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“ The Diálogos da Carnaúba unveiled a series of debates and workshops in the State, with the purpose of outlining priority actions for the qualification of wax production in Ceará.”

esteve entre os dez produtos mais comercializados fora do País e ainda está entre os mais exportados do Ceará. Carnaúba: Árvore da vida De vida longa e múltiplas utilidades, ela ganhou o apelido "árvore da vida". Presente no Brasão do Ceará tornou-se árvore-símbolo do Estado em 2004. Descrita pela primeira vez em 1648, os desbravadores europeus identificaram na Copernicia prunifera uma fonte de cera de grande utilidade para a fabricação de velas, a princípio. Mas os indígenas já a conheciam e, pelo tronco áspero e resistente, deram-lhe o nome pelo qual essa palmeira nativa do Bioma Caatinga ficou conhecida: Carnaúba, do Tupi, "a árvore que arranha". Seu produto mais nobre e rentável, a cera, faz parte do mecanis-

and workshops in the State, with the purpose of outlining priority actions for the qualification of wax production in Ceará. And all these actions are developed for a reason. The carnauba means and guarantees employment, income and sustainability to rural producers, even in the most challenging times in the Caatinga. According to the State of Ceará Development Agency (ADECE, as per its acronym in Portuguese), carnauba wax has been exported for more than 150 years, it was among the ten most commercialized products outside the country and is still among the most exported by Ceará. Carnauba: Tree of life Long-lived and with multiple uses, it earned the nickname "tree of life". Present in the coat of arms of Ceará, it became the symbol-tree of the State in 2004. It was first described in 1648 by European pioneers, who identified in the Copernicia prunifera a source of wax of great quality for the manufacture of candles. However, the indigenous peoples already knew it,

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