Associacao Caatinga

The Associacao Caatinga was founded in October 1998, with the support of the Caatinga Conservation Fund, established by Samuel Johnson to protect the carnauba palm. It is a Brazilian non-governmental, non-profit entity, recognized as a Civil Society Organization of Public Interest (OSCIP, as per its acronym in Portuguese) and registered in the National Registry of Environmental Entities (CNEA, as per its acronym in Portuguese). For 20 years the institution has been working towards the conservation and valorization of the Caatinga, the only exclusively Brazilian biome. This, in order to fulfill its mission to promote the conservation of the lands, forests, and waters of the Caatinga to ensure... read more The Associacao Caatinga was founded in October 1998, with the support of the Caatinga Conservation Fund, established by Samuel Johnson to protect the carnauba palm. It is a Brazilian non-governmental, non-profit entity, recognized as a Civil Society Organization of Public Interest (OSCIP, as per its acronym in Portuguese) and registered in the National Registry of Environmental Entities (CNEA, as per its acronym in Portuguese). For 20 years the institution has been working towards the conservation and valorization of the Caatinga, the only exclusively Brazilian biome. This, in order to fulfill its mission to promote the conservation of the lands, forests, and waters of the Caatinga to ensure the permanence of all its forms of life by developing different activities such as the support for the creation and management of new Conservation Units; forest restoration of degraded areas and recovery of springs; dissemination of sustainable technologies to ease the coexistence of communities with the semiarid; scientific research development; environmental education in schools - training educators and society in general-, always seeking to value the Caatinga and promoting communication initiatives to make the Caatinga better known for its wealth, rather than its scarcity. The Associacao Caatinga has implemented in its work the Caatinga integrated conservation model through which it links the conservation of the Caatinga with the local sustainable development, promoting income generation and adaptation of backwoods communities to this semiarid region. The institution was responsible for nominating "Tatu-bola" (Caatinga's three-banded armadillo) as the Official Mascot for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and it is currently the executive coordinator of the National Action Plan (PAN, as per its acronym in Portuguese) of this species. The AC develops the Tatu-bola Conservation Program as a protection strategy of the Caatinga.