ASFLORA is a not-for-profit civil organization dedicated to technical, scientific and social activities, created on December 20th, 2000. ASFLORA set out with a mission to educate, preserve the environment, to reforestation projects and the exchange of information based on the principle of sustainable development of the Amazon region in all of its dimensions: environmental, cultural, social and economic. | |
Goals |
Preservation of fauna, flora with specail attention to tropical rainforests and the environment of the Amazon region; | |
Reforestation of degraded areas and the development of sustainable timber industrial activities based on research and technical and scientific experiments; | |
Exchange of technical and scientific information with regard to forests, environmental preservation, reforestation and livelihood of Amazonian peoples; | |
Socio-economic development of the Amazon region and the improvement of life quality levels achieved through social work. | |
Strategies |
Scientific research dedicated to the study of Amazon forest and ecosystems with special interest on reforestation, forest management, forest and environmental preservation and industrialization of forest products; | |
Socio-economic studies aiming at the development and improvement of livelihood in the region; | |
Exchange and dissemination of technical and scientific information in partnership with other intitutions, public or private, national and international and society as a whole; | |
Reforestation, forest management and environmental preservation projects for the betterment of Amazonian peoples lives; | |
Partnerships with institutions with similar interests; | |
Provision of environmental consultancy; | |
Organization of seminars, workshops and conferences; | |
Promotion of professionals and students exchange via scholarship concessions, technical and financial colaboration and other donations; | |
Development of social work activities; | |
Development of all necessary activities for the achievement of the Institute social goals. | |
Actions |
Support to events and partnership with other institutions; | |
Campaigns; | |
Publication of different pieces of information through print, electronic media; | |
Participation in meetings; | |
Promotion of environmental problems visibility within society; | |
Survey of needs among schools located nearby EIDAI do Brasil Madeiras S.A. areas. | |
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