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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.

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