Brazil (Part VIII, English version) - Convention on Biological Diversity

First national report for the <strong>Convention</strong> on Biological Diversity - BRAZILFNMA support can go to governmental or nongovernmental organisations (so long as they are non-profitmaking and of an environmental character) for projects inthe following areas:• Forestry extension, sustainable management and theconservation of renewable natural resources;• Protected Areas;• environmental education and diffusion;• environmental control;• technological research and development;• institutional development and strengthening.Of the resources invested to date, 32% have been givenover to environmental education and publications and 19%to technological research and development. This distributionreflects the demand. The other areas have received thefollowing percentages of the resources: forestry extension,sustainable management and the conservation of renewablenatural resources 16%; environmental control 14%; ProtectedAreas 13%; and institutional development and strengthening6% (Figure 3-7). The distribution is similar in terms of thenumbers of projects financed: environmental education andpublications 30%; research and technological development25%; environment control 17%; sustainable management andTable 3-10. Numbers of students and teachers with doctorates by academic field related to biodiversity (1993).Area New New Students Students Degrees Degrees UniversitySub-area students students enrolled enrolled awarded awarded teachersMaster’s Doctorate Master’s Doctorate Master’s Doctorate Ph.D.sExact and Earth Sciences 659 338 2,088 1,479 483 130 1,204Chemistry 327 211 988 899 253 86 629Chemistry of natural products 12 13 55 68 16 0 26Geosciences 280 97 910 427 176 38 459Geosciences (environmental analysis) 17 9 45 35 5 3 33Oceanography 23 8 90 50 23 3 57Biological Sciences 883 461 2,780 1,891 673 241 2,101General Biology 63 9 123 28 34 1 116Genetics 116 65 256 253 80 36 228Botany 105 65 280 272 87 27 223Zoology 113 46 356 186 96 25 257Ecology 88 61 421 189 75 15 260Physiology 64 29 164 109 36 15 119Biochemistry 118 67 254 294 77 35 202Biophysics 44 31 142 111 35 18 72Pharmacology 63 23 218 97 42 10 157Immunology 31 10 97 60 13 14 96Microbiology 32 186 184 44 20 166Parasitology 27 6 124 31 25 6 91Morphology 51 17 159 77 29 19 114Engineering 331 108 725 294 184 27 273Biomedical Engineering 28 8 78 17 16 0 27Sanitary Engineering 80 19 214 68 45 9 52Chemical Engineering 223 81 433 209 123 18 194Health Sciences 88 29 268 73 52 20 221Pharmacy 88 29 268 73 52 20 221Agrarian Sciences 1,281 360 3,393 1,207 881 156 2,241Agronomy 592 180 1,587 641 449 87 1,028Forest Resources/ Forestry Engineering 94 30 180 61 53 14 139Zootechnology 146 33 420 97 113 15 335Veterinary Medicine 230 62 513 171 140 17 421Fishery resources / Fishery Engineering 30 0 64 7 9 0 49Food Technology 189 55 629 230 117 23 269Total 3,242 1,296 9,254 4,944 2,273 574 6,040Source: CAPES/MEC (1995). Avaliação da Pós-Graduação. Síntese dos Resultados. Brasília, 1995. (Modified from).135