ENVIRONMENT
CONCERN
Ypióca Agroindustrial
has been pioneer in initiatives for the environment preservation.
Since 1846, Ypióca always looked for to take advantage
of the by-products coming of the production of Cachaça.
For example, the vinhoto (by-product of the distillery and highly
pollutant to rivers and lakes) is transformed in fertiliser
and used in the ferti-irrigation of the sugar cane plantation;
part of the bagasse of the sugar-cane (rejected from the extraction
of the cane juice) is transformed in paper and cardboard in
a factory of the Group, Pecém
Agroindustrial Ltd., and later, used in the packing of the
products of the company; another part is transformed in electric
power and into vapor, thus doing the company self-contained
in energy; finally the eye of the cane (foliage) is transformed
in ration to feed the cattle, which will feed the employees
of the group.
Ypióca was also pioneer in the creation, in 1995, of
the first ecological reserve peculiar of Ceará, located
in the municipal district of Aquiraz. Characterised by a typical
vegetation remainder of the Atlantic forest, the Reserve "Lagoa
da Encantada", of 40 hectares, still has rich fauna, composed
of local species as preás, foxes, pebas, armadillos,
raccoons, cassacos, tejos, hawks, tetéus,
sabiás, rolinhas, cobra de viado and cobra cipó,
among other species.
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By all this work,
Ypióca was favored in 1997 with the Prize "Jornalista
Moraes Nó", instituted with the objective of exalting
companies that have actions toward the environment preservation.
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GENERAL
INFORMATION |
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LOCATION:
District of Jacaúna
Municipal district of Aquiraz - Ceará
ACCESS:
CE-004 and CE-453
RESERVED AREA:
40 hectares
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CLIMATE:
Tropical hot humid, with precipitation annual average of 1.350mm.
HYDROGRAPHY:
The hydrography is constituted by small courses of water superficial
(streams), inserted in the area of the Bacia Hidrográfica
dos Pequenos Rios Litorâneos.
GEOLOGY:
The area is characterised by presenting tertiary sediments
of Barreiras Group integrating into the surface of the Tabuleiros
Costeiros, with altitudes decaying from 10 to 30 meters.
FLORA:
The vegetation is constituted by species of the Compound Coastal
Vegetation, where still grows remainders of the Atlantic forest.
The following species found locally are: Muciri, Jatobá,
Wood d'Arco, Maçaranduba, Umburama, Jucá,
Mofumbo, Angélica, etc.
FAUNA:
Composed by specimens as: preá, fox, peba,
armadillo, raccoon, cassaco, tejo, hawk,
tetéu, sabiá, rolinha, cobra de viado,
collects liana, among others.
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