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Ecologia e Meio Ambiente INCT – Institutos Nacionais de Ciência e Tecnologia
INCT – Institutos Nacionais de Ciência e Tecnologia
Ecologia e Meio Ambiente
Contacts
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia da Criosfera
Centro Polar e Climático, Instituto de Geociências
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS
Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500
91501-970 - Porto Alegre, RS
Tel: (51) 3308-7327 / (51) 9783-5538; Fax: (51) 3308-7324
E-mail: inctcrio@gmail.com / jefferson.simoes@ufrgs.br
http://www.ufrgs.br/antartica/
Brazilian polar vessels which support the National Institute of
Science and Technology of the Cryosphere. Below: atmospheric radiosondes
being launched for data collection at the sea
National Institute of Science and Technology
of the Environmental Services of Amazonia –
SERVAMB
planned highways.
2. Greenhouse-gas emissions (both current and potential) due to deforestation
and other land-use changes.
3. Forest fires as sources of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Summary of achievements and perspectives
1. Interviews with deforestation agents in the region of Apui, an area in
the southern part of the state of Amazonas that has only recently been
incorporated into the “Arc of deforestation,” indicate that the advancement
of cattle ranching is explained largely by investment coming from
urban or external sources instead of agricultural or ranching production
activities. The expectation of speculative profits apparently plays an
important role.
2. Modeling of deforestation in southern Roraima indicates that the
proposed reconstruction of the BR-319 Highway (Manaus-Porto Velho)
would lead to a substantial increase in forest loss due to migration
of deforestation agents from Rondônia. These impacts in central and
northern Amazonia, which are outside of the zone officially considered to
be the “area of influence” of the proposed highway, would exacerbate the
environmental impact of the road.
3. Protected areas have an important effect on halting deforestation.
Although “leakage” occurs (i.e., the shifting to other locations of part of
deforestation that would have occurred inside the protected area in the
absence of legal protection), reserves have functioned as significant
barriers to prevent the advancement o deforestation frontiers in Brazilian
Amazonia.
4. Greenhouse-gas emissions from land use and land-use change in the
Amazon continue to make a significant contribution to global warming
today, and the potential for future emissions is great because of the large
stocks of carbon in the region’s vegetation and soils.
5. Forest fires pose a risk to carbon stocks in the forest. The probability
of fire could increase substantially as a consequence of increased
frequency of droughts originating from El Niño (1997/98) and the
Atlantic (2005), leading to emissions of much greater quantities of
greenhouse gases.
Contacts
INCT-SERVAMB
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Avenida Andre Araujo, 2936
C.P. 478; 69011-970
Manaus, Amazonas
E-mail: pmfearn@inpa.gov.br
http://philip.inpa.gov.br; http://agroeco.inpa.gov.br/fearnside/
Cattle pasture advances on forests in the southern state of Roraima
National Institute of Science and Technology for
Environmental Studies – INCT-EMA
2. Treatment Technology for Site Remediation
3. Biodegradation of aromatic compounds by microorganisms (adapted
and recombinant) in bioreactors
4. Studies on air monitoring
5. Photochemical Processes
6. Green Chemistry in Organic Synthesis
7. Allocation and Reuse of Water
8. Environmental Education Research
Summary of achievements and perspectives
Impact of INCT-EMA on UFRN (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte)
through several projects: three MSc UFRN students are engaged in
studies mission at USP (University of Sao Paulo); collaboration between
UFRN and UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco); development of the
photoreactors project; work with micro-algae; development of flotation
and photochemical treatments for aromatic compounds removal and soil
remediation by means of supercritical fluids.
Improvement of experimental and analytical capacity through new
equipment acquisitions.
Viability studies on the water use reduction in the de-salting process
in oil refineries using mathematical modeling of oil-water emulsions
separation.
Human resources formation, with intense interaction between students
of diverse disciplines such as Chemical Engineering, Biology,
Chemistry and Education. Training and qualification of researchers
in analytical techniques which were not available previously to the
INCT-EMA.
Development of software (Simulator of Water Droplet Coalescence Kinetics
in Crude Oil Emulsions Subject to an Electric Field).
Qualification of 14 teachers of Fundamental School from 7 municipal
schools, with 3 investigative projects having been developed involving
approximately 1300 students. Influence on the pedagogic practice of
teachers through use of digital tools by both teachers and students, with
quantitative evaluation of these tools
Management committee
Claudio Augusto Oller do Nascimento (Coordinator)
Main publications
Main publications
Reinaldo Giudici (Vice-coordinator)
1. DAVID GARA,P.; BOSIO,G. N.;. ARCE, V. B.; POULSEN, L.; OGILBY, P.R.;
1. Fearnside, P.M. 2010. Consequências do desmatamento da Amazônia.
Roberto Guardani
GIUDICI, R.; GONZALEZ, M. C.; MÁRTIRE, D. O. “Photoinduced Degrada-
Scientific American Brasil Especial Biodiversidade, pp. 54-59.
Marilda M. G. Ramos Vianna
tion of Herbicide Clomazone. Model Reactions for Natural and Technical
Management committee
2. Fearnside, P.M. 2010. Tropical Forests of Amazonia. [Impacts of
Marcela Fejes
Systems.”, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 85, 686-692, 2009.
Philip Martin Fearnside (Coordinator)
climate change] pp. 104-112. In: S.H. Schneider, A. Rosencranz, M.D.
2. MACHULEK; A. ; MORAES; J. E. ; SILVERIO; C. A. ; OKANO; L. T. ;
Paulo Maurício Lima de Alencastro Graça (Vice-coordinator)
Mastrandrea & K. Kuntz-Duriseti (eds.) Climate Change Science and
Associated Institutions
QUINA; F. H. . Photolysis of Ferric Ion in the Presence of Sulfate or
Rita de Cassia Guimarães Mesquita
Policy. Island Press, Washington, DC, U.S.A. 522 pp
UNIFESP; UFRN; FACET – UFGD/MS; UFPE; UFPel; IPEN
Chloride Ions: Implications for the Photo-Fenton Process.. Photochemical
Antônio Ocimar Manzi
3. Fearnside, P.M. 2010. Tropical forests. [Mitigation of climate change]
& Photobiological Sciences; v. 8; p. 985-991; 2009.
pp. 484-493 In: S.H. Schneider, A. Rosencranz, M.D. Mastrandrea & K.
Main researchers
3. Steffens; J.; Landulfo; E.; R. Guardani; C. Oller; A. Moreira Measu-
Associated Institutions
Kuntz-Duriseti (eds.) Climate Change Science and Policy. Island Press,
Amilcar Machulek Junior, Ana Maria Santos Gouw, Antonio Carlos Silva, rements of Air Quality Using Lidar System Computer Aided Chemical
INPA; UFMG; UFAC; UFPA; USP; EMBRAPA-CPATU; ALFA
Washington, DC, U.S.A. 522 pp.
Costa Teixeira, Arlindo Philippi, Candido Ferreira Xavier de Mendonça Engineering; Volume 27; Issue null; Pages 1443-1448.
4. Fearnside, P.M. s/d. Interdisciplinary research as a strategy for envi-
Neto, Cassius Vinicius Stevani, Claudio Augusto Oller do Nascimento, 4. VIANNA, M.M.G.R.; DWECK, J.; QUINA, F.H.; CARVALHO, F.M.S; NAS-
Main researchers
ronmental science and management in Brazilian Amazonia: Potential and
Claudio M. P. Pereira, Darci Odloak, Douglas do Nascimento Silva,
CIMENTO, C.A.O. Toluene and naphthalene sorption by iron oxide/clay
Philip Martin Fearnside, Britaldo Silveira Soares Filho, Cleber Ibraim Sali- limitations. Environmental Conservation (no prelo).
Eduardo Landulfo, Elen Aquino Perpetuo, Eliana Reiko Matushima, composites – Part II Sorption experiments. Journal of Thermal Analysis
mon, Rita de Cássia Guimarães Mesquita, Claudio José Reis de Carvalho, 5. Pueyo, S., P.M. L.A. Graça, R.I. Barbosa, R. Cots, E. Cardona & P.M.
Galo Carrillo Le Roux, José Ermírio Ferreira de Moraes, José Geraldo de and Calorimetry, DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0431-7, 2009.
José Luis Campana Camargo
Fearnside. 2010. Testing for criticality in ecosystem dynamics: The
Andrade Pacheco Filho, Lígia Furlan, Luiz Valcov Loureiro, Marcela Elena
case of Amazonian rainforest and savanna fire. Ecology Letters 13:
Fejes, Maria Anita Mendes, Marilda M G Ramos Vianna, Osvaldo Chia- Contacts
Main research topics
793-802.
vone Filho, Paulo Firmino Moreira Jr., Pedro Maurício Büchler, Reinaldo CEPEMA
1. Modeling of deforestation, with data collection on the behavior of 6. Soares-Filho, B., P. Moutinho, D. Nepstad, A. Anderson, H. Rodrigues,
Camino Bazito, Reinaldo Giudici, Renato Sanches Freire, Rita Maria de Rodovia Cônego Domenico Rangoni, Km 270 – Cubatão – São Paulo
actors living on deforestation frontiers through interviews and remote R. Garcia, L. Dietzsch, F. Merry, M. Bowman, L. Hiss, R. Silvestrini &
Brito Alves, Rogerio Antonio Freitag, Song Won Park, Valquiria Campos E-mail: inct@cepema.usp.br
sensing. Simulations use the AGROECO model in the DINAMICA-EGO C. Maretti. 2010. Role of Brazilian Amazon protected areas in climate
http://www.cepema.usp.br/inct/sobre-o-inct/
software. Studies include the effect of protected areas (including change mitigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Main research topics
http://www.cnpq.br/programas/inct/_apresentacao/inct_estudos_meio_
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leakage), and the effect of migration that is expected to increase due to
Doi:10.1073/pnas.0913048107.
1. Mass Spectrometry as an Analytical Tool
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