Last updated: May 2025
The project ‘Planting the Future and Cultivating Life’ aims to create an ecological corridor in the city by reforesting an area of 28 hectares, under the direction of the Porto Velho City Council. It encourages citizen participation in tree planting activities or the management of green areas. To this end, the municipality is carrying out tree planting programmes in parks, squares and along public roads, encouraging citizens to get involved in this endeavour by actively participating in tree planting actions, caring for trees already on their property or raising awareness of the importance of these actions. (1) They seek to involve organisations such as schools, colleges, companies, associations and public organisations to increase the community's and young people's interest in responsible practices and positive attitudes to value and preserve the environment (1). To achieve this goal, the Porto Velho city council organised a tree-planting day on October 23rd 2023, where 31,000 tree seedlings of native and fruit trees were planted in the Park Passarela Espaço Alternativo (1, 7). This was done with the support of the Municipal Secretariat of Environment and Development (1). This activity is part of the project Virada Ambiental, which seeks to promote the planting of native trees in municipalities across the country, raising awareness of the importance of planting native species and training municipal civil servants and the general public (3, 5). The National Confederation of Municipalities also supports this project and aims to mobilise society to encourage the planting of native trees to rescue biodiversity and recover environmental services, favouring social welfare by promoting tourism, and outdoor sports activities (6), providing shade, protecting the soil and combating high temperatures (2).
Trees to be planted on the tree planting day
Associação Rondoniense de Municípios (AROM)
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Alley or street trees and other street vegetation
- Parks and urban forests
- Large urban parks or forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
- Green corridors and green belts
Key challenges
- Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
- Climate change adaptation
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental education
Principal problems in Functional Urban Area (FUA)
- Climate-Related Hazards
- Heat stress & Extreme temperatures
- Environmental Degradation
- Biodiversity loss
- Deforestation and forest degradation
- Soil degradation and loss
- Health, Well-being and Social cohesion
- Physical health harm (from pollution, wildfire, extreme temperature)
Key priorities
Biodiversity (conservation and/or restoration)
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Creation of green corridors (including connectivity between urban and rural ecosystems), Creation of large parks and urban and peri-urban forests, Creation of any other green urban spaces, Strategy, plan or policy development, Implementation of city-wide or neighborhood initiatives focused on biodiverity protection (e.g. bee-friendly initiatives, butterfly protection, "Spring cleaning")
Project objectives
- To sensitise and encourage the community to engage in environmental preservation (1) and conservation of natural resources (3)
- To build a more sustainable and greener city, through afforestation programmes in parks, squares and public roads (1)
- To create green areas as a way of protecting the environment (1)
- To raise environmental awareness in Porto Velho (2)
- Contributes positively to the quality of life of the population, providing shade, protecting the soil and combating high temperatures (2)
Implementation activities
A planting day was organised to support the creation of a biological corridor in the city in the Park Alternative Space. This activity is part of the implementation of afforestation programmes in parks, squares and public roads (1). All citizens were encouraged to participate in this effort by planting trees, caring for those already on their property or making others aware of the importance of this act (1). Thus, 31,000 tree seedlings were planted during the mobilisation, to set a world planting record (1, 2).
On the other hand, partnerships have been sought with organisations such as schools, colleges, companies, associations and public bodies (1).
As part of the Virada Ambiental project, they mention that in addition to filling out the registration form to carry out reforestation activities, the municipality is required to commit to registering each planting action in the Plante Go app, available for Android and iOS (5).
Climate-focused activities
Climate change adaptation:
- Increase urban vegetation cover to reduce urban heat island effect
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Government-led
Type of initiating organisation
- Local government/municipality
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Dissemination of information and education
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Porto Velho municipality organised the tree-planting event to raise awareness and encourage the community to get involved in environmental preservation (1)
The Municipal Secretariat for the Environment and Development (Sema) helped in the coordination of the tree-planting event (1)
Rondônia Public Ministry's Office (MPRO) took part in the tree-planting event (2)
Associação Rondoniense de Municípios - Rodonia Municipalities Association - (AROM), and the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) are supporting these types of initiatives, encouraging the municipality's participation in the project ‘Virada Ambiental’, which promotes the planting of trees (1).
These events are done through the collaboration of the public sector with committed organisations, such as schools, universities, companies, associations and public organisations, to increase the interest of the community and young people (1)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Type of enablers
Capacity-building projects, City network or regional partnerships focused on climate change, sustainability, GI or NBS in the city, Collaboration with other projects that implemented NBS
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Type of non-financial contribution
- Provision of labour
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
- Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
- Private sector (businesses, financial institution)
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Expected increased green space area
- Increased ecological connectivity across regeneration sites and scales
- Expected increased ecological connectivity across regeneration sites and scales
- Increased number of species present
- Achieved increased number of species present
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
- Expected increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
- Education
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
- Expected increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Type of reported impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
Yes
Potential risks of implementation and trade-offs
Unknown
References
1.
Arom (2023). Com apoio da AROM, Porto Velho promove ação de plantio florestal; iniciativa faz parte do projeto Virada Ambiental. Accessed on September 17, 2024, [Source link];
2.
Redoniaovivo (2023). MEGAPLANTIO: MPRO participa do plantio de 31 mil mudas de árvores em Porto Velho . Accessed on September 17, 2024, [Source link];
3.
Agência CNM de Notícias (2024). CNM convida Municípios para se inscreverem no projeto Virada Ambiental. Accessed on September 17, 2024, [Source link];
4.
AROM (2023). AROM Facebook page. Accessed on September 17, 2024, [Source link];
5.
Agencia de Noticias CNM (2023). Giro ambiental 2023: CNM impulsa participación de Municipios en proyecto que contempla plantación de árboles nativos. Accessed on September 17, 2024, [Source link];
6.
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (2022). População Porto Velho. Accessed on September 19, 2024, [Source link];
7.
AROM (2023). AROM Facebook Page - Tree planting day post. Accessed on September 19, 2024, [Source link];
Trees to be planted on the tree planting day
Associação Rondoniense de Municípios (AROM)
Information about this nature-based solution was collected as part of the Naturescapes project funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No 101084341.