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legislation.
Adequate techniques are implemented for the construction & maintenance of roads and proper
structures, such as bulging of roads and contention boxes, are employed. Such measures are meant to
prevent erosive processes and protect the soil and water resources.
All the operational activities are planned in a way that the impacts over the native ecosystems and
water resources are small as possible. There is a specific procedure in place for every activity which sets
the all the precautions that are to be taken.
There are procedures in place to manage residues, namely domestic garbage, cans of oil, fuel residues,
fuel and pesticides containers, etc. that are generated both on the farms in the forestry villages. To
make management of residues possible via selective collect, different color-pattern cans are available on
the farms to sort organic (food leftovers and others) and inorganic garbage (plastic, glass and
cardboard). The other organic and inorganic residues (non-toxic) that are produced on the farms are
collected on a weekly basis either on the FMU pickup trucks dumpcarts and/or collected by accredited
enterprises to which the residues are traded.
Management strategy for the identification and protection of rare, threatened and endangered (RTE)
species and their habitats:
Surveys, including fauna and flora surveys and characterization, are undertaken in the FMU. These
surveys enable the FME to confirm whether or not there are endemic, rare, threatened and endangered
species. Some rare, threatened and vulnerable fauna and flora species have been identified in some
farms where the native remnants are more developed, such as:
 Araucaria - Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze
 Imbuia - Ocotea porosa (Nees & Mart.) Barroso
 Amazona vinacea;
 Puma concolor;
 Leopardus pardalis;
 Lontra longicaudis;
 Agouti paca.
Both activities and measures are implemented to protect and preserve these species and their habitats.
The following are amongst the main activities and protective and preservation measures:
a) FMU surveillance system;
b) Fragments connectivity forming key ecological corridors;
c) Specific operational procedures to prevent environmental impacts; and
d) Measures to attenuate the negative impacts that had been identified in the forestry operations.
2.1.3 Socioeconomic Context
The enterprise was established in 1942 and its objective consisted in the production of planed wooden
boxes and rough timber. The first mechanical pulp plant was started up in the 1960s when the
enterprise used to work with the residues coming from the timber industrial process. The production of
pine paper began in this period as well. Nowadays, the enterprise ´s activities encompass forests, timber
processing, paper plant, door plant and corrugated cardboard paper. Additionally, the enterprise is one
of the major packaging suppliers of the Brazilian southern region.
Adami S/A is installed in Caçador (Santa Catarina western plateau) and it integrates the territorial micro-
region. The town known as Caçador is the leader in timber production in Santa Catarina state – there
are 150 industries and 70 of them are linked to the timber sector.
The twenty-one (21) FME own farms and the sixty-three leased areas totalize 45,723,65 hectares and
they are distributed in the following towns: Caçador, Lebon Régis, Matos Costa,Passos Maia, Calmon,