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Although IP\u00ca was officially founded in 1992, the Institute has a much longer history.<\/p>\n
In 1978, at age 32, Claudio P\u00e1dua left a successful executive career in Rio de Janeiro to dedicate himself to biology. This radical change included his wife Suzana P\u00e1dua and their three children. The family moved to the Pontal do Paranapanema in western S\u00e3o Paulo State, where Claudio undertook research with the black lion tamarin, one of the world’s most threaten primates.<\/p>\n
From the start, Claudio understood that effective species conservation required the support of communities surrounding the tamarins’ forest home. Thus began the Institute’s environmental education work, headed by Suzana P\u00e1dua. Gradually, residents began to understand that tamarin conservation not only preserved the Atlantic Forest, already very much threatened, but also improved their own lives.<\/p>\n
From the start, Claudio understood that effective species conservation required the support of communities surrounding the tamarins’ forest home. Thus began the Institute’s environmental education work, headed by Suzana P\u00e1dua. Gradually, residents began to understand that tamarin conservation not only preserved the Atlantic Forest, already very much threatened, but also improved their own lives.<\/p>\n
Additional researchers and interns, who also believed in the interrelationship between conservation , environmental education and community involvement, joined Claudio and Suzana to formally create IP\u00ca. The Institute was initially headquartered in Piracicaba, S\u00e3o Paulo State.<\/p>\n
Suzana is now IP\u00ca president and Claudio vice-president. The Institute is currently one of the largest environmental NGOs in Brazil and is recognized as a civic organization. It is now headquartered in Nazar\u00e9 Paulista (S\u00e3o Paulo State) with a staff of over ninety professionals working in more than forty projects throughout Brazil. These include the Pontal do Paranapanema and Nazar\u00e9 Paulista (S\u00e3o Paulo State), Ariri (S\u00e3o Paulo and Parana states), the Lower Rio Negro (Amazonas State), the Pantanal (Mato Grosso do Sul State), and a private area in Portel (Par\u00e1 State).<\/p>\n
IP\u00ca undertakes an integrated action model, developed through years of experience, that combines research<\/strong>, environmental education<\/strong>, habitat restoration<\/strong>, community involvement<\/strong> with sustainable development<\/strong>, landscape conservation<\/strong> and policy-making<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Respect for tradition<\/strong><\/p>\n We respect community traditions in the places where we work and promote sustainable income alternatives for families in these regions, thereby decreasing human pressure on local biodiversity.<\/p>\n Transferring knowledge<\/strong><\/p>\n Since its inception, IP\u00ca has emphasized communicating knowledge and research results. To this end, we continuously train our staff and offer opportunities and incentives to interns, many of whom continue to work with us after graduation. IP\u00ca relies on staff holding ten Ph.D. and twenty Master’s degrees. Many are also instructors in the Center for Brazilian Biodiversity Conservation (CBBC) and ESCAS – Escola Superior de Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o Ambiental e Sustentabilidade (Graduate School in Environmental Conservation), a university created in partnership with Natura and Instituto Arapya\u00fa.<\/p>\n ::\/introtext:: ::cck_ac_acordeon::acordeon::\/cck_ac_acordeon:: ::ac_arquivos::1::\/ac_arquivos::<\/p>\n ::cck_ac_arquivos::arquivo::\/cck_ac_arquivos:: ::ac_galeria::8::\/ac_galeria::<\/p>\n ::cck_ac_galeria::galeria::\/cck_ac_galeria::
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