Conception

Rio Parnaíba - PARNA Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba (2010).

The Jalapão Region Ecological Corridor Project is an initiative of ICMBio in a technical cooperation with JICA and with the support of the Tocantins Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development – SEMADES, Tocantins Secretariat of Planning and Public Management Modernization – SEPLAN, Tocantins Nature Institute – Naturatins, the Department of the Environment - SEMA/Bahia and Institute for the Environment and Water Resources - INEMA, along other important counterparts. The main objective of the Project is to strengthen the ecosystems conservation on the region, by strengthening the integration among the federal and state conservation units with Jalapão communities, making possible then the creation of a participatory planning to define the necessary strategies and actions to maintain or restore ecological connectivity among Jalapão region protected areas.