
moral values in our society.
Osmar Ribeiro SEMA - Francisco Beltro
Iguau - Paran Corridor
I believe in the success of the Paran Biodiversity
Project since, for the first t ime, I see a governmental
action integrate the productive and environmental
sectors, governmental and non-governmental,
municipal, national agencies, public and private
companies and above all support ing the agriculturaland livestock farmers.
Agronomist Donivaldo Pereir a do Carmo
Iguau Corridor Manager- Paran
The Paran Biodiversity Project is everything that
environmental agents have always had as an
objective.Jos Volnei Bisognin IAP - Toledo
Caiu-Ilha Grande Corr idor
Everybody has the right to a healthy and ecologically
appropriate environment. It is the obligation of
every citizen to preserve Biodiversity, guaranteeing
a good quality of life.
Forest Technician David Gobor
Manager of the Caiu - Ilha Grande Corridor
In the northwestern region of Paran, since 2002,
concrete actions from the Paran Biodiversity
Project are being implemented and nature is already
giving its thankful response
Doraci Ramos Oliveira IAP - Paranava
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For more information, Project Management Unit-PMURua Mximo Joo Kopp, 274, Bloco 1 CEP: 82630-900 Curitiba-PR Fone (41) 3351-6300 Fax (41) 3351-6285 [email protected] The booklet was printed in an editionof 5,000 copies March, 2006.