Avoided deforestation program
Positivo Group (Gráfica e Editora Posigraf)
ABOUT IT
The Avoided Deforestation Program is an alliance between the landowners and the Positivo environmental compensation company and the conservation of Araucaria biodiversity in the Uru Reserve. Posigraf, which belongs to the Positivo Group, together with IBAMA, transformed the area into a Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN). Once transformed into an RPPN, a category of fully protected Conservation Unit, its 128 hectares of Araucaria Forest are protected in perpetuity.
With no completion date, it is ongoing.
Results and Objectives
- 128 hectares of Araucaria Forest transformed into a Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN);
- 5189 students benefited from Uru's environmental education program, due to start in 2014;
- 572 species of flora protected, of which 27 are rare, 15 are threatened with extinction and 1 is considered extremely rare.
- 42 species of mammals, 10 of which are on the endangered list.
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