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Compal raises awareness about endangered animals in Portugal through a new edition of the Compal Essential Kids collection. As part of this launch, a partnership with LPNs was established.
What do the Iberian lynx, the blue whale and the ibex have in common? They are all animals present in Portuguese territory and they are all animals in danger of extinction. But not only that: they are also present in the new packaging of Compal Essential Kids Collection Edition – Endangered Species! These are part of the group of ten animals chosen by Compal to appear in this edition of the collection, alerting children and adults to the need to protect biodiversity.
The ten animals chosen were the blue whale, the sea lion, the mountain gecko, the Iberian wolf, the Iberian lynx, the hoopoe, the horseshoe bat, the wildebeest, the loggerhead turtle and the Iberian imperial eagle. In addition to containers with illustrations that make you want to collect, in partnership with LPN, these pots will also serve as teaching material for various environmental education actions. Actions planned for 1st cycle classes in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (around 1,000 students and 200 adults), and in ten classes in the North, Center, Alentejo and Algarve regions (around 800 students).
Compal, environmental responsibility and the alliance with LPN
For Madalena Lynce de Faria, Marketing Manager of Compal, “This initiative is in line with the motto of environmental responsibility of the Compal brand – “Tomorrow Matters” – and takes the form of raising awareness about the need to protect several endangered species of extinction in Portugal. . Guaranteeing their future is preserving our natural heritage and we found in LPN the ideal partner to amplify this message, through awareness actions in schools with educational sessions for the little ones”. In the information assimilation phase and this is very important”, says Jorge Palmeirim, president of LPN, about the need to sensitize the younger generations about environmental causes. One of the positive points of this work, according to Jorge Palmeirim, is that children “genuinely want the good of the world and not necessarily the good of themselves.” Let’s say that perhaps they are more open to what we consider to be of collective interest, and not of individual interest, that is, natural heritage, biodiversity. On the other hand, they are also the future decision makers. We have to invest in the future, invest in future decisions and citizens.”
In addition to environmental awareness and education, LPN, as the oldest environmental protection association in the Iberian Peninsula, has a history of more than 70 years in campaigns to protect biodiversity and in very specific programs.
Action on the ground is the mission of LPN
“One of the types of activities that we do is conservation projects on the ground. For example, we have the Castro Verde steppe and bird project, where we manage the territory with the aim of creating the conditions for good populations of highly threatened bird species, such as the great bustard, the little bustard or the kestrel. -the towers. We also have projects on the ground for the conservation of the black vulture and we continue working on the conservation of the Iberian lynx. It really is practical work”, explains Jorge Palmeirim.
But the action of a group of associated citizens like this is also important for those who have decision-making power. “We also do a lot of lobbying with authorities to try to ensure that decisions involving public interests take the public interest into account. The LPN is there to try to defend the interests of society in general, in particular the interests of the collective patrimony that is the patrimony of nature”, affirms the president of the LPN. If you are interested, you can become an LPN member.
The special edition of Endangered Species will be available until the summer of 2023 and is yet another reinforcement of Compal’s commitment to the environment, based on the pillars of sustainable agriculture, responsible processing, balanced nutrition, friendly packaging with the environment and support to the community.
Until you gather the ten endangered Portuguese animals, learn some curiosities about the animals present in this collection, in the video, by the voice of Jorge Palmeirim, president of LPN.
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Source: Observadora
