Traditional Communities

Copel participates in the meetings of the State Councils related to Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Peoples and Communities in Paraná, seeking to provide special assistance in accepting demands and providing clarifications to all participants.

Several licensing and intervening bodies participate in the meetings, such as the Water and Land Institute (IAT), National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples (FUNAI), Palmares Foundation, IBAMA, INCRA, DNIT and ICMBio, as well as representatives of traditional communities (quilombolas, riverside , faxinals, indigenous people and traditional artisanal fishermen).

Copel Geração e Transmissão (Copel GeT) contributes with actions aimed at traditional populations located in the areas surrounding projects, aiming at the socioeconomic sustainability and cultural appreciation of these communities. One of these communities belongs to the Barão de Antonina Indigenous Land, in São Jerônimo da Serra, which is intercepted by the Figueira – Apucarana 230 kV Transmission Line.

The execution of the activities were made possible through the creation of specific Funds held by the respective communities with the aim of financing programs within indigenous lands, under shared management. In addition, the Company annually transfers the amounts of annual financial compensation to these communities due to the operation of the projects, with the resources being applied by the communities in environmental, cultural and other activities.

Copel GeT is also carrying out the Basic Environmental Plan for the Indigenous Component of the Governador Jayme Canet Junior (Mauá) Hydroelectric Power Plant – UHE GJC, installed on the Tibagi River. Another highlight was the socio-environmental studies carried out in the communities of Mococa and Queimadas, which resulted in a matrix of impacts on indigenous lands. Based on Technical Note No. 6 – Opinion/2005, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office requested the inclusion of six more indigenous communities: Apucaraninha, Barão de Antonina, São Jerônimo Laranjinha, Pinhalzinho and Ywy Porã (the latter three in the Cinzas River Basin), leading to the preparation of Anthropological Report 01/2010. These studies were the basis for the creation of the Basic Environmental Project – Indigenous Component (PBA-CI), approved by FUNAI as a requirement for licensing the Governador Jayme Canet Junior HPP (condition 41 of License No. 27,431). Since July 2012, the PBA-CI has been carried out with technical and financial support from Copel, and annual reports on its actions have been sent to Funai.