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A port in the

Atlantic Rainforest

Navigating through the seas of sustainable logistics is our direction.

The Ports of Paraná are located in the middle of a very important and The Ports of Paraná currently develop more than 40 environmental
well protected biome, known as the Atlantic Rainforest, found to the programmes focusing on environmental monitoring, education and
east of the state of Paraná, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. This biome conservation. Among the programmes developed are the frequent
has a huge natural richness and wide biodiversity that covers the monitoring of the physical and biotic environments, reaching up to 600
largest part of the Brazilian coastline. That means we are within the km² within the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex. The programmes of the
Mata Atlantica Biosphere Reserve, recognised by UNESCO. More physical environment include the monitoring of water quality, sediments,
specifically, the Ports of Paraná are part of the Paranaguá Estuarine atmospheric emissions, terrestrial and underwater noise, plankton,
Complex, one of the largest estuaries in Brazil. benthos, ichthyofauna, birds, cetaceans and turtles, among others.

Given its position in such an important ecosystem and the effects that In addition to this, the Ports of Paraná develop educational
human activity can have on its surroundings, the Ports of Paraná works programmes with the local communities involving training and
hard to minimize the most negative effects that port activities have on workshops, such as permaculture classes, that focus on improving the
the environment. Their main objective is the sustainable development environmental quality and life of the population of the surrounding
of the state’s coast, taking into consideration the conservation of islands, using bio-construction techniques such as alternative sewage
biodiversity and regional culture, trying to act according to the 17 treatment systems through wetlands and hyperadobe, to name a few.
United Nations millennium objectives. In addition, the Ports of Paraná are investing in rural infrastructure
through the construction of small public piers in 14 island communities.
The Ports of Paraná are the best port in Brazil, among the large public In the training programmes, the Ports of Paraná have the Degraded
ports, in terms of environmental performance, this title was bestowed Areas Recovery Plan of the watersheds that flow into the Paranaguá
by the Brazilian Waterway Transportation Agency, given its concern Estuarine Complex. This involves the recovery of agricultural
and effective actions to reconcile economic development and environments around the bay, especially those located in areas of
environmental issues. permanent preservation, through the use of Agroforestry Systems that
use native plant species of commercial interest to the population.

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