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similar project led by a port authority exists globally restoration with climate mitigation and social
with the same scale and environmental emphasis. development in a truly integrated and innovative
manner.
The project began by identifying and registering
smallholder farming families with degraded It is important to highlight that Portos do Paraná is
lands who were willing to rehabilitate these areas the only public port in Brazil to have completed a
using agroforestry systems. This model was comprehensive GHG emissions inventory covering
chosen because it not only restores ecosystems Scopes 1, 2, and 3. This positions the port as a
but also employs native species that help retain national leader in environmental accountability
soil, sequester carbon, and promote biodiversity and carbon management. In line with this
through the recovery of both flora and fauna. commitment, the port is currently developing a
robust decarbonisation plan.
Beyond its environmental benefits, the programme
also ensures food sovereignty and income Proactively, and in an effort to promote the use of
diversification for participating families. Agroforestry cleaner maritime technologies, Portos do Paraná
systems simulate natural forest succession while has implemented an innovative berthing priority
incorporating economically valuable native plants, policy. Under this rule, vessels that adopt proven
providing ecological and financial sustainability. strategies to reduce GHG emissions—such as the
use of wind-assisted propulsion, alternative fuels,
By reducing erosion and channel sedimentation, or harnessing ocean currents for navigation—
the project directly contributes to less frequent are granted preferential berthing in the arrival
dredging operations, which in turn leads to queue. This approach not only incentivises
a reduction in the Scope 1 of GHG emissions sustainable practices within the shipping industry
associated to dredging activities. In this way, but also contributes to the port’s broader climate
the Ports of Paraná are combining ecological mitigation objectives. »

The Ports of Paraná are a port complex, strategically located on
Brazil’s South Region. Beside of regular issues, the environmental port
team, develops a range of different kinds of activities, specially, those
focused in compensation and mitigation of impacts in the territory.

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