Associação de Preservação do Meio Ambiente e da Vida

Apremavi — the Associação de Preservação do Meio Ambiente e da Vida (Association for the Preservation of the Environment and Life) — is a Brazilian non-profit civil society organization of public interest (OSCIP) created on 9 July 1987. Its headquarters are in Atalanta, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, where it operates a large environmental centre, the Centro Ambiental Jardim das Florestas, next to a nursery of native Atlantic Forest tree seedlings. The organization describes itself as both an activist voice against ongoing socio-environmental disasters and a hands-on practitioner demonstrating sustainable ways to protect and use natural resources. Apremavi's mission is to defend, preserve and recover the environment and cultural values, pursuing sustainability in all dimensions and improving quality of life in the Atlantic Forest and other biomes. Over its history it has worked to strengthen public environmental policies, to create public and private conservation units, to deliver training and environmental education, and to restore and recover degraded areas. According to its institutional page, it has helped plant more than 10.5 million native trees. The organization today counts more than 40 paid professionals and volunteers working on projects linked to six thematic areas, in Santa Catarina and Paraná. Its Viveiro Jardim das Florestas, in Atalanta, is described as one of the largest nurseries in southern Brazil, with installed capacity to produce around 1 million seedlings per year of up to 200 different native Atlantic Forest species. The Centro Ambiental Jardim das Florestas, in the Alto Dona Luiza community in Atalanta, houses Apremavi's headquarters and is equipped with lodgings, an auditorium and a library, offering a space for environmental education and training activities in direct contact with nature, used for courses, seminars and other events. Apremavi communicates through its website, which includes a news portal, an online store (Ecoloja) and contact channels, and it solicits donations and memberships to support its tree-planting and restoration work. Its news coverage includes long-running partnerships — for example, a story marking more than 30 years of a relationship linking Apremavi, the RPPN Chácara Edith and Supermercados Archer, in which seedlings donated by the supermarket are taken to the Chácara Edith property in Brusque (SC) around Tree Day. Other items report excursions to the RPPN Serra do Lucindo and civic initiatives encouraging informed voting ahead of the 2026 elections.

Apremavi, the Associação de Preservação do Meio Ambiente e da Vida, was created on 9 July 1987 as a non-profit civil society organization of public interest (OSCIP). It established its headquarters in Atalanta, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, at a large and well-structured environmental centre located beside a nursery of native Atlantic Forest tree seedlings. From its base in Santa Catarina, the organization built a trajectory combining advocacy and practical work. It mobilized significant effort to improve public environmental policies, to support the creation of public and private conservation units, and to carry out training and environmental education. At the same time it worked daily on the restoration and recovery of degraded areas, and reports having helped plant more than 10.5 million native trees. Its nursery, the Viveiro Jardim das Florestas in Atalanta, is described as one of the largest in southern Brazil, with installed capacity to produce around 1 million seedlings per year of up to 200 different native Atlantic Forest species. The Centro Ambiental Jardim das Florestas, in the Alto Dona Luiza community in Atalanta, houses the organization's headquarters and includes lodgings, an auditorium and a library, providing a setting for environmental education and training in direct contact with nature, and hosting courses, seminars and other events organized by Apremavi or by others. Today Apremavi counts more than 40 paid professionals and volunteers working on projects linked to six thematic areas, operating in Santa Catarina and Paraná. Its website functions as a portal with news, an online store (Ecoloja) and contact channels, and it invites supporters to donate or become members to help restore the Atlantic Forest. Its news output documents long-running local partnerships and conservation activities, such as more than 30 years of cooperation with the RPPN Chácara Edith and Supermercados Archer around Tree Day, excursions to the RPPN Serra do Lucindo, and civic initiatives encouraging informed voting ahead of the 2026 elections.

• Apremavi founded on 9 July 1987 as a non-profit civil society organization of public interest.

• More than 30 years of cooperation linking Apremavi, RPPN Chácara Edith and Supermercados Archer around Tree Day.

• Apremavi reports having helped plant more than 10.5 million native trees.

A non-profit civil society organization of public interest combining environmental activism with hands-on restoration, education and native seedling production in the Atlantic Forest.

• Viveiro Jardim das Florestas

  Native Atlantic Forest tree nursery in Atalanta (SC), described as one of the largest in southern Brazil, with installed capacity for around 1 million seedlings per year of up to 200 native species.

• Centro Ambiental Jardim das Florestas

  Environmental centre in the Alto Dona Luiza community, Atalanta (SC), housing Apremavi's headquarters with lodgings, auditorium and library for education and training.

• Ecological restoration projects

  Daily work on the restoration and recovery of degraded areas in the Atlantic Forest.

• Environmental education and training

  Courses, seminars and events organized by Apremavi or others at its environmental centre.

1. 1Homepage • Apremaviapremavi.org.br
2. 2Institucional • Apremaviapremavi.org.br
3. 3Wikidata Q136345780wikidata.org