Suape pays special attention to the environmental
aspects of the complex. In 1993, it carried
out an Environmental Impact Assessment
and more recently concluded its first Environmental
Impact Study with its respective Environmental
Impact Report and Basic Environmental Projects
as legal instruments for future environmental
licensing.
Besides being responsible for
the administration of its natural resources,
Suape is committed to environmental organizations
in order to compensate for the impact generated
by its work.
A technical cooperation program
has been put into effect with the Pernambuco
Environmental Company – CPRH –,
installing an outpost of the organization
at Suape so as to facilitate the licensing
of the enterprises installed and those
as yet to be installed, as well as carry
out systematic monitoring to follow up
the licensing requirements.
Future
Projects:
 Suape
has a set of environmental programs that
to be developed and implemented, including:
• Management
plan for solid waste of the port
• Suape port emergency
plan
• Technical assessment of environmental
impact to complement the environmental
licensing of the tankage post amplification.
Suape operations are also environmentally
licensed.
• Woodland conservation
projects for the economic utilization of
mangos – an
alternative for using economically using
the mango trees at Integrated Social Promotion
Centers (ISPC)
• Woodland conservation
project for cashew trees – an economic
alternative for conserving woodlands through
complementing income of family living in
Integrated Social Promotion Centers
• Recognition
and preservation marine phanerogam meadows
• Morphodynamic
studies of the Cocaia and Suape beaches
In assistance to the environment, Suape
has an Environmental Monitoring System,
which measures the following:
• wind
speed and direction
• air
temperature, pressure and humidity
• ocean
currents and direction of currents
• waves
and sea level
The system links sensors
in its buoys that can capture any oil leak
or leak of any equivalent substance that
may come from ships or ducts.
Ecological
Preservation and Environmental Management
 There
are over 6000 hectares (45% of the area
of the complex) legally set aside for ecological
preservation. It is within this area that
Suape has been implementing its environmental
programs since 1981. There have been around
716 hectares of reforested lands thus far.
The most recent environmental projects
are in the implantation phase and include
four Ecological Integration Corridors of
the Remaining Atlantic Rainforest and the
Energetic Woods Project. The latter is
a pilot program on 20 ha (40,000 trees)
implanted in 1998, with self-sustainability
expected by 2004.
As environmental compensation
for the suppression of native vegetation
in the port area, Suape has implanted Forrest
Corridors 1, 2, 3 and 4, with 161 ha of
native woodlands. There are around 402,500
trees and more than fifty native species
of the Atlantic Rainforest, uniting the
remaining woodlands and fulfilling their
ecological role.
Suape has a forest nursery
with a production capacity of over 400,000
cuttings with around 50 species originating
from the Atlantic Rainforest.
Conservation
Units
 Despite the fact that the
ecological preservation zones have a high
index of human occupation, they are home
to important conservation units with specific
legislation, such as the Mangrove Biological
Reserves (650 ha), the Zumbi Woodlands(292
ha), the Two Lagoon Woods (120 ha), the
State Park of Suape (1,608 ha) and other
preserved woodlands permanently situated
at Bita Dam.
Cultural Preservation
The
cultural preservation zone of the complex
has 270 ha and is located in Cabo de Santo
Agostinho. It includes the old Nazareth
Plantation, locale of important historical
and cultural events. Currently, the zone
is marked by the Armando de Holanda Cavalcanti
metropolitan park. Historical monuments
are conserved here, and cultural aspects
of the residing native population are maintained.
Important monuments are found in the park.
They are open to the public and considered
potential tourist attractions.
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