Presentation from Eduardo Guimaraes, (Mayor Curitiba City, Brazil) - Used at Globe Forum Dublin 2010

1. Eduardo Pereira GuimarãesEduardo Pereira Guimarães
Secretary of International Relations
Dublin
Nov 2010GLOBE FORUMGLOBE FORUM
Cities Solution for a Sustainable FutureCities Solution for a Sustainable Future

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Curitiba at a GlanceCuritiba at a Glance
POPULATION :POPULATION :
CURITIBA..............................1,850,000
METROPOLITAN AREA........1,450,000
TOTAL....................................3,300,000
AREA:AREA:
CURITIBA.....432 sq.km
GREATER CURITIBA:
26 MUNICIPALITIES.....15,602 sq.km
ANNUAL BUDGET (2010):ANNUAL BUDGET (2010):
US$ 2.37 BILLION
GDP US $ 22,3 BILLIONS
PER CAPITA US $ 12,400

3. Urban Biodiversity Program - Biocity
BIOCITY – URBAN BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM
Refines concepts of Environmental Management
Reducing Biodiversity losses in Urban spaces
Conserving and preserving Nature
Reintroduction of Native plants
Eradication of Exotic plant invaders
Revitalization of Rivers
Clean alternatives for Transport
Environmental Education
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CURITIBA’S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
77MILLIONS sq. meters of Forest Massives
3.5 MILLIONS sq. meters integraly protected
35CONSERVATION UNITS

4. Environmental PreservationEnvironmental Preservation
51.50 sq. meters of Green Area per inhabitant
35 Public Parks and Woods
429 Squares
346 Public Gardens

5. Environmental PreservationEnvironmental Preservation
366 bird species
300,000 trees planted
along the streets

6. Environmental Preservation
1989 – “Garbage that is not Garbage”
1991 - Green Exchange

7. Private Reserves of Municipal Natural Heritage (RPPNM)
Preservation of natural areas as conservation units
Among protected areas in Brazil
More 14 MILLIONS sq. meters of protected
natural areas with no need of public investment

8. Tax Exemption for owners
Transfer 100% of rights to build

9. .Forests absorb and sequester
4,252,880 tons of CO2 equivalent
Technical support on management

10. Environmental Education Project
Every year, about 7,000 people participate in lectures on topics related to the
environment, planting over 600 trees and native flowers.
31 community cleaning actions, collecting almost 10 tons of garbage.
Some schools are nearby groves which were adopted as outdoors laboratories,
where the children interact with nature and take home the basic notions of
environmental responsibility.

11. 100,000 children participates every March on Mini
Conferences on Biodiversity
Also in The Green Wave Project , every May 22.

12. A new development axis in the city , integrating land use
to public transit and street network, conecting several
areas in the city reaching 23 districts.
The Green Line

13. The Green Line
• A Linear Park: 21,000 sq. meters
• 5,200 trees, of 22 native species
• 18 Km of bikeways
• Buses running on Biofuel

14. Sustainable Transport Award

15. “Viva Barigui” Project
Relocation of families living in riverbanks
areas,
Recovery of the Permanent Protection Area
with native vegetation,
Environmental education activities.
Length of the Barigui River in Curitiba : 45km
BARIGUI RIVER BASIN REVITALIZATION

16. “Viva Barigui” Project

18. Globe Forum Award

20. www.curitiba.pr.gov.br
Eduardo Pereira Guimarães
edgimaraes@seric.curitiba.pr.gov.br
eduardoguimaraes@terra.com.br