ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED
A technical cooperation agreement was signed between the State Environmental Superintendence (Semace) and the Ceará Agrarian Development Institute (Idace) to carry out joint actions for the CAR registration of properties of up to four fiscal modules system in the 182 municipalities covered by the project.
Currently, 115,953 properties are registered in SICAR, corresponds to an area of 1,781,772.4 hectares. It is worth mentioning that registration rates vary by municipality between 12% and 100% due to the resistance of rural landowners to declare environmental liabilities, the restrictions of use in legal reserve areas, and the possibility of further extension of terms; private consultants also perform registration procedures.
The action strategy adopted by the project for the service occurs in 11 fixed bases, in municipalities that represent cities in the planning regions of the state of Ceará and itinerantly in the other municipalities, operating in public buildings, headquarters of labor unions, state and municipal public agencies. At these service stations, qualified professionals are available to complete the CAR and the entire structure, which has furniture and explanatory materials, such as banners and booklets.
Regarding the CAR implementation infrastructure, six vehicles were purchased and are being used in monitoring, inspection of contractor services and in the provision of guidance for family farmers on the CAR and the project’s importance, reaching approximately 11,000 participants. Technological support equipment such as UPS, GPS, digital cameras and switches were also purchased, as well as computer equipment such as microcomputers and notebooks.
It is also worth mentioning the preparation of a draft of the Term of Reference for the acquisition of dynamized analysis inputs, including the purchase of images with adequate resolution, with the consent of the SFB regarding the technical requirements.
An institutional leveling seminar and twelve regional mobilization seminars were held in eleven municipalities, with a total participation of 1,304 people.
Communication strategies are based on direct interactions in communities, local radio programs, lectures and distribution of educational material, using heat maps provided by the contractor, showing the areas with the highest density of registrations to be performed and low adherence, allowing a concentrated effort to be directed to these areas.
With regard to the communication plan, a Budget Credit Decentralization Agreement (TDCO) was signed with the Governor's Office to contract the preparation of communication material to support the implementation of the project. All the contracted material was elaborated and delivered to Semace.