The ONG Association ABTC-BRASIL is a direct bridge between foreignors of various nationalities and public offices, government secretaries, tax departments, as well as municipal, state and national legislation, therefore, tending to all of our members needs.
Mission
To provide services of high quality with professionalism, security and confidentiality creating a relationship of trust with the member, based on total transparency in the provision of services.
The small city of Acari, in the eastern Serído region of Rio Grande do Norte has a population of 11.209 inhabitants (IBGE, 2000), with 8,865 inhabitants residing in the city and 2,344, residing in the rural areas. The city has an area of 596 square kilometers. The city of Acari is in a privileged position, to start a visit or tour of the Sertão (sertaneja), like a post card for travelers from Natal in the direction of the Sertão do Seridó Norteriograndense, is a city that has natural landmarks, presenting a rich geography of mountains and rock formations, an historical-cultural patrimony of its own, completely different from might be encountered in other parts (majority) of the state. The dam at Açude Gargalheiras forms a magnificient mirror of water, with the capacity to store more than 40 cubic meters which constitutes a major base from which to develop tourism for the municipality.
RPPN Sernativo - Acari, Rio Grande do Norte (in English) - Ecological reserve - projected Hotel - Fazenda dedicated to the preservation of the Caatinga, a natural vegetation of the semi-arid Seridó region of northeast Brazil.
While Brazil is known for its rain forests, much of the country encompasses more arid habitats, including the semiarid scrub forests of the Caatinga. One of the most populated semiarid regions in the world, the Caatinga is so altered that only a few ecologically important examples of natural habitat remain.
Caatinga is the natural vegetation in the sertao region of the northeastern part of Brazil. The name "caatinga" is a indigenous word meaning "open forest" or "open vegetation". It covers about 700,000 km2. The Caatinga has a semi-arid climate with average annual temperatures of about 28 °C. The area has a very hot and dry winter and a hot and rainy summer. The rivers of the caatinga only run during the rainy summers and in some places the streams are interrupted during the dry winters. The vegetation consists mainly of open shrubs that are resistant to drought.
Mata Estrela, with a total area of 2.039,93 hectares, consitutes the major remains of the coastal forest (Mata Atlântíca) in the state (Rio Grande do Norte) and the largest relating to dunes in the country (Brazil). In the interior of the reserve there are approximately 19 clear water and dark water lagoons (the dark water is caused by pigmatation of the leaves from the trees and mineral composition of the soil. The local natives believe that swimming or bathing in these waters has medicinal benefits,
