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Felipe Pires*
The IBGE’s numbers from the 2010 census have recently disclosed
population and economic data referring to Brazilian towns. One
item among the data that called one’s attention is that in the
municipality of Santa Teresinha, State of Paraiba, where Fazenda
Tamanduá is located, the change in income was 503% between the
years 2000 and 2010. To give an idea of the dimension of this
number, the greatest growth in this variable among the main
towns around Santa Teresinha was 172%.
The per capita income also stood out. The IBGE (Brazilian
Institute for Geography and Statistics) showed that in Santa
Teresinha each of the 4,581 inhabitants has an average income of
R$ 542.61, the highest revealed among the main towns, even
though the change in the number of inhabitants was almost nil.
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Has Fazenda Tamanduá anything to do with these figures?
Yes! Today over 100 people live at Fazenda Tamanduá. The number
of jobs grew an average of 190% between the above-mentioned
years; and the company’s average salary is over twice the
average income in the municipality of Santa Teresinha, as
verified by the IBGE in 2010.
These data show how Fazenda Tamanduá has been boosting the
region’s economic growth, and consequently avoiding the
migration of inhabitants from that municipality to larger
centers. With a posture that attaches great value to its workers
and the inhabitants, the company has become a benchmark for
sustainable and social development.
Although some indices demonstrate development, others reveal how
needy this region still is. Fazenda Tamanduá is aware of the
immense difficulties and challenges that still affect the
neighboring areas, and is therefore always seeking more partners
with a view to exchanging knowledge and finding new markets, in
the belief that the union of entrepreneurs, both large and
small, plus the public sector, will improve development rates
even further, making the region fairer and more pleasant to live
and work in.
Utopia?
Source:
http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/
http://fazendatamandua.com.br/
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* Felipe Pires graduated as an Accountant from the Paraíba State
University, obtaining an MBA in Business Management from the
Getúlio Vargas Foundation. At present, he works as Managerial
and Costs Accountant at Fazenda Tamanduá-PB. |
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Subject: Ecology of vertebrates
in the caatinga region and Ecology of reptiles and amphibians
From May 16 to May 21, 2011 |
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Fazenda Tamanduá, represented by Dr. Pierre Landolt, enables
practical field classes to be given for two subjects in the
postgraduate course on Ecology, at Masters level, at the Federal
Rural University in Pernambuco.
The classes were held between May 16 and 21 of the current year
and were given by Professors Dr. Rachel Lyra Neves and Dr.
Geraldo Moura.
The activities consisted of demonstration of methods for
capturing animals, from bats and birds to snakes, lizards and
anurans, always stressing the influence of environmental factors
on the ecological behavior of the species.
The theoretical and practical classes took place simultaneously,
so that it was possible to observe, in the field, the
peculiarities of the region that favor the diversity of the
fauna and flora seen there. |
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A time for conversation among professors and
students in the forested area
of Serra do Tamanduá. |
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Specimens of birds and tree-frogs captured
at Fazenda Tamanduá. |
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Always under supervision of their professors, the students
handled capturing nets for birds and bats, and interception and
pitfall traps for capturing anurans, in addition to active
search for animals, so that all methodological procedures for
handling could be passed on to the students. |
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At the same time, the students were divided into teams so as to
develop different mini-projects, using specific techniques for
ecological studies of the groups dealt with in the area. The
results obtained in this class will be published by the students
and professors to disseminate scientific knowledge of the
vertebrate fauna found at Fazenda Tamanduá.
The professors and students of the Post-Graduate Ecology Program
at the Federal Rural University in Pernambuco congratulate the
management of Fazenda Tamanduá, represented by Pierre Landolt,
for the farm’s excellent conservation practices.
They also wish to express their gratitude for the opportunity to
carry out practical field work on the farm, and for the
infrastructure made available during the classes.
Carina Carneiro de Melo Moura – Student
Professor Rachel Lyra Neves
Professor Geraldo Moura |
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Class of 2011 – Ecology of Vertebrates in the Caatinga
Region,
and Ecology of Reptiles and Amphibians – at Fazenda
Tamanduá. |
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Fazenda
Tamanduá
Caixa Postal 65 - Patos / Paraíba - CEP 58700-970 - Brasil
Tel.(83)3422-7070
Fax(83)3422-7071 |
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