SOS Mata Atlntica

Foundation
Samuel Gollob
History
1986 - Founded
o First to protect the Atlantic Forest
o Social environmental awareness
1988 - A.F. = National patrimony
1989 - First environmentalist political platform

Goals and Methods
Promote an environmentally aware
citizenry,... committed to the future and to
the Mata Atlntica.
Lobbying and direct political involvement
Lei da Mata Atlntica, 2006
Protects the Mata Atlntica
Projects
Clickarvore
o Local preservation efforts

Forest Experimental Center- Brasil Kirin
o Planted 226 species of native plants
o Learning With the Atlantic Forest
Parliamentary Environmental Monitor
o Lobbying association
Importance
567 exclusive species
o 142 endangered
A.F. = 20.000 plant species.
Important for geological
features.
Sustain world climate and a
declared hotspot.
Works Cited

"Atlantic Forest." Ministry of the Environment. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. <http://www.mma.gov.br/biomas/mata-atlantica>.
Good News Network TV. ""Clickrvore" Helps in the Restoration of the Atlantic Forest." Youtube.com. N.p., 31 July 2014. Web.
9 Oct. 2014. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPyZyt30yYM>.
"Lei Da Mata Atlntica." Ed. Natl. Council of the Reservation of the Biosphere of the Atlantic Forest. Ministry of the
Environment, June 2007. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. <http://www.rbma.org.br/rbma/pdf/caderno_33.pdf>.
"List of Endangered Species." Instituto Chico Mendes BIO. Ministry of the Environment, n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/biodiversidade/fauna-brasileira/lista-de-
especies.html?option=com_icmbio_fauna_brasileira&task=listaEspecie>.
"Map of the Atlantic Forest." SOS Mata Atlntica. Fundao SOS Mata Atlntica, n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. <"Atlantic Forest."
Ministry of the Environment. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. .>.
"Rio Comemorates Tree Day with Planting of Species from the Atlantic Forest." EBC Agncia Brasil. Ed. Stnio Ribeiro. N.p.,
19 Sept. 2014. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. <http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2014-09/rio-comemora-dia-da-arvore-com-
plantio-de-mudas-de-especies-da-mata-atlantica>.
"SOS Mata Atlntica." SOS Mata Atlntica. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. <http://www.sosma.org.br/>.