Porto Central is committed to complying with a series of Environmental Programs agreed with the federal environmental authority, Ibama. These programs seek environmental excellence by ensuring compliance with legislation and applicable environmental standards during the implementation and operation phases of the port complex.

We can mention some of these, aimed at protecting terrestrial physical environments and continental biodiversity: Terrestrial Fauna and Continental Ichthyofauna Rescue Program, Flora Protection Program, Terrestrial Fauna Monitoring Program, Continental Aquatic Biota Monitoring Program, Tracked Fauna Monitoring, Groundwater Monitoring Program, Noise and Vibration Monitoring Program, Waste Management Program, Effluent Management Program, Atmospheric Emissions Monitoring Program, Surface Water Resources Monitoring Program and Recovery Program of Degraded Areas.

When it comes to the socioeconomic area, we have the Social Communication Program, Environmental Education Program, organized into five Lines of Action relevant to the relationship with society (Communities, Workers, Health, Traffic and Compensation for Fishing Activities), Monitoring Program Fishing Landing Program, Professional Training Program, Archaeological Prospecting and Heritage Education Program, Interference Mitigation Program in the Road System, Socioeconomic Monitoring Program, Labor Mobilization and Demobilization Program and Regional Development Support Program – PADR.

Regarding programs aimed at protecting the coastal and marine environment, including its biodiversity, we can mention: Coastline Morphodynamic Monitoring Program; Water Quality and Marine Sediments Monitoring Program; Pelagic Biota Monitoring Program, Benthic Communities Monitoring Program, Chelonian Monitoring Program (turtles), Cetacean Monitoring Program (whales and dolphins); Marine Noise and Vibration Monitoring Program and Ballast Water Management Program (avoid introduction of exotic species).

It is also worth highlighting special care regarding dredging activities, which have specific and robust programs based on the Adaptive Dredging Management Plan (PGDA), and including the Turbidity Plume Tracking Program, the Hydrodynamics and Turbidity/CSS, the Sedimentation Rate Monitoring Program and the Rhodolith Banks Monitoring Program, in addition to all environmental control measures provided for in the Dredging Plan.

With regard to obligations towards the bodies involved in the licensing process, in the case of Porto Central, the bodies responsible for the protection of quilombola peoples, initially the Fundação Cultural Palmares (FCP) and currently Incra, and the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage National (Iphan), Archaeological, Land and Marine Prospecting and pre-installation activities of the Heritage Education Program have already been carried out. Regarding the specificities of the quilombola communities present less than 8 km from the project site, Cacimbinha and Boa Esperança, Porto Central, based on a prior hearing process with the communities, prepared and presented to the FCP, in 2015, its PBA proposal Specific to the Quilombola Component. Considering the lapse of time since then, Porto Central has been conducting a new stage of dialogue with quilombola communities to confirm or review/update the PBA Quilombola, which consists of several programs aimed at protecting the environment, valuing and disseminating cultural assets and protection of the territory of these communities.