Community and Training Center in Pium - Instituto Ecológica

Community and Training Center in Pium - Instituto Ecológica

Community and Training Center in Pium

Training, Research and New Sustainable Technologies

Technology Transfer
Biodiversity Conservation
Knowledge Enhancement
Community Development Climate Change Water Resources
Ecosystem Cerrado and Amazon
Localization Pium/TO
Legal Framework National Funding
Project Status Completed
Fundraising Modality Exclusive
Fundraising Status Closed

Local Context

The Community and Training Center is located in the municipality of Pium, in Tocantins, 180km from the capital Palmas. The Center is the oldest building in the city and was restored by the Ecologica Institute aiming to involve local communities amd environmental issues.

Project Description

The Center offers training, research and deployment of new sustainable technologies, digital inclusion and dissemination of Social Carbon projects and biodiversity corridor. It also has a native plants nursery which supplies reforestation and agroforestry systems.

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Resume (Portuguese)

Benefits

  • Involvement of local communities to environmental issues.
  • Knowledge dissemination.
  • Research and development.
  • Climate change mitigation.

Components

  • Training.
  • Research.
  • Deployment of new sustainable technologies.
  • Digital inclusion.
  • Social Carbon.
  • Seedling nursery.