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Cooperation Network of Cantareira

recanta_final3_1.jpgConceived by the Institute of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs - IDEAS in 2007
RECANTA - Cooperation Network of Cantareira seeks to gain influence on political, communal and institutional levels, and is continuously gaining recognition in civil society and local governments.

Motivation

The environmental damage caused by the destruction and exploitation of the forests, the uncontrolled urban occupation of forest areas, drug trade, as well as social instability and poverty in the slums lead to higher degrees of vulnerability and underdevelopment among the inhabitants of the largest urban forests in the world (Cantareira and Tijuca) in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, adding to the general problems of the megalopolis, especially the poor. Facing the intensification of these problems as well as the lack of programs and policies that satisfy local needs, the Institute of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs invests in the youth and the communities that inhabit the forests in order to implement actions that favor education, protection of the environment and democratization of information.

 

Campiagns
In doing so we involve the biggest number of people possible in the work and in the positive impact actions that are in harmony with the forest biome.
Youth of the Forest
Its program plans to include other regions of Brazil aiming for capacity building among the young inhabitants of the threatened forests in order to help them become facilitators of social and environmental networks
About us
HISTORY OF Coperation Network of Cantareira Since 2006, the NGO IDEAS Brasil ( Institute of Environmental and Social Entrepreneurs) as been focusing on the organizational development of RECANTA Cooperation Network of Cantareira (Rede de Cooperação da Cantareira), the biggest urban forest in the world, located in São Paulo, Latin American megalopolis of 19 million inhabitants. Our w...
Biosphere Reserve
Serra da Cantareira Park covers an area equal to 8,000 football fields of Mata Atlântica forest.The area is divided in centers, four of them are open for visit: Pedra Grande, Engordador , Águas Claras and Cabuçu.

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