Recent and expected activities: program progress Regina C.C. Luizão INPA/LBA The Training and...

Recent and expected Recent and expected activities: activities:

program progressprogram progress

Regina C.C. Regina C.C. LLuizãouizãoINPA/LBAINPA/LBA

The Training and Education Committee presents

and capacity building numbersand capacity building numbers

IC

7%

ITI

16%

DTI

17%

MSc

19%

PhD

40%

DCR

1%

LBA-DIS, INPE, NASA e escritórios regionais

Escritório central

Coordenadora

Young scientists status Young scientists status

Undergraduates 187

Masters 124

Doctors 160

TOTAL 471

= 30% of total (1569) members of LBA

Where do the young scientists come from?Where do the young scientists come from?

N = 408

EUA17%

AC5%

EUROPA3%

AM16%

SP18%

RO3%

PA24%

MT8%

TO1%

DF5%

Scholarships categories Scholarships categories (2000-2003)(2000-2003)

DTI13%

ITI15%

IC7%

MSc28%

PhD37%

N = 408 bolsas

Scholarship funding sources Scholarship funding sources

1999-20031999-2003

CNPq = 60%

Milênio11%

RHAE/LBA41%

PG-FAPESP7%

Max-Planck1%

PG-CAPES8%

PG-CNPq7%

USA11%

voluntários7% outras fontes

7%

Final products for students degreeFinal products for students degree

Bachelors Degree 30

MSc Theses 59

PhD Dissertations 103

TOTAL 192

RHAE/LBA Program: 2000-2002RHAE/LBA Program: 2000-2002

CNPq scholarship categories

• 50 DTI

• 42 ITI

• 02 EV

• 04 short term (BSB, BEP)

TOTAL = 98

Former RHAE/LBAFormer RHAE/LBA students studentsselected for graduate programsselected for graduate programs

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4

6

8

10

12

14

16

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26 students (28%)

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ITI 22 DTI 24

TOTAL 46

RHAE/LBA Program RHAE/LBA Program for 2003-2005for 2003-2005

Scholarship’s distribution among sites Scholarship’s distribution among sites

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Scientific productionScientific production and capacity buildingand capacity building

Authorship distribution

Total Publications Students-authors

382 77

Young scientists contributed with 20% of publications.

LBA-ECO Business Meeting & VI Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil,

LBA-ECO: 60 young scientist were first authors of the 130 posters presented

This week eventsThis week events

VI CEB: ~70 posters in the LBA session (among the 1500 in the whole event)

T&E supported 34 young scientists

Short Training Courses in 2003Short Training Courses in 2003

1. “Desmistificando a prática da escrita: uma introdução à produção de textos em contexto científico. Instrutora: Ivani Pereira (LBA-Eco) (23 participantes)

2. Dinâmica da Fragmentação da Paisagem Amazônica (PDBFF/LBA/INPA. Instrutores: INPA, UFAM, MP e SIPAM (20 participantes anuais desde 2000)

3. “Uso de Isótopos Estáveis em Estudos de Carbono” Instrutores: Jean Ometto & Plínio Camargo (CENA/USP) (20 participantes)

SantarémSantarém

ManausManaus

Short Training Courses in 2003Short Training Courses in 2003

Cachoeira PaulistaCachoeira Paulista

Curso de Verão (IAI / LBA)Curso de Verão (IAI / LBA) "Mudanças de cobertura e uso da terra na Amazônia: padrões, processos e cenários (plausíveis)“no CPTEC/INPE, de 12 a 24/10/2003. (20 participants from all Amazonian countries)

10 LBA members (5 non-resident with full support)

Scheduled Short Courses - 2003Scheduled Short Courses - 2003

“Ecologia da Floresta Amazônica: A Base Científica para Conservação e Manejo“

Instrutores: Daniel Nepstad (UFPa/NAEA, UFRJ), Moacyr Dias-Filho (Embrapa) e Lisa Curran (Yale University)

Locais: Belém e Santarém

Período: 19/11 a 03/12/2003.

15 vagas

Sheduled Short Course for 2004Sheduled Short Course for 2004

“Modelagem de Sistemas Ambientais Dinâmicos“

Curso itinerante com laboratório portátil de informática (12 notebooks)

Instrutor: Marcos Heil Costa (UFV)

Período: começa a circular em janeiro de 2004,

Locais: Cuiabá, Brasília, Tocantins, Belém, Manaus, Rio Branco,...

12 vagas

Short Course Proposals Short Course Proposals for 2004for 2004

•“Uso de Sensoriamento Remoto em Ecossistemas Amazônicos: Princípios, Aplicações e Aplicativos“

Instrutora: Evlyn Novo (INPE). Em Santarém •15 vagas

• “Despertar para a ciência”

Instrutores: Oswaldo Carvalho Jr. e Paulo Moutinho (IPAM). Em Santarém. 15 vagas

UFMT graduate courseUFMT graduate course

• Física e Meio Ambiente, created in 2002

1) Urban Climatology2) Remote Sensing3) Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions

2 classes in progress and application for the third opened: 37 students.

New Graduate Program: New Graduate Program: Gestão Ambiental Integrada da Amazônia

(GAIA)

Multi-institucional (Embrapa, MPEG, UFPA), in Belém (Master and PhD)

Inspired by the products of LBA, SIPAM e GEOMA.

• Coordinator: Leonardo de Sá (MPEG)

• Submitted to Capes

Proposal for a new University in AcreProposal for a new University in Acre

A Universidade do Século XXI na Floresta do Alto Juruá – AcreSubsídios e pressupostos para um novo projeto

PROMOÇÃO UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRESECRETARIA DE ESTADO DA EDUCAÇÃO

GABINETE DO DEPUTADO HENRIQUE AFONSOGABINETE DO SENADOR TIÃO VIANA

APOIO MINISTÉRIO DE CIÊNCIA E TECNOLOGIAMINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO

MINISTÉRIO DO MEIO AMBIENTEGABINETE SENADOR SIBÁ MACHADO

PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE CRUZEIRO DO SULPREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE THAUMATURGO

UNICAMP

PAN-AMAZONIAProject for the Advancement of Networked Science in Amazonia

European Union funding: 400,000 euros, starting Jan 2004

1. Aim: To facilitate comparative studies of tropical forest plots ACROSS Amazonian countries in

(i) forest dynamics; (ii) tree biodiversity; (iii) carbon and water cycling

3. Production of training manuals in above, and translation into Portuguese, Spanish, French

4. Funding of at least 8 PAN-AMAZONIA FELLOWSHIPS (two years with funds for travel and fieldwork) for South American students

Coord. Yadvinder Malhi (ymalhi@edin.ac.uk)

Teachers from UFPa and ULBRA are using LBA results to update high school textbooks. Preparation of booklets, videos and CDs are also planned for elementary school students.

Team: 3 students of RHAE/LBA (2 ITI e 1 DTI), trainees and volunteers from physics, biology and pedagogy.

Selected themes for the 1st year: “water cycle and carbon cycle”

Educational MaterialEducational Material Target: elementary and high schoolTarget: elementary and high school

Project TE-02: Project TE-02: Elinei Santos (UFPA-Santarém)

TE-02 office at Campus II - UFPa

EducationalEducational m materialaterialTarget: undergraduate studentsTarget: undergraduate students

A DTI scholarship was given to her for organizing LBA data provided by the scientists in a format and content that can be used as a lecture at all Brazilians Universities

Initially, a series of booklets about some of the themes of LBA (max 60 p.)

In the future, re-organize them in a Book about “Ecossistemas Amazônicos”

Projeto TE-01: Projeto TE-01: Sylvia Bahri (LBA)

EducationalEducational materialmaterialfor undergraduate students for undergraduate students

Some themes under development

1. Climate of the Amazonia2. Carbon Dynamics3. Dynamics of Secondary Vegetation4. Biogeochemistry changes5. Fire impact and dynamics6. Waters of Amazonia

Editorial board for educationalEditorial board for educational materialsmaterials(SSC, May 2002)(SSC, May 2002)

Paulo ArtaxoLuis Martinelli

Cláudio CarvalhoHans DolmanFoster BrownRafael Herrera

Pedro Dias Eduardo Brondízio

Flávio Luizão