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 Every environmental management process should
articulate the conservation of in situ biodiversity, by
State Governor Secretary of State for Planning and General
Coordination - SEPL means of the implementation of Conservation Units,
Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva the identification and recovery of strategic areas for
Reinhold Stephanes
Vice-Governor and Secretary of State for establishing connectivity between the CU’s and
Agriculture and Provisions - SEAB Emater natural fragments of vegetation and manage the
Orlando Pessuti Sabino Brasil Nunes de Campos social and economic relations of this intervention in
Secretary of State for Environment and Water Codapar
this biodiversity conservation process: and the Paraná
Resources - SEMA Biodiversity Project seeks this.
Ney Amilton Caldas Ferreira João Batista Campos
Luiz Eduardo Cheida
Environmental Institute of Paraná - IAP Director of Biodiversity and Protected Areas - IAP
Lindsley da Silva Rasca Rodrigues
Araucária Corridor
The Paraná Biodiversity Project in the Araucária
Corridor came to revolutionize the environmental
issue. In the region, a large part of society wanted
to work in an environmentally correct manner, but
they lacked support. With the project, enthusiasm
State Secretariat for Environment and Water Resources - SEMA is widespread and they are putting into practice
Paraná Biodiversity Project: The Project - Curitiba-PR, 2006. models of sustainable development.
1. Biodiversity. 2. Environment. 3. Corridors of Biodiversity. Agricultural Technician Celso Araújo
CDD. (2ª ed.) 333.95 Araucária Corridor Manager
Araucária 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 Paraná 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 Beltrão
Iguaçu - Paraná Corridor
I believe in the success of the Paraná Biodiversity
Project since, for the first time, 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 supporting the agricultural
and livestock farmers.
Agronomist Donivaldo Pereira do Carmo
Iguaçu Corridor Manager- Paraná
The Paraná Biodiversity Project is everything that
environmental agents have always had as an
objective.
José Volnei Bisognin IAP - Toledo
Caiuá-Ilha Grande Corridor
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 Caiuá - Ilha Grande Corridor
In the northwestern region of Paraná, since 2002,
concrete actions from the Paraná Biodiversity
Project are being implemented and nature is already
giving its thankful response
Doraci Ramos Oliveira IAP - Paranavaí
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IV. STATEMENTS Project Managers
Paraná 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 Pessuti
Vice-Governor and Secretary of State for
Agriculture and Provisions
Paraná 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 Cheida
Secretary of State for the Environment
and Water Resources
The Paraná 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 Schaitza
Project Manager - PMU
The Project aims at conserving Biodiversity and
implementing 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 Maximiano
Technical Manager - PMU
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The Project is in place to attenuate the causes of
environmental degradation in rural areas, proposing
and supporting measures for the conservation of
biodiversity and for natural resources without losing
sight of interests of the productive sector.
Agronomist Luiz Marcos Feitosa dos Santos
Implementing agent - Emater
Paraná Biodiversity is a project that I consider to
be of excellence, since it is the first one that allows
the society of Paraná to work harmoniously with
the productive agricultural and livestock farming
areas and the conservation of Biodiversity.
Agronomist José Carlos Espinoza Aliaga
Coordination of the Incentive Component - PMU
The Paraná Biodiversity Project, due to the large
number of people involved, adds a lot of important
positive 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 Swierczynski I. INTRODUCTION
Project Management Unit - PMU
Objectives ....................................................................................................... 4
Unfortunately, in nature’s house only the corridor
remained, and this project, through Environmental Lines of action ................................................................................................. 4
Education, allows the involvement and the
commitment of various social players: leaderships,
Institutional Arrangement ............................................................................... 6
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.
Components of the project ............................................................................ 7
Educator Rosa Riskalla
Advisor in Environmental Education– SEMA II. LOCAL DIAGNOSIS
Biodiversity Corridors ..................................................................................... 8
Environmental Impacts ................................................................................. 10
Proposed solutions ........................................................................................ 11
III LESSONS LEARNED .................................................................................... 12
IV. STATEMENTS ............................................................................................... 13
I. INTRODUCTION The central focus of the Paraná 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 Paraná.
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
Araucária 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
to promote the Conservation
of Biodiversity and sustainable
management of natural resources in two
important eco-regions in the State of
Paraná;
to conceive and implement a model for
improving the conservation of biodiversity in
Paraná and
to create biodiversity corridors,
linking the conservation units
among themselves.
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Lines of Action Financed 35 agroecological modules, sustainable and
To protect species of the regional fauna
community businesses, with the objective of demonstrating
and flora.
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 people
benefited 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 times in a simple way, but always conscious
of being part of a global action for the conservation of
biodiversity.
III. LESSONS LEARNED One of the greatest results of the Paraná Biodiversity Project Make rural production compatible with
was to integrate technicians, formerly with opposing views, environmental conservation by using less
impacting alternative technology.
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. Execute the planning of micro watersheds
and properties inserted in the biodiversity
They all learned that it is difficult to change deeply rooted
corridors.
habits and to interfere in other people’s lives, often causing
Readapt the conventional model of
financial hardship in the short term for relatively poor
agriculture and livestock production, through
producers. actions which are less aggressive to the
However, everybody is proud for having achieved the environment and through incentives such as
following during the three years this project has been agricultural ecological modules, conservationist
agriculture, such as organic, among others.
under way:
Consider the conservation units as radiating
Promoted the recovery of riparian forests,
poles for linking the forest fragments and for
guaranteeing the quality of our water. In partnership with the preservation of natural environments.
Paraná 12 Months, 6000 families received financial support Educate society and the technicians
for reducing impacts on biodiversity, with priority going involved for the conservation of biodiversity
to the protection of rivers, whether by planting riparian and soil usage alternatives with less
woods or by isolating them with fences, complemented environmental impact.
by the construction of community water supplies; Recover areas designated for permanent
preservation (PPA) and as legal reserve (LR).
Planned the use of land in 176 micro watersheds, with 6
Centers 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 priori and
not corrected after the damage had been done.

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Institutional Arrangement
The 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 project’s execution, mainly,
through their affiliated institutions:
Environmental Institute of Paraná – IAP, Paraná
Company for Technical Assistance and Rural
Outreach - EMATER and the Company for the
Agricultural and Livestock Production
Development of Paraná – CODAPAR.
SEMA is responsible for the project’s
environmental 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
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Proposed Solutions
The challenge is to make rural production life, education, training and social mobilization
compatible with environmental conservation efforts. These actions show that it is possible to
with: micro watershed planning, environmental produce without using fires to clear land, without
technical assistance, support for agroecological an excess of agrochemicals, recover riparian
modules, protection of conservation units, woods and forest fragments in order to preserve
implanting a center for the management of wild the soil, the water and biodiversity.
conservation units and the training of project
technicians and institutions. The objective is Agroecological modules Environmental Technical Micro watershed planning
to create a new attitude with respect to the To support the development Assistance To plan the landscape in a
of innovative, ecologically To organize producers, through detailed and participative way,
environment, in addition to promoting correct community Municipal Councils and Biodiversity aiming at the conservation of
appropriate technological solutions. businesses, with groups of Technical Chambers, and in a biodiversity through the
approximately 20 farmers. participative way try to make the reestablishment of riparian
SEAB works integrating the two projects, The project finances a wide woods and forests and
use of land compatible with the
Paraná 12 Months and Paraná Biodiversity, range of activities, from conservation of biodiversity. reducing the agricultural
guaranteeing financial and technical support organic agriculture to carbon impact on biodiversity by
sequestration projects. means of the introduction of
for small farmers in the three corridors. These activities serve as good management practices.
EMATER is in charge of planning the rural demonstrations, with the In this way, remaining forests
aim of showing that it is are linked among themselves
space in the biodiversity corridors, assuring possible to simultaneously and the agricultural matrix
that agricultural and livestock-related activities produce with a profit and does not represent a threat to
preserve the biodiversity. life, forming a sustainable
are developed in a sustainable way, with the
landscape.
least possible impact on nature. It is also
responsible for promoting the recovery of
Conservation Units
riparian woods, forests on steep slopes and To establish structure Training and Education
To raise public awareness
on hilltops; for the negotiation with producers for the six Conservation
Units located in the and concern about the
over the allocation of the legal reserve and corridors, so that they conservationist actions of
biodiversity and to
for the training of farmers for the development can fulfill their role of
conservation and
involve the population in
of sustainable activities. environmental practices.
preservation of the flora
To explore and work out
CODAPAR works both as a financial agent and fauna while
becoming integrated
concepts and practices
ensuring support for farmers, and as auditor with local leadership,
with life in their region.
farmers, and teachers, in
for the project.
order to improve the
Center for Managing environment.
Riparian Forest and other areas of Wild Fauna
permanent preservation o introduce a unit specialized
To recover riparian forest and in the recovery and
permanent preservation areas, reintroduction of wild animals, Social Mobilization
applying a set of laws as a endangered or otherwise, due To value local knowledge
contribution to forest recovery and as to road kill collisions, traffic in promoting the
incentive for linking the existing (illegal capture and trade), and conservation of
fragments. other factors. biodiversity.
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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. Components of the project
Waste
The improper dumping of Incentives for Conservation and Education and Guidance of Society for
solid waste causes problems
Management of Biodiversity: aimed at Conservation of Biodiversity: seeks to
Deforestation for land-clearing Fires used for humanity: the proliferation
purposes for clearing land of vectors which transmit reducing threats to biodiversity and enhance social sensitivity as to the
Habitat fragmentation reduces the An inadequate practice that diseases, flooding, degradation
reestablishing links between forest importance of conserving biodiversity,
possibility of maintaining natural areas leads to the reduction and of the environment and
as live, self-regulating ecosystems in extinction of many natural contamination of the soil, air fragments and the protected areas with preparing it to participate and contribute in
their natural complexity, which can lead environments, reducing and water. In addition to
residential, commercial, and
environmental relevance, creating the process of recovering and maintaining
to a chain-reaction extinction process. biological diversity.
industrial waste, in the rural biodiversity corridors. It promotes the use the quality of the ecosystems of the
areas agrochemicals and refuse
from hog raising have a
of good agricultural practices, providing corridors and of the development of clean
negative impact on the quality incentives for sustainable production productive systems.
Extinction of of river waters.
Species systems and for the practice of organic and Administration: responsible for
The reduction of conservationist agriculture, agroecology,
plant and animal coordinating the Project, in order to cause
populations agrosilviculture, biological management of various public and private institutions to
diminishes their pests and weeds, reduction in the use of
genetic variability and begin considering the conservation of
increases the Absence of toxic agrochemicals, among others. biodiversity in their work agenda. In addition
probability of Riparian Forests
extinction. Without Control and Protection: develops, with to that, it foresees the execution of
protection, rivers greater efficiency and scope, public actions fundamental studies for the establishment of
and lakes are
subjected to the in the control of environmental quality. The technical, operational, legal and sustainable
accumulation of objective is to stimulate society to participate strategies for the conservation of
sediments and
High-Impact transport of mineral in the processes of conservation of biodiversity.
Agriculture and organic biodiversity. It strengthens the systems for
Inappropriate agricultural substances with
practices lead to damage to water inspection and enforcement, licensing and
exhausting or quality and to the environmental monitoring.
“impoverishing” the soil, navigability of rivers
and to its loss. and lakes.
Toxic Agrochemicals
The indiscriminate and improper
use of toxic agrochemicals
eliminates, along with pests and
weeds, useful organisms, animal
and plant species, contaminating
the air, soil and water.

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II. LOCAL DIAGNOSIS Biodiversity Corridors
The Paraná Biodiversity Project has, as areas
with priority for developing actions, the
corridors known as Caiuá-Ilha Grande, Iguaçu-
Paraná and Araucária, encompassing three
different regions along the Iguaçu and Paraná
rivers. They correspond to a total area of
2.151.175 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 the
beauty 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
(Araucária Forest and
Semideciduous Stational
Forest);
existence of units of
conservation;
proximity of borders used
for the traffic of fauna and
flora species.
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1 absence of Riparian Woods
CAIUÁ - ILHA GRANDE
CORRIDOR
In the Caiuá-Ilha Grande corridor,
the main activity is livestock
produced for meat, along with
the production of grain and
other activities. In this corridor
two important conservation units
are found: the Caiuá Ecological Station1
(Diamante do Norte) and the São Camilo
Biological Reserve2 (Palotina).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
2
3
4
5
This corridor neighbours the
Iguazu National Park, the largest
continuous remmant of the
Semideciduous Stational Forest.
The main causes for the reduction
of biodiversity identified by the
Project are:
illegal hunting and fishing
illegal deforestation for land-
clearing purposes
fires used for land-clearing
purposes
toxic agrochemicals
waste material: agrochemical
containers and animal waste
other causes:
agriculture conducted in a high-
impact manner
absence of soil and water
IGUAÇU-PARANÁ CORRIDOR conservation practices;
improper usage of natural
In the Iguaçu-Paraná corridor, the activities resources by tourism;
are agricultural, mainly wheat and soy, improper extraction of mineral
cattle raising, in addition to the raising of resources.
hogs and fowl. In the municipality of São Source: Project Manual.
Pedro do Iguaçu there is an area of
relevant ecologic interest, called Cabeça
do Cachorro3, and the Parque Estadual do
Rio Guarani is located in Três Barras do
Paraná.4.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
ARAUCÁRIA CORRIDOR
In the Araucária corridor, the main activity is agriculture, with the
predominant crops being corn, beans, soy and wheat. The region
harbors the Rio dos Touros Ecological Station5 (Iguaçu Reserve) and
the Pinhão Forest Reserve6 (Pinhão).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
6
II. LOCAL DIAGNOSIS Biodiversity Corridors
The Paraná Biodiversity Project has, as areas
with priority for developing actions, the
corridors known as Caiuá-Ilha Grande, Iguaçu-
Paraná and Araucária, encompassing three
different regions along the Iguaçu and Paraná
rivers. They correspond to a total area of
2.151.175 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 the
beauty 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
(Araucária Forest and
Semideciduous Stational
Forest);
existence of units of
conservation;
proximity of borders used
for the traffic of fauna and
flora species.
8 9
1 absence of Riparian Woods
CAIUÁ - ILHA GRANDE
CORRIDOR
In the Caiuá-Ilha Grande corridor,
the main activity is livestock
produced for meat, along with
the production of grain and
other activities. In this corridor
two important conservation units
are found: the Caiuá Ecological Station1
(Diamante do Norte) and the São Camilo
Biological Reserve2 (Palotina).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
2
3
4
5
This corridor neighbours the
Iguazu National Park, the largest
continuous remmant of the
Semideciduous Stational Forest.
The main causes for the reduction
of biodiversity identified by the
Project are:
illegal hunting and fishing
illegal deforestation for land-
clearing purposes
fires used for land-clearing
purposes
toxic agrochemicals
waste material: agrochemical
containers and animal waste
other causes:
agriculture conducted in a high-
impact manner
absence of soil and water
IGUAÇU-PARANÁ CORRIDOR conservation practices;
improper usage of natural
In the Iguaçu-Paraná corridor, the activities resources by tourism;
are agricultural, mainly wheat and soy, improper extraction of mineral
cattle raising, in addition to the raising of resources.
hogs and fowl. In the municipality of São Source: Project Manual.
Pedro do Iguaçu there is an area of
relevant ecologic interest, called Cabeça
do Cachorro3, and the Parque Estadual do
Rio Guarani is located in Três Barras do
Paraná.4.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
ARAUCÁRIA CORRIDOR
In the Araucária corridor, the main activity is agriculture, with the
predominant crops being corn, beans, soy and wheat. The region
harbors the Rio dos Touros Ecological Station5 (Iguaçu Reserve) and
the Pinhão Forest Reserve6 (Pinhão).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
6
 Environmental Impacts

Activities that are inadequate for the conservation of

biodiversity cause environmental imbalance, reducing the
quality of life of local and regional populations. Components of the project
Waste
The improper dumping of Incentives for Conservation and Education and Guidance of Society for
solid waste causes problems
Management of Biodiversity: aimed at Conservation of Biodiversity: seeks to
Deforestation for land-clearing Fires used for humanity: the proliferation
purposes for clearing land of vectors which transmit reducing threats to biodiversity and enhance social sensitivity as to the
Habitat fragmentation reduces the An inadequate practice that diseases, flooding, degradation
reestablishing links between forest importance of conserving biodiversity,
possibility of maintaining natural areas leads to the reduction and of the environment and
as live, self-regulating ecosystems in extinction of many natural contamination of the soil, air fragments and the protected areas with preparing it to participate and contribute in
their natural complexity, which can lead environments, reducing and water. In addition to
residential, commercial, and
environmental relevance, creating the process of recovering and maintaining
to a chain-reaction extinction process. biological diversity.
industrial waste, in the rural biodiversity corridors. It promotes the use the quality of the ecosystems of the
areas agrochemicals and refuse
from hog raising have a
of good agricultural practices, providing corridors and of the development of clean
negative impact on the quality incentives for sustainable production productive systems.
Extinction of of river waters.
Species systems and for the practice of organic and Administration: responsible for
The reduction of conservationist agriculture, agroecology,
plant and animal coordinating the Project, in order to cause
populations agrosilviculture, biological management of various public and private institutions to
diminishes their pests and weeds, reduction in the use of
genetic variability and begin considering the conservation of
increases the Absence of toxic agrochemicals, among others. biodiversity in their work agenda. In addition
probability of Riparian Forests
extinction. Without Control and Protection: develops, with to that, it foresees the execution of
protection, rivers greater efficiency and scope, public actions fundamental studies for the establishment of
and lakes are
subjected to the in the control of environmental quality. The technical, operational, legal and sustainable
accumulation of objective is to stimulate society to participate strategies for the conservation of
sediments and
High-Impact transport of mineral in the processes of conservation of biodiversity.
Agriculture and organic biodiversity. It strengthens the systems for
Inappropriate agricultural substances with
practices lead to damage to water inspection and enforcement, licensing and
exhausting or quality and to the environmental monitoring.
“impoverishing” the soil, navigability of rivers
and to its loss. and lakes.
Toxic Agrochemicals
The indiscriminate and improper
use of toxic agrochemicals
eliminates, along with pests and
weeds, useful organisms, animal
and plant species, contaminating
the air, soil and water.

10
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Institutional Arrangement
The 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 project’s execution, mainly,
through their affiliated institutions:
Environmental Institute of Paraná – IAP, Paraná
Company for Technical Assistance and Rural
Outreach - EMATER and the Company for the
Agricultural and Livestock Production
Development of Paraná – CODAPAR.
SEMA is responsible for the project’s
environmental 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
6 5
Proposed Solutions
The challenge is to make rural production life, education, training and social mobilization
compatible with environmental conservation efforts. These actions show that it is possible to
with: micro watershed planning, environmental produce without using fires to clear land, without
technical assistance, support for agroecological an excess of agrochemicals, recover riparian
modules, protection of conservation units, woods and forest fragments in order to preserve
implanting a center for the management of wild the soil, the water and biodiversity.
conservation units and the training of project
technicians and institutions. The objective is Agroecological modules Environmental Technical Micro watershed planning
to create a new attitude with respect to the To support the development Assistance To plan the landscape in a
of innovative, ecologically To organize producers, through detailed and participative way,
environment, in addition to promoting correct community Municipal Councils and Biodiversity aiming at the conservation of
appropriate technological solutions. businesses, with groups of Technical Chambers, and in a biodiversity through the
approximately 20 farmers. participative way try to make the reestablishment of riparian
SEAB works integrating the two projects, The project finances a wide woods and forests and
use of land compatible with the
Paraná 12 Months and Paraná Biodiversity, range of activities, from conservation of biodiversity. reducing the agricultural
guaranteeing financial and technical support organic agriculture to carbon impact on biodiversity by
sequestration projects. means of the introduction of
for small farmers in the three corridors. These activities serve as good management practices.
EMATER is in charge of planning the rural demonstrations, with the In this way, remaining forests
aim of showing that it is are linked among themselves
space in the biodiversity corridors, assuring possible to simultaneously and the agricultural matrix
that agricultural and livestock-related activities produce with a profit and does not represent a threat to
preserve the biodiversity. life, forming a sustainable
are developed in a sustainable way, with the
landscape.
least possible impact on nature. It is also
responsible for promoting the recovery of
Conservation Units
riparian woods, forests on steep slopes and To establish structure Training and Education
To raise public awareness
on hilltops; for the negotiation with producers for the six Conservation
Units located in the and concern about the
over the allocation of the legal reserve and corridors, so that they conservationist actions of
biodiversity and to
for the training of farmers for the development can fulfill their role of
conservation and
involve the population in
of sustainable activities. environmental practices.
preservation of the flora
To explore and work out
CODAPAR works both as a financial agent and fauna while
becoming integrated
concepts and practices
ensuring support for farmers, and as auditor with local leadership,
with life in their region.
farmers, and teachers, in
for the project.
order to improve the
Center for Managing environment.
Riparian Forest and other areas of Wild Fauna
permanent preservation o introduce a unit specialized
To recover riparian forest and in the recovery and
permanent preservation areas, reintroduction of wild animals, Social Mobilization
applying a set of laws as a endangered or otherwise, due To value local knowledge
contribution to forest recovery and as to road kill collisions, traffic in promoting the
incentive for linking the existing (illegal capture and trade), and conservation of
fragments. other factors. biodiversity.
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III. LESSONS LEARNED One of the greatest results of the Paraná Biodiversity Project Make rural production compatible with
was to integrate technicians, formerly with opposing views, environmental conservation by using less
impacting alternative technology.
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. Execute the planning of micro watersheds
and properties inserted in the biodiversity
They all learned that it is difficult to change deeply rooted
corridors.
habits and to interfere in other people’s lives, often causing
Readapt the conventional model of
financial hardship in the short term for relatively poor
agriculture and livestock production, through
producers. actions which are less aggressive to the
However, everybody is proud for having achieved the environment and through incentives such as
following during the three years this project has been agricultural ecological modules, conservationist
agriculture, such as organic, among others.
under way:
Consider the conservation units as radiating
Promoted the recovery of riparian forests,
poles for linking the forest fragments and for
guaranteeing the quality of our water. In partnership with the preservation of natural environments.
Paraná 12 Months, 6000 families received financial support Educate society and the technicians
for reducing impacts on biodiversity, with priority going involved for the conservation of biodiversity
to the protection of rivers, whether by planting riparian and soil usage alternatives with less
woods or by isolating them with fences, complemented environmental impact.
by the construction of community water supplies; Recover areas designated for permanent
preservation (PPA) and as legal reserve (LR).
Planned the use of land in 176 micro watersheds, with 6
Centers 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 priori and
not corrected after the damage had been done.

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I. INTRODUCTION The central focus of the Paraná 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 Paraná.
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
Araucária 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
to promote the Conservation
of Biodiversity and sustainable
management of natural resources in two
important eco-regions in the State of
Paraná;
to conceive and implement a model for
improving the conservation of biodiversity in
Paraná and
to create biodiversity corridors,
linking the conservation units
among themselves.
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Lines of Action Financed 35 agroecological modules, sustainable and
To protect species of the regional fauna
community businesses, with the objective of demonstrating
and flora.
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 people
benefited 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 times in a simple way, but always conscious
of being part of a global action for the conservation of
biodiversity.
IV. STATEMENTS Project Managers
Paraná 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 Pessuti
Vice-Governor and Secretary of State for
Agriculture and Provisions
Paraná 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 Cheida
Secretary of State for the Environment
and Water Resources
The Paraná 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 Schaitza
Project Manager - PMU
The Project aims at conserving Biodiversity and
implementing 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 Maximiano
Technical Manager - PMU
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The Project is in place to attenuate the causes of
environmental degradation in rural areas, proposing
and supporting measures for the conservation of
biodiversity and for natural resources without losing
sight of interests of the productive sector.
Agronomist Luiz Marcos Feitosa dos Santos
Implementing agent - Emater
Paraná Biodiversity is a project that I consider to
be of excellence, since it is the first one that allows
the society of Paraná to work harmoniously with
the productive agricultural and livestock farming
areas and the conservation of Biodiversity.
Agronomist José Carlos Espinoza Aliaga
Coordination of the Incentive Component - PMU
The Paraná Biodiversity Project, due to the large
number of people involved, adds a lot of important
positive 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 Swierczynski I. INTRODUCTION
Project Management Unit - PMU
Objectives ....................................................................................................... 4
Unfortunately, in nature’s house only the corridor
remained, and this project, through Environmental Lines of action ................................................................................................. 4
Education, allows the involvement and the
commitment of various social players: leaderships,
Institutional Arrangement ............................................................................... 6
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.
Components of the project ............................................................................ 7
Educator Rosa Riskalla
Advisor in Environmental Education– SEMA II. LOCAL DIAGNOSIS
Biodiversity Corridors ..................................................................................... 8
Environmental Impacts ................................................................................. 10
Proposed solutions ........................................................................................ 11
III LESSONS LEARNED .................................................................................... 12
IV. STATEMENTS ............................................................................................... 13
 Every environmental management process should
articulate the conservation of in situ biodiversity, by
State Governor Secretary of State for Planning and General
Coordination - SEPL means of the implementation of Conservation Units,
Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva the identification and recovery of strategic areas for
Reinhold Stephanes
Vice-Governor and Secretary of State for establishing connectivity between the CU’s and
Agriculture and Provisions - SEAB Emater natural fragments of vegetation and manage the
Orlando Pessuti Sabino Brasil Nunes de Campos social and economic relations of this intervention in
Secretary of State for Environment and Water Codapar
this biodiversity conservation process: and the Paraná
Resources - SEMA Biodiversity Project seeks this.
Ney Amilton Caldas Ferreira João Batista Campos
Luiz Eduardo Cheida
Environmental Institute of Paraná - IAP Director of Biodiversity and Protected Areas - IAP
Lindsley da Silva Rasca Rodrigues
Araucária Corridor
The Paraná Biodiversity Project in the Araucária
Corridor came to revolutionize the environmental
issue. In the region, a large part of society wanted
to work in an environmentally correct manner, but
they lacked support. With the project, enthusiasm
State Secretariat for Environment and Water Resources - SEMA is widespread and they are putting into practice
Paraná Biodiversity Project: The Project - Curitiba-PR, 2006. models of sustainable development.
1. Biodiversity. 2. Environment. 3. Corridors of Biodiversity. Agricultural Technician Celso Araújo
CDD. (2ª ed.) 333.95 Araucária Corridor Manager
Araucária 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 Paraná 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 Beltrão
Iguaçu - Paraná Corridor
I believe in the success of the Paraná Biodiversity
Project since, for the first time, 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 supporting the agricultural
and livestock farmers.
Agronomist Donivaldo Pereira do Carmo
Iguaçu Corridor Manager- Paraná
The Paraná Biodiversity Project is everything that
environmental agents have always had as an
objective.
José Volnei Bisognin IAP - Toledo
Caiuá-Ilha Grande Corridor
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 Caiuá - Ilha Grande Corridor
In the northwestern region of Paraná, since 2002,
concrete actions from the Paraná Biodiversity
Project are being implemented and nature is already
giving its thankful response
Doraci Ramos Oliveira IAP - Paranavaí
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