14/06/2010
The Minister of the Environment, Izabella
Teixeira, participates today (June 14) in
the signing ceremony of agreement between
the World Bank, MMA, ICMBio and governments
of Goiás and Tocantins for the donation
of US$ 13 million to four conservation projects
in the Cerrado biome. The amount will be
donated by the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) to the Ministry's Sustainable Cerrado
Initiative Program.
These projects should
be implemented over a period of four years,
and will contribute to preserving the biome
through conservation activities, restoration,
recuperation, rehabilitation and sustainable
management of natural ecosystems.
The governors of Tocantins,
Carlos Henrique Gaguim, and Goiás,
Alcides Rodrigues Filho, the director of
the World Bank in Brazil, Makhtar Diop,
and the president of ICMBio, Rômulo
Melo, will also attend the event, which
will be held in Brasília (505 Norte,
Auditório, Ed. Marie Prendi Cruz)
this afternoon at 3 p.m.
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Brazilian Forest Service
enters the Ibero-American Model Forest Network
17/06/2010
The Brazilian Forest Service (SFB) represents
Brazil at the Ibero-American Model Forest
Network (IAMFN) since June 10, 2010. The
IAMFN promotes cooperation between Model
Forests from 13 countries, enabling the
exchange of knowledge and experiences between
communities, government institutions and
non-governmental organizations, for the
improvement of public policies related to
sustainable management of natural resources.
The entrance of SFB
was approved unanimously during the IAMFN
board of director's meeting, on June 10,
which followed the Ibero-American Model
Forest Seminar held in São Lourenço,
Minas Gerais State, on June 8 and 9.
A Model Forest has a
governance model that turns the interests
and needs of the communities into strategies
for the sustainable development. Currently,
the IAMFN comprises 25 Model Forests from
13 countries. In Brazil, there are two Model
Forests, both in Minas Gerais, being managed
by the Minas Gerais State Forestry Institute.
