The Socio-Environmental Education Program (PES) is a constraint established by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) in the process of environmental licensing of MRN.

The objective of the PES is to collaborate with the development of communities neighboring the company, which actively participate in the program, by discussing and planning with MRN the development of each of its 11 projects in the fields of Health, Education, Environment and Income Generation.

  • 11 projects
  • R$3.6 million in investments
  • More than 40 thousand beneficiaries


 

For 21 years, the project has aimed at the conservation of chelonian populations in 18 communities in the municipality of Oriximiná and seven communities in the municipality of Terra Santa, in a participative manner, by involving communities and local institutions through the encouragement and monitoring of the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). It also promotes environmental education activities via lectures, gymkhanas, training for scholars and community members. More than 5 million hatchlings have been released to nature.

Besides UFAM, the initiative also partners with the Municipal Environment Funds, through the Municipal Environment Departments (SEMMA), schools and teachers from Oriximiná and Terra Santa, UNIDA, UFopa of Oriximiná, the Terrassantense Association of Voluntary Environmental Agents (ATAAV), the São Raimundo Chelonians Project and DAN-TECH, in Terra Santa.

This program provides training to 20 families from the Jauaruna, Alemã and Urubutinga communities, in Terra Santa, for the management of stingless bees, involving both the production and sale of hives and honey.

The benefits include greater income generation and improved quality of life for the families. This initiative is conducted in a partnership with the Municipal Secretary of Agriculture (Semagri) of Terra Santa.

This program assists 14 communities of Alto Trombetas 1 and 2 with health care services to treat and prevent pathologies. Gynecology and prenatal care services are provided, as well as general clinic and nursing care, monitoring program for hypertensive and diabetic patients, family planning, vaccination, distribution of medicines, laboratory tests and informative presentations. Through the project, initiatives to fight infant malnutrition are also developed. This action relies on the support of Neurowellness Saúde and the Oriximiná City Council. In 2019, 2,095 medical consultations were provided.

The Environmental Education Program (PEA) seeks to raise awareness among young people and adults about environmental education in all the territories under the direct influence of MRN. It is currently developed in 29 communities in the municipalities of Oriximiná and Terra Santa, with 522 families being assisted. Participants are trained to understand the importance of water care, education and health.

Actions are developed on the need for environmental preservation and sustainability, with a focus on solid waste and the rational use of water. Environmental multiplier workshops, environmental education presentations and mobilization meetings for the installation of recyclable items collection points, such as cans and PET bottles, have already been held. The project is supported by STCP Engenharia de Projetos.

The Environmental and Heritage Education Project (PEAP) aims to strengthen cultural identity based on the rescue and appreciation of the artistic and cultural heritage. Through courses and workshops, participants are instructed on the responsible use of natural resources.

The project organizes workshops for the improvement of ceramic production, handicraft with forest products, environmental multipliers, entrepreneurship, as well as lectures on environmental education, meetings for the inclusion of new beneficiaries and Quilombola cultural analysis. In total, seven communities are assisted with investments. The project is supported by STCP Engenharia de Projetos.

Every year, actions are taken to prevent, control and fight malaria while seeking to contribute to the reduction of infant and adult mortality in riverside communities.

The actions include: spraying (both outdoors and in households), educational activities, diagnosis and treatment in 22 communities in the Alto Trombetas 1 and 2 region, in communities near the district of Porto Trombetas and the Tawanã indigenous village.

The program has roughly 2 thousand beneficiaries and is supported by the Oriximiná City Council.

The Agroforestry Systems (SAFs) promote forest preservation and stimulate the social, economic and environmental development of communities surrounding MRN through sustainable land use.

One of the objectives is to generate income for community members of the Sapucuá Lake region through planting of fruit and vegetable crops and forest essences with seedlings donated by MRN.

Currently, 29 families are assisted in the communities of Boa Nova, Saracá, Casinha and Camixá. The program is developed along with Florestas Gestão Ambiental consultancy firm.

To guarantee the conservation of the copaiba species (Copaifera sp.) and the production of oil-resin to current and future populations, the project invests in training and technical assistance for the sustainable management of copaíba, in addition to making the inventory and management of natural populations in the Monte Branco plateau (Flona Saracá-Taquera) and the communities involved.

The initiative benefits 36 extractive families from the Curuçá Mirim and Jamari communities.

 

"It has improved because, besides earning a daily allowance from MRN for harvesting, the oil we collect is all ours to be sold as our income. Through the project, we also learned how to prepare seedlings, which we also sell to the company for replanting."

Juliney Adão, of the Curuçá Mirim community, on how the Copaíba Management Program project has provided learning andis improving the income of the people involved.

Held in the Ascensão Community, in the Lake Sapucuá region, and in the Batata and Camixá Communities, in Médio Trombetas, the project aims to strengthen the cassava chain and other crops such as beans, watermelon, vegetables and rustic chicken.

To this end, investments are made in the technical qualification of local producers to cultivate and produce without the practice of burning The project’s goals involve food security, income generation and environmental sustainability of the productive units. Currently, 23 families sell their annual production.

This project provides professional training, infrastructure and technical assistance to small fish farmers for farming tambaqui in floating tanks. And it benefits eight riverside families of Tarumã, Acapuzinho and Bacabal lakes. The initiative is developed through a partnership with the Federal University of Western Pará, Oriximiná campus, and provides income generation for families, helps preserve the natural fish stock and supplies the local market.


Because we operate in a National Forest (Flona) and close to a Biological Reserve (Rebio), our activities are supervised by both the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

 

Regarding the processes in support areas, the limits of which being outside the Conservation Unit (CU), such as hospital activities and the Solid Waste Treatment Facility, we have a direct interface with the environmental departments.

For example, for drilling and abstracting water from wells in MRN's plateaus, the agency responsible for issuing the permit is the State Department for Environment and Sustainability (SEMAS/PA).

Whether at federal, state or municipal level, our high priority is the management of the licensing processes, timely compliance with the constraints, and good relations with the environmental agencies.

We always value the compliance with established deadlines and conditions mutually agreed upon in contract - such as environmental compensations, monitoring programs of physical, biotic and socioeconomic environments - and issuance of the annual environmental report.

IBAMA is responsible for analyzing our studies and issuing licenses for bauxite extraction and beneficiation, support structures, construction works and other related interventions.

But, certain activities are subject to authorization and/or consent from ICMBio, the agency responsible for the administration of the federal Conservation Units (UC) and has an office in Porto Trombetas and support units within the Flona and the Rebio.

The request for the Grant to the Right to Use Water Resources, for mining purposes, is granted by the National Water Agency (ANA) and includes abstraction from, and discharge of effluents into, the Trombetas River as well as in tributary streams.

IBAMA ICMBio ANA SEMAS/SEMMA
  • Licenses related to bauxite lifting operations
  • Decommissioning licenses
  • Licenses for the operation of fuel stations
  • Authorization for capturing, collecting and transporting biological material (Abio)
  • Plant suppression permits
  • Consents
  • Direct Authorizations
  • Concessions
  • Licenses for the operation of support areas
  • Plant suppression permit
  • Simplified Environmental License (LAS)
  • Concessions

 

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