Bees as pollinators in Brazil - USP
Bees as pollinators in Brazil - USP
Bees as pollinators in Brazil - USP
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Acknowledgements<br />
The Workshop São Paulo Declaration on Poll<strong>in</strong>ators plus five <strong>in</strong>volved a<br />
team with different profiles, and several <strong>in</strong>stitutions. Concern<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
organization, we thank especially the dedication of Fernando A. Silveira,<br />
Cynthia P<strong>in</strong>heiro Machado, Claudia Maria Jacobi, Rogério Gribel, Breno<br />
Magalhães Freit<strong>as</strong>, David de Jong, Lionel Segui Gonçalves, Mar<strong>in</strong>a Siqueira<br />
de C<strong>as</strong>tro. Also, we thank the cooperation of Bee Laboratory from<br />
Instituto de Biociênci<strong>as</strong>, University of São Paulo, ma<strong>in</strong>ly to Mariana<br />
Imperatriz Fonseca, Denise de Araújo Alves, Favízia Freit<strong>as</strong> de Oliveira,<br />
Marilda Cortop<strong>as</strong>si-Laur<strong>in</strong>o and Patrícia Nunes Silva, <strong>in</strong> all steps of this<br />
process that ends with this publication.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ancial support w<strong>as</strong> obta<strong>in</strong>ed from several sources, and we thank their<br />
representatives: FAO – L<strong>in</strong>da Collette, for her collaboration and outstand<strong>in</strong>g<br />
help; <strong>Brazil</strong>ian M<strong>in</strong>istry of Environment – Paulo Y. Kageyama, Braulio Ferreira<br />
de Souza Di<strong>as</strong> e Mar<strong>in</strong>a Landeiro who have participated <strong>in</strong> all steps of this<br />
work; <strong>Brazil</strong>ian M<strong>in</strong>istry of Science and Technology - Reg<strong>in</strong>a P. Markus, for<br />
her advice and collaboration <strong>in</strong> the workshop; University of São Paulo (<strong>USP</strong>)<br />
and Fundação de Apoio à <strong>USP</strong> (F<strong>USP</strong>) – Mr. Kem Yoshida.<br />
We would also like to thank some <strong>in</strong>stitutions and specialists: Polytechnic<br />
School of the University of São Paulo that h<strong>as</strong> sponsored the workshop on<br />
Information Technology and Poll<strong>in</strong>ators Initiative, and the team from the<br />
Agricultural Automation Laboratory and WebBee project, especially Tereza<br />
Crist<strong>in</strong>a Giann<strong>in</strong>i, Etienne Americo Cartolano Júnior and Renato Sousa da<br />
Cunha for the workshop’s website and Vanderlei Canhos from Reference<br />
Center of Environmental Information (CRIA), for his collaboration <strong>in</strong> the<br />
organization. The Ecofuturo welcomed the participat<strong>in</strong>g group <strong>in</strong> their field<br />
trip to Mata Atlântica that w<strong>as</strong> very much appreciated.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ally, for the pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g of this book we have received the support from<br />
Conservation International <strong>Brazil</strong>.<br />
The Editors.