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Project

Sowing Rondônia

Center for Studies on Culture and the Environment in the Amazon (Rioterra)

Project official website
Total project value
R$ 25,305,337.00
Total support amount
US$ 7,626,224.16
Concluded

Presentation

Objective

To support the environmental adequacy of rural properties in Rondônia, through: (i) elaboration and implementation of Projects for the Recovery of Degraded and / or Changed Areas in properties of up to four fiscal modules, of family farmers; (ii) rural extension, training and institutional strengthening of family farmers' associations; and (iii) landscape monitoring and evaluation

Beneficiary

Family farmers and their respective associations, managers and technicians of the state environmental agency, technical assistance and rural extension, as well as other members of local society (such as environmental students and community leaders)

Territorial scope

State of Rondônia, municipalities of: Ariquemes, Castanheiras, Cujubim, Itapuã do Oeste, Jaru, Ji-Paraná, Machadinho D`Oeste, Novo Horizonte, Ouro Preto, Presidente Médici, Rio Crespo and Rolim de Moura.

Description

CONTEXT

Among the nine states of the Legal Amazon, in 2015, Rondônia was the third largest contributor to deforestation in the region (Prodes/Inpe). Therefore, the promotion of environmental regularization in this state, besides being a legal imperative, is essential for the achievement of the national restoration commitments and the National Policy for the Recovery of Native Vegetation (Proveg, Decree No. 8.972 / 2017), which aim at the recomposition of at least 12 million hectares in Brazil by 2030.

The distribution of deforestation is not uniform across the territory. Historically, the proximity of the transportation network is a major factor for deforestation. Therefore, the area of the project's direct action is particularly relevant to the forest restoration agenda. The twelve municipalities are located in the oldest occupation area of Rondônia, the axis of the BR-364. The region is part of the Amazon deforestation arc, and is under pressure from productive activities such as livestock, timber and grains, as well as land speculation. The area of coverage of this project is marked by an expressive number of properties that are not environmentally regulated.

PROJECT

The main objective of the Sowing Rondônia project is to contribute to the improvement of the environmental adequacy of rural properties of up to four fiscal modules in Rondônia. To achieve this goal, properties will be selected to be restored based on project support and strategies for rural extension, training and institutional strengthening of small farmers' associations, as well as landscape monitoring and assessment activities. 

Forest restoration projects will be developed and implemented in 1,500 properties (3,000 hectares) of family farmers, with environmental liabilities in accordance with the Forest Code, through the elaboration of PRADAs - Recomposition of Degraded and Altered Areas Projects, technical advice and supply of inputs. 

Rural extension actions  will also be offered to 3,600 families, besides supporting the organization of associative nuclei to support the PRA - Environmental Regularization Program implementation actions. Additionally, 600 family farmers will be trained in themes related to sustainable production and social organization, and communication and media campaigns will be carried out to disseminate PRA information. 

Within the scope of the project, specialized information will also be produced with the objective of planning and monitoring the success of regeneration through the measurement of stored carbon. 

INTERVENTION LOGIC

This project falls under the “Sustainable Production” (1), "Monitoring and Control Component" (2) and "Science, Innovation and Economic Instruments Component" (4) components of the logical framework of the Amazon Fund.

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Evolution

Date of approval 12.18.2017
Date of the contract 03.13.2018
Date of conclusion 10.18.2023
Disbursement period 56 months (from the date the contract was signed)
approval
12.18.2017
award
03.13.2018
conclusion
10.18.2023

Disbursement

date amount
1º disbursements 03.27.2018 R$5,333,503.15
2º disbursements 04.05.2019 R$4,875,454.89
3º disbursements 05.26.2020 R$7,250,861.26
4º disbursements 08.11.2020 R$596,107.00
5º disbursements 08.06.2021 R$7,249,410.70
Total amount disbursed R$25,305,337.00

Total amount disbursed in relation to the Amazon Fund’s support

100%

ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED 

Investments were made in inputs, equipment, and maintenance of the two nurseries managed by the project, in Rolim de Moura and Itapuã do Oeste, and the installation of a warehouse for seedling rustification in Itapuã do Oeste. 3,518,897 seedlings were produced  for the activities of recovery of degraded areas (RAD) linked to the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA). 1,540 rural properties of family farming of up to four fiscal modules were served with RAD activities, totaling 2,525.54 hectares. Also in relation to environmental regularization, 891 RAD projects were prepared.

Vehicles and equipment (notebooks, camera, backpacks, furniture, etc.) were acquired to carry out field activities carried out by engineers, nurseries and technicians specialized in the Degraded and Altered Areas Restoration Project (PRADA) and in rural extension, with 13,870 visits that benefited 2,648 families in the municipalities where the project operates.

Several meetings were held in the municipal, regional and state associations in order to sensitize a greater number of farmers to join the project and register interested in the recovery of degraded areas. 165 events were held, with 3,590 participants (1,270 women and 2,320 men).

Regarding the training of farmers, 33 training activities were carried out, as follows: 21 courses, 4 exchanges and 8 field days, totaling 352 hours of training with 536 participants (329 men and 207 women).

The advisory actions to social organizations, which aim to clarify and guide on matters pertinent to the administrative, financial and people management of the organizations, totaled 194 hours.

Several communication products were developed (such as banners, folders, mini videos, website and radio spots) aimed at disseminating practical and didactic information about the project's actions, with the main audience being family farmers, but also society in general. Some materials supported the actions of attracting new beneficiaries. The information regarding the properties served by the project is already available on the website http://plantar-ro.org.br/sigweb/.

Within the scope of the landscape monitoring and analysis component, equipment (volumetric rings for collecting soil samples, GPS and six cameras) were acquired to identify the natural fertility of the areas from soil collections and laboratory analyzes that allowed the selection of more suitable crops for each environment and, therefore, a higher success rate in plantations, in addition to verifying their physical aspects regarding the lands of greater environmental fragility and priority for area recovery.

Investments were made in updating the Arcgis system (mapping software and spatial data analysis) that demonstrated an intensification in landscape change involving the project area and land use and occupation in the state of Rondônia.

The team of researchers from Centro de Estudos (CES) Rioterra and the partners Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) and Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR) developed field actions to collect carbon stock data, which are being analyzed.

Training with the theme tools for the implementation of the PRA was carried out in the municipalities of Ji-Paraná, Rolim de Moura, Itapuã do Oeste, Porto Velho and Araquimes with the training of 128 public servants.

120 maps were prepared to support the territorial management of the municipalities, two technical booklets produced to support the implementation of the PRA, a technical report with a study on the potential for carbon absorption and a technical report on the situation of aspects related to the landscape and soil, which may better support the understanding of conditioning factors of the environment in the development of actions for the recovery and restoration of degraded and/or altered areas in the rural properties served by the project.

Final Evaluation

Collection

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