Universidade Positivo - UP March/2009
Future Development Trends and
Environmental Challenges in Curitiba
Programs that resulted in the environmental quality that Curitiba has today, started in the XIX century: 1875– The first massive tree
planting in streets and squares
1886–Inauguration of the first Park in the city, the Passeio Público
1870– The establishment of the green belt around the city
In 1940 the first studies for the development of a Master Plan for the city begun, by the french architect Alfredo Agache
In 1959 the Park Barreirinha
is created.
Only in 1972 two new Parks
are created: São Lourenço
e o do Barigui.
In 1965, Agaché Plan is revisited and them implanted, giving special attention to the conservation of green areas
Crescimento Espontâneo Radial
Crescimento Direcionado Linear
In 1975 the Zoning Law is approved and The Green Areas Special Sectoris created, establishing that the conservation of green areas is priority in the development of the city.
In January, 03,1986 the Municipal Secretariat of Environment is created In 1991 the Municipal Environmental Law is approved – Law n.º 7833/91 Secretaria Municipal do Meio Ambiente
Gabinete Equipe de Apoio Técnico e Administrativo
Superintendência de
Obras e Serviços Superintendência de Controle Ambiental
Departamento de Produção Vegetal Departamento de Parques e Praças Departamento de Serviços Especiais Departamento de Pesquisa e Monitoramento Departamento de Limpeza Pública Departamento de Zoológico Decreto nº 949/95 Núcleo Financeiro Núcleo R.H. Núcleo Administrativo Núcleo Jurídico Departamento de Recursos Hídricos e Saneamento
Because of all those actions, public policies and regulations, the city has today:
34Parks, with almost 20.000.000,00 m², 3,5 million m² of those being forests. 77.747.770,89 m² of forest
massifs, the equivalent of 18,00% the city's area;
As an environmental result of this forest conservation Curitiba has 366 different species of birds observed and cataloged.
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Looking for the future…..
In 2004 the Master Plan for the city is revised, following the demands of Federal Laws and on the new Master Plan is established the need to develop specific plans as mobility, housing, economical development and environmental.
To develop the Municipal Plan for Environmental Control and Sustainable Development (the official name) first the technical team appointed for the task decided that a diagnosis was necessary, compiling all the existing data on Curitiba's environment in one document. This effort took from march 2006 to july 2007.
This document can be found at www.curitiba.pr.gov.br, Secretarias e Órgãos, Meio Ambiente, Plano M. C. Ambiental, Diagnóstico Ambiental.
Once the Diagnostic was done, presented for the community for critics and suggestions, the work on the Municipal Plan itself started.
The first thing established was the 2020 horizon for the proposals. As it was done on the Diagnostic the proposals were divided into Theme Areas as Green Areas, Fauna, Hydrology, Geology and others. This effort took from july 2007 to july 2008.
This document can be found at www.curitiba.pr.gov.br, Secretarias e Órgãos, Meio Ambiente, Plano M. C. Ambiental, PMCADS – Volume Final.
As way to transform the proposals in actual programs the Biocity – Urban Biodiversity Program was developed
Looking to maintain the quality of life in the city, to restore and protect local biodiversity and prepare the population and infrastructure for the climate change that the Municipal Secretariat of Environment created and implemented the
Biocity – Urban Biodiversity Program
Neoregelia margaretae(família Bromeliaceae), grafite e gouache sobre papel, Margaret Mee.
Action Taken: Construction of a technical greenhouse on the Botanical Museum grounds to: study native species collected the Botanical Museum teams to
establish its potential for use on the recovery of degraded areas and use for gardening; the production of seedbeds for massive production.
Action Taken:
Implementation of a demonstrative ornamental garden at the Botanical Garden, using exclusively native species, trying to reach the population's sensibility as well as the producers of flowers for the real possibility of using native species for gardening.
Action Taken:
The production of leaflets and folders on environmental education, pointing out the importance of native flora and fauna.
Action Taken: Program for Identification and Replacement of Exotic Invasive
Plants
1. Formation of a technical team to evaluate the level of infestation on the municipal parks;
2. The establishment of an action plan for replacement of the exotic invasive plants for native ones (2008 – 2010) in municipal parks; 3. The approval of a Decree to allow the population to replace, on
their properties, the exotic invasive ones for native plants.
Action Taken: Urban Arborization Management Program
• Curitiba has around 300.000 trees planted on the streets. • Most of the trees were planted by the City Hall, but many were
planted by the population, without any technique.
• The majority of the trees are exotic, planted over a period of 130 years, using plants that were commonly used in other cities and which the growth and management characteristics were known. • To develop a management program, the first step was to execute a
diagnostic of the actual situation on the streets, so in 2005 this study began and up to 2007 we had cataloged 99.875 trees in 23 different neighborhoods.
Ações Executadas: Plano Diretor de Arborização Viária
Ações Executadas: Plano Diretor de Arborização Viária
Ações em execução: Plano Diretor de Arborização Viária
Action Taken:
Urban Arborization Management Program
For each neighborhood part of the diagnostic it is
been developed an Action Plan considering every
intervention necessary like plantings, cuttings and
pruning.
Ações em execução: Plano Diretor de Arborização Viária
Action Taken: Public Policy
The proposal of a legislation that brings the population as partners in the preservation of natural areas, in private properties, not demanding financial investment by the City Hall. Municipal Law 12.080/06 “Creates the Private Natural
Reserves - PNR.” and Municipal Decree 606/07 that “Regulates Law 12.080/2006, that created the PNR.”
Action Taken: Public Policy
The RPN is one of the categories on the Municipal System of Protected Areas, almost as private park. The goal is the preservation of property covered with at
least 70% with native forest, where the City Hall wouldn't allow the development of the land because of this forest. The owner requests the City Hall to transform the area on
the RPN, where he assumes the public commitment for the everlasting preservation of the property and as a compensation the City Hall gives him exemption of the land tax and allows him to transfer the building rights of this area to another property in the city, allowed by the
TRANSFERÊCIA DE POTENCIAL CONSTRUTIVO PARA PRESERVAÇÃO DE ÁREAS VERDES
Parque Tingui
The City Hall has already identified 1.000 properties in the city that fits this profile and if all those areas were transformed in PNR, 14.000.000m2 of native forests would be preserved Actio Taken: On march, 27, 2007, the first RPN was created and in 2010 the city already has tree RPN, with a total area of 33.500,00m2.
Potential RPN in the city:
EVOLUTION OF PROTECTED AREAS – through Parks and RPNs
Action been executed:
Strategic Planning for the restoration of the Barigui River Basin –Viva Barigui
Viva Barigui –The project aims the restoration of Barigui river: amongst its actions is the creation of the Barigui Linear Park, connecting the existing parks (three) and the creation of others.
WCP – Water Cleaning Program:
aims to identify and correct clandestine sewer releases on the river.
Project Spring –Environmental Education program that executes the monitoring of the river quality in a partnership with the population
Ocupações irregulares em APP
Relocation and urbanization of irregular occupations on river margins
•13.136families situated on these river margins.
•The families will be relocated and the natural areas restored.
Other environmental programs: 1 – Solid Waste Management System
In november, In november, 2020, , 19891989, started the operation of Curitiba's landfill, located , started the operation of Curitiba's landfill, located 25
25 km from downtown.km from downtown.
Other environmental programs: 1 – Solid Waste Management System
Monthly Average – 60.000,00 ton.
Daily Average – 2.400,00 ton.
Other environmental programs: 1 – Solid Waste Management System
Intermunicipal ConsortiumIntermunicipal Consortium Concession to implementation and operation of SIPAR Integrated System for Processing and Use of Solid Waste.
Other environmental programs: 1. Solid Waste Management System
MU.ICIPALITIES PART OF THE CO.SORTIUM: 16
TOTAL AREA: 7.013 Km²
Other environmental programs: 2 – Alternative Fuels
In 2001 natural gas from Bolívia begun to be used in private cars and 2.500 taxis.
Since 2000, Curitiba has been testing biodiesel on the public transportation fleet
Other environmental programs:
2 – Alternative Fuels With the inauguration of the Green Line, the transformation
of federal highway into a urban road, all the twelve buses running on it are powered by motors 100% on biodiesel. The goal is to have the hole fleet of buses on the city, by
2020, running on 100% biodiesel motors.
Development of the Municipal Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan – 2011.
Climate Change
Execution of the Green House Gases (GHG) Sinkholes inventory – 2009 -Done;
Execution of the Green House Gases (GHG) inventory – 2010 – In execution;
Vulnerabilities assesment – 2010/11- In development;
The sinkhole inventory resulted in 168,25 t C/ha.
Based on this result it is possible to estimate an stock of
1.159.593 t C (4.251.880 t CO2equivalent) on the forests
of Curitiba.
Alfredo Vicente de Castro Trindade Technical Coordinator for Fauna and
