1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
Most of the ecosystems of Campinas have been lost to urbanisation, and those that remain are disconnected fragments with impacts on essential functions that provide multiple ecosystem services. The overall aims of the intervention are:
1. To restore the ecosystem remnants and improve connectivity - Connectivity areas have been defined in the whole metropolitan region aiming to guarantee the connection among forested natural fragments and Protected Areas and the protection of watercourses, enhancing the quantity and quality of water.
2. To enhance biodiversity
3. To increase and protect water sources
4. To educate on and raise awareness about the environment - develop and equalise knowledge among public servants in the environmental departments of all municipalities of the metropolitan region
5. To offer green areas for recreation and physical activities and healthier and safer spaces for residents who live in the less privileged areas
6. To reduce risks of floods and control erosion
7. To look for ways to make residents the owners of these spaces, incentivizing them to use and protect them more.
8. To begin the recovery of riparian vegetation and the creation of linear parks in the municipality.(1,2,3)
1. To restore the ecosystem remnants and improve connectivity - Connectivity areas have been defined in the whole metropolitan region aiming to guarantee the connection among forested natural fragments and Protected Areas and the protection of watercourses, enhancing the quantity and quality of water.
2. To enhance biodiversity
3. To increase and protect water sources
4. To educate on and raise awareness about the environment - develop and equalise knowledge among public servants in the environmental departments of all municipalities of the metropolitan region
5. To offer green areas for recreation and physical activities and healthier and safer spaces for residents who live in the less privileged areas
6. To reduce risks of floods and control erosion
7. To look for ways to make residents the owners of these spaces, incentivizing them to use and protect them more.
8. To begin the recovery of riparian vegetation and the creation of linear parks in the municipality.(1,2,3)
Quantitative targets
Implementing 49 linear parks
Creating buffer zones of 1000 m each
Contributing to the quality of like of 1.5 mil. people
Developing 4 ecological corridors
Mapping 26 existing parks
Involving 20 municipalities in the vicinity of Campinas (1,2,3)
Creating buffer zones of 1000 m each
Contributing to the quality of like of 1.5 mil. people
Developing 4 ecological corridors
Mapping 26 existing parks
Involving 20 municipalities in the vicinity of Campinas (1,2,3)
Monitoring indicators defined
Number of parks implemented and mapped
Number of ecological corridors that were strategised
Length of buffer zones
Number of people benefiting from the intervention
Number of municipalities included (1,2,3)
Number of ecological corridors that were strategised
Length of buffer zones
Number of people benefiting from the intervention
Number of municipalities included (1,2,3)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
What types of restoration goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
What activities are implemented to realize the restoration goals and targets?
Implementation activities
The municipal green plan proposes 49 linear parks, from which some will be implemented through compensation instruments by the landowners. Two parks, Taubaté and Santa Lúcia are being implemented by the municipality with funds from a federal government programme to accelerate growth (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento). Forty-three parks are in the final phase of the preliminary study, financed by the municipal fund for the environment. When planning the implementation of an ecological corridor through forest restoration, it is necessary to consider the most relevant forest remnants and potential obstacles to their connection: urban areas, rural properties and the activities developed in them. On the other hand, it is necessary to measure the benefits that the restoration of these areas could generate - such as reducing water treatment expenses throughout the region or with avoided floods. (2,3)
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The Connectivity Line concept was inspired by the methodology of the Ecological Corridor of the Paraíba Valley (CAMARINHA, et al., 2011). The line indicates which locations should be recovered, aiming at the integration between the fragments without delimiting specific areas, within pre-established physical criteria, with the use of advanced geospatial analysis tools and an indication of more appropriate areas for the implementation of forests, forming ecological corridors. (2)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
In Europe, the Pan-European Green Corridors Network was derived from the successful experience in implementing corridors that initially connected the Pyrenees to the Carpathians and now also encompass the Alps, the Massif Central and the Balkan Region. The Connectivity Line concept was inspired by the methodology of the Ecological Corridor of the Paraíba Valley (CAMARINHA, et al., 2011). (2)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
It was rather relevant from the sources that the intervention will be implemented over 20 municipalities surrounding the city of Campinas. (1,2)
