Services for the Community

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  Passenger trains

  As well as transporting our minerals, two of our railways offer the most extensive passenger train services in the country: the Vitória-Minas Railway (EFVM) and Carajás Railway (EFC). EFVM operates Brazil’s only daily passenger train service to link two metropolitan regions: Cariacica (Espírito Santo) and Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais). EFC connects the states of Maranhão and Pará, crossing 25 municipalities.

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  Vale Botanical Park,
  Vitória

  Covering 33 hectares of green space, Vale Botanical Park in Vitória, Espírito Santo, is located in Tubarão Complex’s green belt. Visitors have the opportunity to explore the first permanent Sensory Garden in Espírito Santo and a “Railcar of Knowledge” – a library housed in a railcar with the capacity for 3,500 items.

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  Vale Botanical Park,
  São Luís

  Vale offers local communities the opportunity to enjoy a space the size of 100 football fields earmarked for leisure, environmental education and exercise. Vale Botanical Park in São Luís, Maranhão, located within Ponta da Madeira Port Industrial Complex, is the ideal place for people who like contact with nature.

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  Vale Natural Reserve

  Vale Natural Reserve is one of the largest protected areas of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Located in Linhares, Espírito Santo, researchers there have catalogued more than 2,800 plant species, around insect 1,500 species, more than 110 mammal species and 380 bird species – corresponding to around 20% of all bird species recorded in Brazil.

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Community news

• Minas Gerais

  

  • Jambreiro Forest, an area preserved by Vale in Minas Gerais, is open to public visits

• Maranhão

   

   

  • A sports project supported by Vale and the Vale Foundation is bringing learning and leisure to Maranhão
  • A handcrafts exhibition at Vale Botanical Park creates business opportunities for craftspeople in Maranhão
  • Vale Botanical Park in São Luís celebrates seven years of operations and results

• Espírito Santo

   

   

  • Samba and theatre enliven Vale Botanical Park, Espírito Santo, this weekend
  • Vale Botanical Park takes an educational vegetable garden to a social institution in Espírito Santo
  • Take part in school holiday activities at Vale Natural Reserve

• Rio de Janeiro

   

   

  • Vale Foundation and PUC-Rio launch AGIR Program in Mangaratiba

• Pará

   

   

  • “Health Station” initiative runs preventive activities on EFC passenger train
  • Vale Foundation project mobilizes young members of community to promote health in southeast Pará