agreement between - Secretaria do Meio Ambiente e Recursos

SCBD AND PARANÁ CARBON EMISSION NEUTRALIZATION PROJECT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
AND
PARANÁ STATE GOVERNMENT ­ BRAZIL
November 25th, 2008
Governmental Team
Governor of the State of Paraná
Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva
Secretariat of the Environment and Water Sources Lindsley da Silva Rasca Rodrigues Environmental Institute of the State of Paraná
Vitor Hugo Ribeiro Burko
Directory of Forestry Development
Paulo Roberto Valente Caçola Technical Responsible of the Riparian Forest Program
Sérgio Mudrovitsch Bittencourt
Forestry Department
Carolina Lamkowski Naka
Technical Team
Sérgio Mudrovitsch Bittencourt Paulo Roberto Valente Caçola
Carolina Lamkowski Naka
Ana Caroline Alves da Silva
Tauane Garcia Barreto
Milena Justino Ribeiro
Ivaicana Agropecuária Limitada Industry of Sugar and Alcohol
Collaborators
Antônio Otávio Pietrobelli
The Nature Conservancy
RBG Conhecimento
José Volnei Bisognin
José Rosa de Oliveira Ricardo J. C. Santos
Valdinei Rodrigues da Silva
Maurício Frederico
Miguel Antônio de Goes Calmon
Gilberto Tiepolo
A. STRATEGIC CONTEXT
1. State of Paraná and Sector Issue
The Brazil’s history is marked by the degradation of the natural sources and by the forestry exploration. The degradation of the Amazon Forest and the Atlantic Forest Biome has internationally attention because it is one of the most important tropical ecosystems.
The Atlantic Forest is the world’s second forest threat to extinction and when the first Europeans arrived in Brazil, it covered 15% of the Brazilian territory, an area equivalent to 1.306.421 km². Nowadays, this forest is reduced to 7,84% of its original area, occupying only 97.596 km², it is found largely fragmented and it shelter more than 20.000 species of which 8.000 are endemic. It is also considered the world’s richest forest in diversity of trees.
It is estimated that 1,6 million species of animals can be found in the Atlantic Forest Biome. It has been already catalogued 250 species of mammals, 1.023 species of birds, 340 species of amphibians and 200 species of reptiles. About 120 million people live in this biome, which means that 70% of the population depends not only on the preservation and conservation of the remnant forest, but also the maintenance of water sources that supply cities and communities and helps the climate, the temperature, the humidity and the rains assuring the soil fertility. The Brazilian Civil Code of 1988 puts this biome as a national heritage and the law number 11.428 of December 22nd, 2006 is specific to the Atlantic Forest.
The State of Paraná is one of the 26 states of Brazil and it is located in the South region. It is bordered by São Paulo State to the North, Santa Catarina State to the South, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Argentina and Paraguay to the West and by the Atlantic Ocean to the East. It has an area of 199.880 km² and its capitol is Curitiba. Others important cities are Londrina, Maringá, Foz do Iguaçu, Ponta Grossa, Cascavel, Guarapuava e Paranaguá. The Curitiba Metropolitan Area has also cities with economic importance such as São José dos Pinhais and Araucária. The Atlantic Forest corresponded to 97% of the Paraná territory, and today it is reduced to 18% of its original area. The araucaria or araucaria­pine (Araucaria angustifolia) is considered the tree symbol of the State and it can grow up to 30 ­ 50 meters and it can live up to 200 – 300 years. This tree is found in the Mixed Ombrophilous Forest also know as Araucária Forest which had occupied 49,8% of the Paraná forestry cover.
Capitol
Curitiba
Area (km2)
199.880
Population density in 2007 (hab.km2)
51,45
Number of cities
399
Paraná Population in 2007
10.284.503
Brazilian Population in 2007
183.989.711
Percentage in Brazilian Population
5,59
Percentage of urban Population in 2006 84,5
HDI in 2005
0,82
SEMA­PR, IPARDES, IBGE.
The State of Paraná is located between the latitudes 22º 29’30’’ and 26º 42’ 59’’, and the longitudes 48º 02´24”” and 54º 37” 38””. According to the Köppen system, the climate in the North, Northeast and West Paraná is classified as Cfa, where the weather is temperate and humid with a hot summer. The reforestation of the project occurred in regions with this type of climate. In the South and Southeast Paraná the climate is Cfb, where the weather is temperate, humid with a soft summer and with the frequent occurrence of frosts. The State is formed by different phytogeographical regions resulted from geomorphological and climate peculiarities of each region. The floristic composition is composed by the Atlantic Forest Biome, which corresponds to different ecosystems, such as Ombrophilous Dense Atlantic Forest, Mixed Ombrophilous Forest, Semideciduous Seasonal Forest, Steppe (Fields), herbaceous vegetation, mangroves, “várzea” and rupestrian vegetation. There is also a remnant of the “cerrado” with savanna vegetation.
The State of Paraná has 16 hydrographic watersheds: Cinzas, Iguaçu, Itararé, Ivaí, Litorânea, Paraná 1,2,3, Paranapanema 1,2,3,4, Piquiri, Pirapó, Ribeira, Tibagi.
Historically, the State of Paraná has the land use based on agricultural activities of corn, soy, sugar cane, wheat cultivars and pasture areas, actions that had contributed for the degradation of the soil and the forests. The unsustainable land use, especially the riparian forests have affected not only the ecosystems but also the loss of biodiversity, increased carbon emissions and others ecological and socio­economic impacts.
The riparian zone has a range of environmental functions such as the maintenance of the soil stability and the balance of the microclimate. It also facilitates the infiltration of the rainwater, regulates the cycle of water and prevents the erosion and floods. The Brazilian Forestry Code (Law number 4.765/65) defines the riparian zone as “permanent preservation area” and the length of the riparian forest that must be preserved changes according to the width of the water body.
The State of Paraná is the only state in Brazil with a governmental program specific to perform the restoration of the riparian forests.
2. Riparian Forest Program of the State of Paraná
The Riparian Forest Program (RFP) of the State of Paraná began in 2003 and it does the riparian forest recovery through the native seedlings planting and with the abandon of the area so that the vegetation can be recovered naturally. Until now, more than 10.000ha was abandoned to natural recovery, more than 84 millions native seedlings were planted improving the environment and benefiting more than 125.000 farmers in all over the state.
Besides these direct results, the RFP’s characteristics and size also have indirect results such as the involvement and awareness of the society to the importance to accomplish activities to the environmental recovery. The RFP has already formalized more than 300 partnerships with cities, agricultural schools, Universities, Centers for Juvenile Offenders, penitentiaries, The Sanitation Company of Paraná, and others private and public institutions which allowed the construction of 350 nurseries that together produce 20 million seedling per year. To perform the reforestations, it is organized annual campaigns, which involve more than 800 technicians and farmers in the State of Paraná. To obtain the seedlings and the technical support, the Environmental Institute of the Paraná State, the cities or the Technical Assistance and Rural Extension Institute register the farmers with the information about the area (address, size, GPS location) and with information about the landowner (name, identity number). This information goes to an online database, which is used to control and manage the seedling planting and give support to the inspections and the monitoring activities.
To evaluate the efficacy of the seedling planting, the RFP performed a forestry inventory in 247 farmers, which identified the seedling survival index of 58,4% and the capture of 0,0044ton CO2 per individual per year. This value was obtained of 81 native species and the plants originate from natural regeneration was disregarded.
Although the main action of the RFP is the seedlings planting, the abandon of the areas with remnant native vegetation nearby is also important to create a seed bank on the soil and to assurance the genetic quality of the new growing forest.
3. The Agreement between the State of Paraná and The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
During the COP­8 in March 2006 in Curitiba, Paraná it was initiated agreements between the Paraná State Government, through its Governor Mr. Roberto Requião and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention to Biological Diversity (SCBD) Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf. The negotiations culminated in the development of activities of the Riparian Forest Program and the planting of 8 million native seedlings in Paraná on that year. Due the size and magnitude of the RPF actions, those negotiations culminated in the sign, during COP 9 in Bonn, Germany, in 2008 of the agreement between the Paraná State Government and SCBD.
B. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1. Project Development Objective
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The State of Paraná will, through its Riparian Forest Program, offset SCBD emissions from 2008 to 2010, estimated at 10.100 equivalent tones of CO 2, by planting approximately 100 hectares with native trees (72 hectares will be planted with up to 67 native species, the remaining 28 hectares will preferably regenerate naturally) in the State of Paraná.
•
Paraná will certify this offset internally, through inventories reported by the government of Paraná through the State Secretary of the Environment and Water Resources to the Secretariat once a year.
•
The offset period for calculations will be 30 years, although the State of Paraná commits to support the reforested areas in permanence.
•
The Paraná State, through the State Secretary of the Environment and Water Resources will send the SCBD all relevant information on the area and the planting, including the geographical coordinates of the forested area, description of procedures and species used, images of the activities and area and a copy of the contractual arrangement with the landowner(s), by October 2008
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The SCBD will pursue options to identify a specialist to certify Paraná's Riparian Forest Program for the voluntary carbon offset market and to facilitate Paraná’s participation in the market under the most favorable arrangements. •
The SCBD proposes to use the Riparian Forest Program as a case study for the 2010 biodiversity target. To this end, the State of Paraná will document this offset, and the entire program, so that it can be presented jointly at COP 10.
The long­term restoration proposed by this project will provide the development of tools and mechanisms to improve the social economic livelihoods of the rural communities leading to a sustainable land use. The reforestation and protection of the chosen areas will protect innumerous wildlife species that live in these last remnants ecosystems. The State of Paraná will be benefit by the increase of the forestry cover and the maintenance of the water sources. The Paraná will also gain the experience of making a neutralization carbon project that can be use an example to further initiatives.
The global gains of this project are the adoptions of sustainable actions, especially land use actions and the awareness of the population to the importance of protecting the water sources. Besides, this project will provide as direct result the carbon sequestration reducing the negatives effects of the global warming.
C. IMPLEMENTATION 1. Partnership Arrangements The farmers and the Secretariat of the Environment and Water Sources signed a cooperation term to guarantee the landowner’s participation in the reforestation activities and maintenance of the conditions that allow the development of the seedlings.
2. Location
All areas of this project are located in the riparian zone of the Atlantic Forest Biome, in the Semideciduous Seasonal Forest ecosystem which has as main characteristic the occurrence of two defined seasons, one rainy and other dry. Due the alternating of a hot and rainy summers to cold and dry winters, about 20 to 50% of the trees are deciduous and loses their leaves in response to the water deficiency and the decline of the temperature during the coldest months. In the State of Paraná this ecosystem originally occupied 37,6% of the forestry cover and it has been already catalogued 213 species of trees of which 20% are exclusive to this type of forest.
The reforestations occurred in 3 different regions of the State of Paraná: Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor, Piquiri Watershed and Ivaí Watershed. The planting is located in 58 different properties, in 4 cities and it totalizes 118,165ha.
2.1 The Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor
The Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor is located in 26 municipalities in Southeast and West Paraná and it is visually fragmented in 3 portions that are connected to the Iguaçu Nation Park. The fragmented forests that can be visualized are the Cabeça de Cachorro State Park and the Rio Guarani State Park. The economic activities are based on agriculture and livestock. The watersheds found in this biodiversity corridor are the Iguaçu Watershed and the Paraná III Watershed. Thus, The Iguaçu Paraná Biodiversity Corridor is located in the transition of the Semideciduous Seasonal Forest and the Mixed Ombrophilous Forest.
There are 9 reforestations areas located in the Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor and they belong to the Corvo Branco River. This river is connected to the Itaipu Binacional Poligonal and to the Cabeça do Cachorro State Park and it establishes a biodiversity corridor with the Iguaçu National Park. These areas are situated in 2 cities, Diamante D’Oeste and São José das Palmeiras. It was planted 23.932 seedlings in 55,27 ha.
GPS Number of Landowner
Josuel Francisco Coordinates
24 50 16 S
Medeiros
Santo Dalbosco 54 12 15 W
24 50 02 S
Sobrinho
Agenor Francisco 54 12 13 W
24 49 55 S
Medeiros
José Antônio 54 11 46 W
24 53 30.03 S
City
Seedlings Survival Index
São José das 1.666
98%
Palmeiras
São José das 2.000
95%
Palmeiras
São José das 1.166
100%
Palmeiras
Diamante 1.100
98%
D'Oeste
Diamante 2.000
100%
D'Oeste
Diamante 4.000
100%
D'Oeste
Diamante 4.000
100%
D'Oeste
Diamante 4.000
95%
D'Oeste
Diamante 4.000
100%
D'Oeste
TOTAL
23.932
Fernandes
54 4 27.35 W
Laércio Borges dos 24 53 7.58 S
Reis
54 4 30.66 W
Laércio de Souza 24 52 43.13 S
Ribeiro
54 4 16.14 W
Laércio de Souza 24 52 31.31 S
Ribeiro
Flávio Antônio 54 4 19.55 W
24 52 10.03 S
Schuster
54 4 42.56 W
24 52 46.17 S
Konrad Kranich
54 5 36.69 W
Seedling Table 1. Landowners of The Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor
2.2 Piquiri Watershed
The Piquiri Watershed has an area of 24.731 km². It is composed by the Semideciduous Seasonal Forest and the Mixed Ombrophilous Forest. There are 40 reforestation areas located in the Center West region, in the city of Goioerê on the bank of the Águas Claras River. These areas are situated in an ecological corridor with 26,5 km of extension and it connects two Natural Patrimony Private Reserve to the Antonio Sestak Municipal Natural Park. One Natural Patrimony Private Reserve is Moreira Sales, with 219,6ha of native forest remnant of the Semidecidous Seasonal Forest and another one is Monte Cristo, with 510ha of native forest remnant. It was planted 61.650 seedlings in 22,233 ha.
Landowner
Clovis Tiossi
José Devecmi GPS Coordinates
24 6 49.02 S
53 0 28.34 W
24 7 27.97 S
Neto
Leônidas Alves 53 0 59.16 W
de Oliveira
Oscar Barbosa 53 1 15.47 W
Bueno
53 1 13.25 W
24 8 9.91 S
24 8 5.72 S
Sebastião 24 7 59.39 S
53 1 4.79 W
24 7 44.41 S
Ramos de Souza
53 1 1.90 W
Luiz Aguilera
24 7 45.87 S
53 0 47.72 W
24 7 4.95 S
Adélio Amadeu
53 0 37.69 W
24 7 23.41 S
Moacir Bueno
53 0 55.26 W
Valdete Cruz dos 24 7 26.97 S
João Ferreira
Santos
Valdenei Vitoriano de 53 0 58.40 W
Number of Seedling Seendlings Survival Index
Goioerê
500
100%
Goioerê
300
100%
Goioerê
200
95%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
50
100%
Goioerê
600
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
200
100%
Goioerê
200
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
24 7 23.63 S
53 0 55.66 W
Andrade
José Carlos 24 10 52.86 S
Medeiros
53 0 19.79 W
José Alves de 24 10 7.72 S
53 0 34.18 W
24 10 35.80 S
Souza
53 0 34.62 W
Luis Silvestre
City
Lorival de Mora
A .A . B .B Presidente Nivaldo
Associação da Coagel
Geralda Jacinta 24 11 0.99 S
53 0 24.74 W
24 10 47.96 S
53 0 24.53 W
24 10 20.76 S
53 0 36.15 W
24 10 47.96 S
53 0 24.18 W
Marta
Vicente Bernardo 24 9 16.78 S
de Souza
53 0 52.08 W
Aldo Jorge 24 8 33.27 S
52 59 47.43 W
24 9 28.86 S
53 0 48.66 W
24 10 37.10 S
Farias
52 58 10.19 W
Israel Brito
Jacó Milani
Nelson Dominichi
Fernando 24 10 2.12 S
52 55 48.48 W
24 9 56.78 S
52 55 51.77 W
Moreno
Pedro Rodrigues 24 10 2.52 S
Santos
João Antonio 52 56 36.24 W
Bessão
Luis Roberto 52 56 38.21 W
Costa
Adélia Weiss 52 58 48.85 W
Sandri
Manoel Nunes 53 0 12.31 W
de Almeida
52 59 3.57 W
24 9 59.05 S
24 7 42.55 S
24 6 36.10 S
24 11 3.68 S
Goioerê
50
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
200
100%
Goioerê
50
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
300
100%
Goioerê
500
100%
Goioerê
300
100%
Goioerê
100
100%
Goioerê
200
100%
Goioerê
50
100%
Goioerê
50
100%
Goioerê
5.000
95%
Goioerê
8.000
100%
Goioerê
5.000
95%
Adalberto 24 9 31.54 S
Cordeiro de 53 5 8.28 W
Almeida
Julio Cezar 24 8 39.11 S
Rosseto
Jhonatan Diego 53 4 28.47 W
Cavalieri
José Wilson de 53 1 1.58 W
24 8 16.99 S
Carvalho
53 3 49.04 W
Cidines Cavalieri
Antonio 24 7 35.64 S
24 8 31.24 S
53 1 34.61 W
24 10 11.86 S
52 59 36.53 W
Gonçalves
Cleberson Goioerê
600
100%
Goioerê
12.000
100%
Goioerê
1.000
100%
Goioerê
2.000
90%
Goioerê
8.000
100%
Goioerê
7.000
100%
Goioerê
2.000
100%
Goioerê
2.500
100%
Goioerê
1.500
100%
Goioerê
300
100%
Goioerê
2.000
100%
TOTAL
61.650
24 10 12.27 S
William Rodrigues 52 56 28.35 W
Correa
Coagel 24 9 48.67 S
Cooperativa 52 57 54.93 W
Agroindustrial
24 10 12.35 S
52 56 27.57 W
Celso Gonçalves 24 10 16.76 S
Adauto Mazonas
Correia
Maria Cleonice 52 55 57.28 W
Canato Ferrari
52 56 38.79 W
24 9 59.69 S
Table 2. Landowners of the Piquiri Watershed
2.3 Ivaí Watershed
The Ivaí Watershed has its entire extension included in the Paraná territory and the original forest was the Semidecidous Seasonal Forest. Nowadays the riparian zone is largely fragmented because of the progress of the secondary vegetation originated from the land use by agricultural activities and livestock.
The reforestations areas are located on the riparian forest of the Barbacena River and São Carlos River, both supply the city of São Pedro do Ivaí. They are also situated in the Barbacena Natural Patrimony Private Reserve, which surrounds Ivaicana Agropecuária Limitada Industry of Sugar and Alcohol. It was planted 78.145 seedlings in 40,662 ha.
GPS Landowner
Jayme Watt Coordinates
23 51 2.69 S
City
São Pedro Longo
51 53 57.10 W
Jayme Watt 23 49 28.97 S
do Ivaí
São Pedro Longo
51 54 55.58 W
Jayme Watt 23 49 29.48 S
do Ivaí
São Pedro Longo
51 53 27.33 W
Jayme Watt 23 49 6.77 S
do Ivaí
São Pedro Longo
Jayme Watt 51 54 3.19 W
23 49 14.22 S
do Ivaí
São Pedro Longo
51 53 41.12 W
Jayme Watt 23 49 53.34 S
do Ivaí
São Pedro Longo
Jayme Watt 51 55 8.26 W
23 50 39.48 S
do Ivaí
São Pedro Longo
51 55 34.82 W
José Cristiano 23 50 41.57 S
do Ivaí
São Pedro Saddi
Anderson 51 55 38.86 W
23 51 3.26 S
do Ivaí
São Pedro Stein
51 57 30.48 W
do Ivaí
TOTAL
Number of Seedling Seedlings
Survival Index
7.260
90%
13.325
90%
4.260
80%
3.520
85%
14.075
90%
3.250
90%
3.900
85%
7.380
95%
21.175
90%
78.145
Table 3. Landowners of the Ivaí Watershed
3. Carbon Sequestration and Eligibility Analysis
To restore eligible sections as Permanent Protected Areas (riparian forests) for forest carbon projects the carbon sinks considered in this project to estimate the carbon neutralization project are listed in Table 4.
Carbon Sinks
To Measure
Above ground biomass
Yes
Below ground Biomass
Yes
Dead wood
Litter
Soil
No
No
No
Justification
Carbon Sink is part of the project´s activities Carbon Sink is part of the project´s activities
Conservative approach
Conservative approach
Conservative approach
Table 4. Carbon sinks used to estimate the total carbon for the project
The following parameters were considered in calculating carbon benefits:
• Project size: 100 ha under restoration in the riparian forest • Project duration: 30 years • Planting duration: 1 years
A baseline was established by assessing current land use and tree cover and how they have changed during the last 16 years (1990). With that knowledge, we were able to locate areas eligible for carbon projects and to determine the rate of deforestation and regeneration in the project area.
Scenarios for Land Use Change With Project and Without Project: To determine the baseline Without Project (business as usual) scenario, we tested and applied a simple land use change detection methodology for the 16 years from 1990 to 2006.
Without Project Deforested / degraded areas, where economic activities have already been developed, tend to remain deforested.
With Project
Restore deforested / degraded areas.
Table 5. Scenarios for Land Use Change with and Without Project
Eligibility Analysis: Based on CDM eligibility rules, no forest can be present within the project boundaries between December 31, 1989, and the start of the project activity. Proof of forest absence could take the form of aerial photographs or satellite imagery from 1990 or before, or official government documentation confirming the lack of forests. Where proof does not exist, multiple independent, officially witnessed statements by local community members are sufficient.
Evidence of continued forest absence since 1989 will also be needed using similar forms of proof. From the 1990­2006 cross­tabulation (multitemporal analysis), we have not been able to identify deforestation and natural regeneration in the project area. This happened because the resolution of 1990 satellite image it not good enough to detect deforestation in small plots The planted area has the same width as one pixel of the satellite image.
To confirm the eligibility of the selected areas it was carried out a survey with local residents. Through this search was confirmed that deforestation happened before 1990 in the region and therefore, we can say that all the planted areas are eligibility of the forest carbon project under the CDM eligibility rule.
Carbon Sequestration Potential: To establish the project baseline and to calculate carbon sequestration for the Without Project scenario, an average carbon increment of 2,85 equivalent tons of CO2 per ha.year was used. Growth rates were based on available information about the region.
The total amount of CO2 estimated to be sequestered over 30 years by planting native species or assisting regeneration in riparian zones is 10.100 equivalent tons of CO2.
The annual carbon increment (2,85tCO2e ha.year) was obtained dividing by the total volume of the emissions (10.100tCO2 e) that will be offset by this project by the restoration area and by the 30­year interval. 4. Monitoring and Evaluation
Before the reforestation, the areas located in the Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor were used to livestock, and the areas located in the Piquiri and Ivaí Watershed were used to cultivate corn and sugar cane.
Those riparian zones are surrounded with a native forest remnant largely fragmented disrespecting the minimum length of the riparian forest that must be preserved permanently according to the Brazilian Federal Forestry Law.
After this prior diagnostic it was defined two main strategies to perform the recovery of the degraded areas. One is the isolation with wire fences and the seedlings planting in partial area and another is the seedling planting in total area. It was done the isolation with wire fences and the seedlings planting in the pasture areas situated in the Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor. The fences guarantee that no cattle or bull transit in the areas destroying the seedlings and it delimit the length of the riparian forest that must not be use to agricultural activities. Natural recovery was found in several stages and the seedling planting was done to accelerate the recovery process.
The isolation of the areas with wire fences was an incentive of the Biodiversity Corridor Program of the Paraná State, another governmental program that works in partnership with the Riparian Forest Program.
The agricultural activities in the riparian forests of the Piquiri and Ivaí Watersheds were removed to allow the seedlings planting. The isolation with wire fences was not necessary because of the absence of the livestock. Although these areas are surrounded with a native forest remnant, the natural recovery is still in early stage because of the intensive agricultural activities and unsustainable land use.
The reforestations happened in May 2008 and after 3 months an inspection identified the seedling survival index of 98%, the total of 163.727 seedlings planted and 118,165ha of riparian forest were reforested.
The Native Forestry Species The forestry species used to do the reforestation respect their natural occurrence and 37 different native species was planted.
Popular Name
Scientific Name
Açoita Cavalo
Luehea divaricata
Amendoim Bravo
Pterogyne nitens
Angico
Anadenanthera sp.
Araçá Vermelho
Psidium cattleianum
Aroeira Pimenteira
Schinus terebenthifolius
Bracatinga de Campo Mimosa flocculosa
Mourão
Canafístula
Peltophorum dubium
Capixingui
Croton floribundus
Capororoca
Rapanea sp.
Casca D'Anta
Rauvoltia sellowiii Cebolão
Phytolacca dióica
Cedro rosa
Cederla fisiilis
Cereja
Eugenia involucrata Farinha Seca
Albizia hasslerii
Campomanesia Gabiroba
xanthocarpa Guajuvira
Patagonula americana Guaritá
Astronium graveolens
Gurucaia
Paraptadenia rigida
Ingá
Inga sp.
Ipê Amarelo
Tabebuia ochracea
Ipê Rosa
Tabebuia heptaphylla
Ipê Roxo
Tabebuia avellanedae
Jangada
Heliocarpus americanus
Jequitibá
Cariniana estrellensis
Jerivá
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Juqueri
Mimosa regnellii
Leiteiro
Peschieria fuchsiaefolia
Louro Branco
Bastardiopsis densiflora
Louro Pardo
Cordia Trichotoma
Maricá
Mimosa bimucronata
Marmeleiro
Ruprechia loxiflora
Pau D'alho
Gallesia integrifolia
Pau Pólvora
Trema micrantha Pitanga
Eugenia uniflora
Sapuva
Machaerium stipitatum
Tapiá
Alchornea triplinervia
Tucaneiro
Cytharexylum myrianthum
Table 6. Native Forestry Species
5. Images
Image 1. Nursery of the Riparian Forest Program
Image 2. Nursery of the Riparian Forest Program Image 3. Seedlings of Araçá (Psidium cattleianum)
Image 4. Seedling planting performed in Goioerê (Piquiri Watershed location) in May 2008
Image 5. Seedling Planting performed in Goioerê (Piquiri Watershed location) in May 2008
Image 6. Reforestation Area of Goioerê (Piquiri Watershed location)
Image 7. Reforestation Area of Goioerê (Piquiri Watershed location) Image 8. Seedling Planting performed in Diamante D’Oeste (The Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor Location)
Image 9. Reforestation Area of Diamante D’Oeste (The Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor Location)
Image 10. Reforestation Area of Diamante D’Oeste (The Iguaçu­Paraná Biodiversity Corridor Location)
Image 11. Reforestation Area of São Pedro do Ivaí (Ivaí Watershed)
Image 12. Reforestation Area of São Pedro do Ivaí (Ivaí Watershed)
6. Maps
D. REFERENCES
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Biodiversidade – Conceitos e práticas para a Conservação – Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos. Projeto Paraná Biodiversidade, 2007.
Dados do Paraná – Instituto Paranaense de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social. available on www.ipardes.gov.br
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística – available on www.ibge.gov.br
Informações sobre coleta de sementes para produção de mudas nativas. Programa Mata Ciliar, Instituto Ambiental do Paraná (IAP), 2008.
Matas Legais. Klabin, APREMAVI, MPSC – Centro de Apoio Operacional ao Meio Ambiente.
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
between
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
and
The Governor of the State of Paraná
of the Republic of Brazil
Recalling the commitment of the Secretary General of the United Nations for carbon­
neutral operations of the United Nations, Recalling the Greening Strategy of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a report on which will be presented to the Parties at COP 9,
Recalling the memorandum of understanding between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and His Excellency Mr. Roberto Requiao, Governor of the State of Paraná, Brazil, on offsetting the environmental impact of the third meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD, signed in Curitiba, Brazil on 31 March 2006;
1. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Governor of the State of Paraná hereby agree that the State of Paraná will, through its Riparian Forest Program, offset SCBD emissions from 2008 to 2010, estimated at 10,100 equivalent tonnes of CO2, by planting approximately 100 hectares with native trees (72 hectares will be planted with up to 67 native species, the remaining 28 hectares will preferably regenerate naturally) in the State of Paraná. 2. Paraná will certify this offset internally, through inventories reported by the government of Paraná through the State Secretary of the Environment and Water Resources to the Secretariat once a year.
3. The offset period for calculations will be 30 years, although the State of Paraná commits to support the reforested areas in permanence. 4. The Paraná State, through the State Secretary of the Environment and Water Resources will send the SCBD all relevant information on the area and the planting, including the geographical coordinates of the forested area, description of procedures and species used, images of the activities and area and a copy of the contractual arrangement with the landowner(s), by October 2008.
5. The SCBD will pursue options to indentify a specialist to certify Paraná's Riparian Forest Program for the voluntary carbon offset market and to facilitate Paraná’s participation in the market under the most favourable arrangements.
6. The SCBD proposes to use the Riparian Forest Program as a case study for the 2010 biodiversity target. To this end, the State of Paraná will document this offset, and the entire programme, so that it can be presented jointly at COP 10.
Signed this twenty­seventh day of May 2008 in Bonn, Germany, at the margins of the ninth Conference of the Parties to the CBD.
For and on behalf of the Secretariat of the For and on behalf of the State of Paraná
Convention on Biological Diversity
H.E. Mr. Roberto Requiao
Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf
Executive Secretary
Governor, State of Parana
Riparian Forest Program
CONTACTS
Secretariat of the Environment and Water Sources
www.sema.pr.gov.br Environmental Institute of the State of Paraná
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Riparian Forest Program
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