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New device that protects tree seedlings could aid forest restoration
Yale Climate Conections
April 23, 2020
“Logging, ranching, and farming have destroyed vast areas of Brazilian rainforest. Replanting some of those regions could help slow global warming because trees absorb and store carbon.”
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THIS BIODEGRADABLE PLANTER COULD HELP SAVE FORESTS
BBC - BRIGHT SPARKS SERIES
October 28, 2019
“The giant trees that form the heart of tropical rainforests are an awe-inspiring sight. But those trees start from small saplings. And those saplings are very vulnerable in the early stages of their life.”
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How plants and animals are teaching scientists to fight climate change
NBC News
October 28, 2018
“The immensity of a program to reforest large swaths of the Amazon is hard to conceive — it aims to plant millions of trees over a remote area of Brazil roughly the size of Pennsylvania. If that wasn’t…”
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Biomimética: copiar a natureza pode gerar bilhões em novos negócios
Você S/A*
December 19, 2019
“Ao longo de anos, o homem acostumou-se a olhar para a natureza como uma entidade a serviço da humanidade ou algo distante para ser contemplado. Essa mentalidade, no entanto, está cada vez mais desconectada dos dias atuais.”
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Nucleário: tecnologia promete mais benefícios do que manutenção de reflorestamento
Empresa Brasil de Comunicação*
January 31, 2020
“O projeto é um sistema de plantio florestal. O dispositivo é aplicado ao redor das mudas em projetos de restauração florestal.”
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Biomimética: tecnologia inspirada na natureza avança no Brasil
Mongabay Brasil*
March 18, 2020
“No Brasil, proliferam os cursos de imersão na Amazônia e no Cerrado concentrados na inovação de materiais, assim como o surgimento de consultores e startups de biomimética. Em 2018, a Nucleário tornou-se a primeira empresa brasileira a ganhar um prêmio concedido pelo Biomimicry Institute”
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Les humains ne savent pas fabriquer des matériaux aussi ingénieux que la nature
Libération*
March 01, 2019
“Dans un tout autre domaine, au Brésil, l’équipe de Nucléario a créé un objet qui permet de replanter des forêts à grande échelle. Le problème de la reforestation est qu’il y a beaucoup de pertes, des arbres qui meurent avant d’avoir atteint leur taille adulte.”
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Can a Planter Help Capture Carbon?
Sea Spray Labs*
March 12, 2019
“Trees store carbon not only aboveground in biomass but also below ground in the soil. To mitigate global warming we have to stop deforestation. But what about the forest we have already lost, can we re-grow it?”
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Ecosystem Services: Innovation Case Studies
ECOSTAR Natural Talents*
October 05, 2019
“The Brazilian team of entrepreneurs has won the 2018 Ray of Hope Prize for the Nucleário, an all-in-one reforestation solution that mimics elements of natural forest progression to reduce maintenance costs and improve seedling survival rates.”
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Planting more forest in less time: Nature-inspired reforestation solution captures the 2018 Ray of Hope Prize
biomimicry institute blog
October 20, 2018
“Bruno Rutman Pagnoncelli grew up among the trees in Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest, learning how to kayak its whitewater rapids and soaring high above the treetops in paragliders. On one of these paragliding…”
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Nature-inspired Reforestation Innovation Wins Ray of Hope Prize®
Ray anderson foundation
October 27, 2018
“With deforestation contributing an estimated 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, countries, NGO’s, and innovators are working to restore our planet’s forests as quickly as possible to avoid catastrophic…”
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Biodegradable device that surrounds and protects newly planted seedlings to increase survival rate.
Asknature
September 12, 2019
“Nucleário is a biodegradable device that surrounds and protects newly planted seedlings to increase survival rate. During drought periods, the Nucleário provides controlled release of rainwater, ensuring a greater resilience for forest restorations, especially in locations with high incidence of solar radiation.”
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Reforestation Project Combating Climate Change Wins $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize
triple pundit
October 31, 2018
“At least 14.2 million acres of land in the Atlantic Forest has the potential to grow trees – and Brazilian company Nucleário has found a faster and more sustainable way to do so. Nucleário’s use of…”
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As Brazil’s new president threatens the Amazon, Brazilian entrepreneurs create a device for large-scale forest restoration
Business Insider
October 30, 2018
“Forests are vital to fighting climate change, removing more than one-quarter of the carbon emissions added to the Earth’s atmosphere annually, scientists say. But the rate of deforestation has increased…”
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Planting trees, capturing carbon, cleaning the air: These innovators are looking to nature to develop innovations that give more than they take
bioneers
October 20, 2018
“The most recent climate change report from the UN was yet another wake-up call that business as usual won’t stop the runaway effects of our warming planet. It’s time to focus on solutions and design…”
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Nucleário as a Brazilian biomimicry case
GloboNews channel
November 29, 2018
Nucleário’s CEO interview at Mundo S / A program in the GloboNews channel. This program was entirely about biomimicry, showing different companies projects inspired by nature.
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INNOVATIVE REFORESTATION WINS RAY OF HOPE PRIZE
maximpact blog
October 23, 2018
“A Brazilian team of entrepreneurs has won the $100,000 Ray C. Anderson Foundation 2018 Ray of Hope Prize for the Nucleário Planting System, an all-in-one reforestation solution that mimics elements of …”
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Nucleário se insere no mercado com ajuda de Institutos de Tecnologia da Firjan SENAI
FIRJAN*
August 30, 2018
“Um sistema inovador de plantio florestal entrou no mercado este ano e é um case de sucesso, após ter conseguido, em 2016, aporte de R$ 150 mil pelo Edital de Inovação para a Indústria para o desenvolvimento do protótipo.”
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Welcome to the Climate-Change-Reversing Invention Convention
Sierra Club magazine
November 17, 2018
“Biomimicry—from the Greek life and mimesis, meaning to imitate—is the notion that the natural world can be used as a model for human design. It’s part of what what drives 3,000+ people to descend…”
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Brasileiros ganham prêmio internacional com tecnologia inovadora de restauração florestal
Conexão Planeta blog*
November 16, 2018
“Cerca de 30% das mudas de árvores morrem nos primeiros três anos após seu plantio. Mantê-las saudáveis, irrigadas e protegidas do ataque de insetos e outros inimigos naturais requer manutenção constante...”
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Sistema de plantio florestal para restauração em larga escala
Opiniões magazine*
November 4, 2018
“Mitigar as mudanças climáticas é uma causa global. Dentre as diversas estratégias e metas estabelecidas mundialmente, a conservação das florestas nativas e a restauração florestal serão os atores...”
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Nucleário: projeto brasileiro premiado por tecnologia de restauração florestal
Xapuri Socioambiental
September 11, 2019
“Como podemos acelerar a viabilidade comercial de soluções biomiméticas para nossos maiores problemas?” essa é a pergunta que inspirou a Ray Anderson Foundation a criar o o Ray of Hope, uma rede global de pioneirismo ambiental que premia anualmente o melhor projeto do mundo nesta área.”
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Projeto brasileiro ganha prêmio internacional de 100 000 dólares com tecnologia inovadora de restauração florestal
Pindorama Institute*
January 10, 2019
“Como podemos acelerar a viabilidade comercial de soluções biomiméticas para nossos maiores problemas?” essa é a pergunta que inspirou a Ray Anderson Foundation a criar o o Ray of hope, uma rede global...”
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Startup brasileira constrói solução para acelerar reflorestamento
StartSe*
October 30, 2018
“A Mata Atlântica é um dos ecossistemas mais devastados do país – atualmente, restam menos de 12% da floresta nativa, segundo a Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica e Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)...”
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Tecnologia inovadora em restauração florestal chega à bacia do Guariroba (MS)
blog WWF-Brasil*
May 10, 2018
“Pensado como um dispositivo para minimizar o trabalho de manutenção pós plantio e ao mesmo tempo aumentar a taxa de sucesso das mudas de restauração florestal, o Nucleário tinha a sua ....”
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Brasileiros ganham prêmio internacional com tecnologia inovadora de restauração florestal
blog amazonia.org.br*
November 20, 2018
“Cerca de 30% das mudas de árvores morrem nos primeiros três anos após seu plantio. Mantê-las saudáveis, irrigadas e protegidas do ataque de insetos e outros inimigos naturais requer manutenção constante ...”
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Nucleario - Geoengineering concept
IF world design guide
September 23, 2015
“Nucleario is a geoengineering concept for rainforest restoration based on natural succession. It focuses on degraded areas, aiming at the large scale, minimum maintenance and maximum efficiency.”
