The Instituto Terra gives
importance to sharing experiences and maintaining dialogues with other NGO’s,
governments, environmental organizations, research centers and forestry
institutes. Within this context, it
participates in the following initiatives:
CBH-Doce – Committee of the Hydro Basin
of the River Doce. The institute has
been participating since March 2005 and, in April 2009, it became a titular
member, one of the three representatives selected by the State of Minas Gerais in
the field of Education and Research It
is a titular member of the Technical, Institutional and Legal Chamber and of
the Technical Chamber for the Plan of
Water Resources.
CBH-GUANDU – Committee of the Hydro
Basin of the Guandu River. We have
belonged to this body since its creation in August 2008 as a substitute member
and representative of the local community. Although we are located in the
neighboring state of Minas Gerais, the Instituto Terra was selected because of
the relevance of its work in the water basin of the River Doce.
COMAN – We are an acting member of the Municipal Council for the Environment
of Aimorés. This is a collegial body responsible for advising the Municipal
Public Authorities on matters relating to the protection, preservation and
improvement of the environment.
Consortium of the Guandu River – This association was founded by the municipalities
that comprise the Basin of the Guandu River (Afonso Claudio, Baixo Guandu,
Brejetuba and Laranja da Terra). The Instituto Terra joined the consortium in
2005 at the invitation of its members.
COPA - Joint Committee of the city of Conselheiro
Pena. Here, the Instituto Terra acts
as the representative of non-governmental organizations active in the
protection, conservation and improvement of the environment. It is one of 53 Joint Committees created by
the government of Minas Gerais aiming at harmonizing its ecological and state
policy with international trends in environmental management.
National Pact for the Restoration of the
Atlantic Forest – The Instituto Terra
is one of the NGOs that are signatories of this Pact, which also brings
together governments, businesses and research institutes from all over Brazil.
It supports large-scale planting projects for the recovery of woodland - with
the aim of restoring 37 million acres of the country’s damaged forest land by
2050.
Biosphere Reserve – The Instituto Terra was the Biosphere Reserve’s
first Advanced Post in the Atlantic Forest of Minas Gerais. This ‘accreditation’ is bestowed on
institutions that record, in a regular and measurable manner, significant
achievements in the three basic functions of the Biosphere Reserve:
conservation, information, and development of sustainability as defined by
UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program.