IONE EGLER Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Brasília CÉLIO MAGALHÃES

IONE EGLERMinistério da Ciência e Tecnologia

Brasília

CÉLIO MAGALHÃESInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

Manaus

Program for Program for PlannedPlanned

Biodiversity Biodiversity StudiesStudies

Program for Program for PlannedPlanned

Biodiversity Biodiversity StudiesStudies

The Ministry of Science and Technology

(MCT), understanding that:

1. Studies of biodiversity need to be

integrated and conducted over large areas;

2. Scientific information on biodiversity is

important for education, environmental

modelling and to support public policies;

established in 2004 the

Program for Planned Biodiversity

Studies

PPBioProgram national scope

First stage prioritized:

1. Amazon Region megabiodiversity

2. Semi-Arid Region adaptations to a harsh environment.

General objective

Coordinate regional and

national expertise to expand

and disseminate knowledge on

Brazilian biodiversity in a

planned and coordinated

manner.

Specific objectives

To support implementation and maintenance

of Biota inventory networks;

To support maintenance, expansion and

digitization of national biological collections;

To support research and development on

biodiversity thematic fields;

To develop strategic actions for biodiversity

research policies

PPBio

includes the following activities:

(1) Survey

PPBio

includes the following activities:

(1) Survey

(2) Biological Collections

PPBio

includes the following activities:

(1) Survey

(2) Biological Collections

(3) Biodiversity commercial applications

PPBio

includes the following activities:

(1) Survey

(2) Biological Collections

(3) Biodiversity commercial applications

(4) Strengthening Regional Centers

PPBio

includes the following activities:

(1) Survey

(2) Biological Collections

(3) Biodiversity commercial applications

(4) Strengthening Regional Centers

(5) Capacity building of human resources

Program for Program for PlannedPlanned

Biodiversity Biodiversity StudiesStudies

Coordinating UnitMinistério de Ciência e TecnologiaSecretaria de Política e Programas de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento

Coordinator: Dr. Ione Egler

The implementation of PPBio

emphasized a decentralized

management model.

Executing Units

(charged with carrying out

PPBio’s executive plans)

PPBio Amazonia

Museu Goeldi

Regional executive research units

I N P A

PPBio Semi-Arid

UFES

Feira de Santana State University

(Bahia)

PPBio Amazonia

Executing units

GOAL:

Articulate and improve

cooperation between

institutions involved in

biodiversity studies in the

Amazon Region.

INPAMPEG

Used for:

• Planning reserve systems.

• Planning land use (zoning) within individual reserves.

• Monitoring effects of local, regional and global impacts.

• Evaluating resources and establishing quotas.

• Bioprospecting.

SURVEYS

Constraints for Amazonian biodiversity knowledgeSURVEYS

USELESSUSELESS

Lack of previous standardization in collecting biological data techniques in order to make comparisons between existing researches.

USEFULUSEFUL

• Many researchers are undertaking surveys of the fauna

and flora, but most just generate species lists.

• We need to know:

• Resource abundance.

• Resource x environment relationships to

determine extraction quotas.

• Complementarity for ecological-economic zoning.

SURVEYS

SURVEYSBecause of the multiplicity of potential indicators and the great diversity of users, integrated surveys are orders of magnitude more efficient than isolated studies.

Access/geographic coordinates;

Topography (altitude, slope);

Soils (granulometry, nutrients, etc.);

Vegetation structure;

Vegetation composition;

Soil water availability;

Distance to free water.

Minimum requisites to understand the distribution of most ...

Terrestrial animals: Aquatic animals:

Size of water body;

Current velocity or outflow;

Physical/chemical characteristics

of the water.

To be efficient, a survey/monitoring system must have the following characteristics:

SURVEYS

Be standardized.

Permit integrated surveys for all taxa.

Be large enough for monitoring all elements of the biodiversity and ecosystem processes.

Be modular, to permit comparisons with less intensive samples taken over very large areas.

Be compatible with existing iniciatives.

Be implementable with existing manpower.

Make the data available quickly in a usable form to managers and other stakeholders.

The standard PPBio

plots are only 25 km2.

There are 6 1-km

trails in the N-S

direction and 6 1-km

trails in the E-W

direction.

SURVEYS

Integrated Modular Surveys

SURVEYS

Integration with international biodiversity iniciatives

TEAMTEAM: : Conservation Conservation InternationalInternational

100 ha100 ha

CTFSCTFS: : SmithsonianSmithsonian

50 ha50 ha

LBALBA::<50 ha<50 ha

Mammal Mammal

TransectsTransects: : Carlos Peres Carlos Peres UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA UKUK

WCSWCS: : Wildlife Wildlife Conservation Conservation SocietySociety

JaguarsJaguars

3,600 ha3,600 ha

SURVEYS

Environmental data protocols

Vegetation structure protocol Caxiuanã National Forest

Vegetation structure, climate, soil,topography

Produce maps of the grid eco- environments, integrating altimetry, vegetation and soil information.

Establish regional patterns of precipitation, meteorological variability between canopy and understory.

SURVEYS

Biological Protocols

InvertebratesFlies and bees, Insects associated to palms, solitary wasps, soil invertebrates, mosquitoes, aquatic invertebrates, grasshopper and bugs

VertebratesMammals, fishes, birds, herps

VegetationTrees and palms; lianas and herbs; bryophytes

Fungous

INFORMATION ACCESS

Metadata are essential to data management.

Metadata describe the data and how they were collected.

must be made available imediately, sometimes before the data are

collected, so that other researchers and managers know what is being

collected, when, and where. They define the sampling protocols.

INFORMATION ACCESS

The PPBio works on the principle that data collected on public lands, or by government employees, or using infrastructure provided by government funding are public property and must be made available in a timely fashion to stakeholders who have need of them.

Data availability in the PPBio is governed by an explicit Data Policy Document. It basically says that data must be put into a database within a few months of collection, but are not made public for a period of two years without the collectors permission. PPBio data are public and freely

available on the web.

Surveys / Biological Collections

Integrating survey-collection-curatorial protocols

PPBio Field number

Incorporation of

ecological data

into collections

Biological Collections

OBJECTIVE

Create the means to institute a policy, at

the national level, for the management

of biological collections that promotes

their maintenance, expansion, and

integration.

Biological Collections

Specific objectives:

• Support the maintenance and improvement of the

biological collections

• Support the training of specialists in systematics, taxonomy, curation, and information science applied to biodiversity;

• Support the organization, digitalization, management, and dissemination of information associated with biological collections through information technologies applied to biodiversity;

• Support the integration of collection databases in Amazonian and extra-Amazonian biodiversity information facilities

Biological Collections

General work lines:

Information management: - data and metadata bases - Web pages

Qualification: - taxonomic information - data cleaning - human resources

Infra-structure: - maintenance of facilities and equipment - preservation of biological specimens

Computerization:

Biological Collections

COMPUTERIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS:

1. Databasing 2. Online Publications 3. Online networking of collection databases

Rede Coleções

PPBio Amazônia

Thematic Projects

Improve knowledge on the economic and

pharmacological potential of the

Amazonian biodiversity to support

products development.

Thematic Projects

Extracts tests for antioxidant, antitumoral, citotoxic, antifungical capacities

Bioprospecting

Search for active elements from Amazonian native or non-native

plants

PPBio challenges

PPBio Atlantic Forest (2006-2010)

THANK YOU!

Program for Program for PlannedPlanned

Biodiversity Biodiversity StudiesStudies

Ione Eglerbiodiversidade@mct.gov.br

Célio Magalhãesceliomag@inpa.gov.br