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“Green Line”: A project to signalize the environmental patrimony

An academic project developed by Labim (Urban Visual Communication Image Lab – FAUSP), and supported by the Editorial Connection team.

The Serra da Cantareira State Park is considered one of the largest urban forests in the world. The park was created at the end of the twenty-first century in order to protect the resources and assure the capitation of water to the entire metropolitan region of São Paulo.

Historically, the term “Cantareira” comes from the troupers who used to conduct trading between São Paulo and its region during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. When they cut through the mountain areas, they stored water from the rivers in pitchers (jars) to use during their trips.

The Cantareira Mountains are located in a highly urbanized region, and its rich flora has a wide range of wood species such as imbuia, rosewood, palm, pink cedar, jequitibá, embaúba and araucaria pines, serving as support for other smaller plants such as heliconias, lianas, bromeliads, orchids, mosses, and lichens.




	The “Serra da Cantereira” State Park has 7,916.52 hectares and is located between the cities of São Paulo, Guarulhos, Mairiporã, and Caieiras. Just outside the forest and the beginning of the urbanized area, there is a section containing buildings for various recreational activities, condominiums, and gardens with a great variety of plants. All of this forms a linear relationship between the wild animals in the forest and plants that are indigenous to this region. Proper conservation is critical to the preservation of the natural biodiversity of this region. The problems created by the urbanized areas, however, have an impact that continuously threatens this ecosystem. Text: Issao Minami Academic project: Linha Verde Labim: Urban Visual Communication and Image lab – FAUSP – 2007 Project Coordinator: Issao Minami – Labim Design and Visual Communication: Alexandre Romão – Editorial Connection Labim Researchers: Mirtes Birer Koch and Percival Brosig Illustration: Pietro Antognioni, Sidney Meireles e Alexandre Romão – Editorial Connection