Seedling Nursery Project
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Creation Objective (according to CNUC)
Conservation and production of native, exotic, fruit, and ornamental seedlings.
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Biome
Atlantic Forest
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About the Project
The Mineração Curimbaba Ltda. Seedling Nursery has been in operation since 2007 and is located on the company's rural property (Sítio Palmital), in the Alto Palmital locality with a total area of 7.20 hectares. The useful area for seedling production is about 0.50 hectares. There is also a forest matrix grove for seed collection with an area of 0.20 hectares, in addition to the legal reserve fragment where seeds are also collected.
We produce seedlings mainly of native forest essences, as well as exotic, fruit, and ornamental ones, aiming to meet the company's needs and also providing seedlings at no cost to:Ibatiba City Hall (Department of Environment and Agriculture);
Muniz Freire City Hall (Department of Environment);
Municipal Schools of Ibatiba and Muniz Freire;
Residents' associations of the districts, mainly in Muniz Freire;
Mineração Curimbaba demands in Manhuaçu, MG
Catholic Church;
Rural producers interested in recovering their springs and also in recovering degraded areas;
In addition to seedlings intended for the recovery of degraded areas, in specific projects of the company itself.
The Mineração Curimbaba Seedling Nursery facilities also serve for Environmental Education activities aimed mainly at children from the municipal education network of Muniz Freire.
In 2024, 16.8 million seedlings were produced in the nursery, with 68% donated to:Rural producers within the Enterprise Influence Area who demonstrate interest in recovering parts of their rural properties;
Municipal Department of Environment and Education of the Municipalities of Muniz Freire and Ibatiba and with the Federal Institute of Higher Education – IFES, located in the Municipality of Ibatiba.
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Cultivated Species
29 Produced species
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Psidium guajava -
Schinus terebinthifolia -
Handroanthus serratifolius -
Handroanthus sp. -
Cassia ferruginea -
Euterpe edulis -
Inga sp. -
Apuleia leiocarpa -
Pterogyne nitens -
Cassia grandis -
Eugenia uniflora -
Eugenia pyriformis -
Cecropia hololeuca -
Syzygium sp. -
Hymenaea courbaril -
Croton urucurana -
Citharexylum myrianthum -
Schizolobium parahyba -
Psidium cattleyanum -
Machaerium aculeatum -
Platymenia foliolosa -
Melanoxylon brauna -
Araucaria angustifolia -
Persea americana -
Carica papaya -
Samanea inopinata -
Morus nigra -
Eriobotrya japonica -
Jacaranda mimosifolia
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