PMFORUM Breaking News

Reported by Peter Mello in Brazil

The World Wildlife Fund of Brazil (WWF-Brazil) and other non-profit organizations have launched on Saturday, June 7th, a project to protect the Urubu River and its surrounding areas in the Federal District of Brazil. The project counts with volunteer work of the community to achieve its goals.

WWF expects to develop recycling habits among the population and it is a pioneer environment project in this part of the country, involving around 1,000 inhabitants.

In Brazil, WWF has been working in several projects all across the country with reasonable Government and local support. Other major activities includes plans to reduce to zero net deforestation of Amazon by 2020 (WWF network, World Bank and German Development Bank are donors of the ARPA – The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program)

More information can be found at:
http://www.wwf.org.br/index.cfm?uNewsID=14160 (Portuguse)
http://www.wwf.org.br/informacoes/noticias_rede_wwf/index.cfm (English)

Peter Mello, SpS, PMP International Correspondent - Brazil Based in São Paulo State Peter Mello, SpS, PMP is an International Correspondent for PMForum in Brasil. He is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and a Senior Consultant for X25 Treinamento e Consultoria (X25), based in Brasilia, Brazil. He provides project management training and consulting services to governmental and industrial organizations in Brazil. Peter presently works with a portfolio of projects in the Petroleum & Gas industry. His professional experience also includes project and risk management for large projects in the IT Industry and Government, and scheduling optimization using critical chain and Success Driven Project Management concepts. More information about Peter can be seen at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm. He can be contacted at peter.mello@x25.com.br.