The region of Ribeirão Preto is one of the areas with highest agricultural production in the state of São Paulo and is therefore a municipality with vast degraded areas. Currently, the region has been under heavy threats from sugarcane monocultures, which has strong negative impacts on environment, polluting rivers and soil and clearing areas which still have native vegetation standing.
The goal of this project is to tunr the Sepé Tiarajú settlement into a pole of Cerrado preservation by means of plantation of seedlings of several native species in Agroforests and permanent preservation areas of the Settlement, as well as carrying out capacity-building activities, distribution of educational brochures and holding a regional seminar about the importance of Cerrado conservation
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