Welcome to the Seventh LBA-ECO 

Science Team Business Meeting

November 5-8, 2003

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil 

LBA-ECO 7th Science Team Business Meeting

(1) Planning for integration and synthesis of LBA-ECO science 

(2) Presentation of recent results of LBA-ECO in oral and poster format.

(3) Facilitating the support of LBA Science

(4) Participation in the VI Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil

Welcome to the Seventh LBA-ECO Science Team Business Meeting

November 5-8, 2003

9:00

10:30

11:00

12:00

13:00

15:30

16:00 - 18:00 workshops

Coffee Break

Data Archival and Documentation

Education and Training

Opening Plenary

Coffee Break

Plenary

Lunch

LBA-ECO Transition Planning

LBA-Air-ECO Recovery Planning

Poster Session 1 (various locations, see detailed agenda)

Wednesday, November 5

Legend of Colors: Senatus Argentea Magna Aurea

CaeliusAventinoFoyerBlue Night Room (hotel restaurant)

 

 

 Wednesday, November 5 - AM

9:00 IntroductionFlavio LuizãoAntonio ManziDiane WicklandGarik Gutman

 

10:30 Coffee Break (Foyer)

11:00 Carlos NobrePeter GriffithOutline of the Meeting and Charge

Wednesday, November 5 - PM

12:00 Lunch (Blue Night Room)

13:30 Poster Session - All Posters

15:30 Coffee Break (Foyer)

16:00 Business Workshops

LBA-ECO Transition Planning (Senatus)

LBA-Air-ECO Recovery Planning (Argentea)

Data Archival and Documentation (Magna)

Education and Training (Aurea)

18:00 Adjourn

Thursday, November 6 - AM

9:00 Reports from Business Workshops

10:00 Coffee Break (Foyer)

10:30 Oral Sessions

Session 1: Carbon and Nutrients in Terrestrial Ecosystems (Senatus)

Session 2: Forest Degradation and Logging: Detection and Effects (Argentea)

Session 3: Biogeochemistry and Aquatic Systems (Magna)

Thursday, November 6 - PM

13:00 Lunch (Blue Night Room)

14:30 Poster Session - All Posters

16:00 Coffee Break (Foyer)

16:30 Science Workshops A – Planning Discussions

Fire: Ecosystems and the Atmosphere (Senatus)

Rivers, Wetlands, and Carbon Cycling (Argentea)

Secondary Forests (Magna)

18:30 Adjourn

Friday, November 7 – AM

9:00 Science Workshops A

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Reports on Science Workshops A (Caelius/Aventino)

12:00 Lunch (Blue Night Room)

14:00 Oral Sessions – Research Results

Session 4: Forest Dynamics (Senatus)

Session 5: Physiology of Drought and Atmospheric Implications (Argentea)

Session 6: Land Use Changes and the Future of the Amazon (Magna)

16:30 Coffee Break

17:00 Science Workshops B

BARCA (Regional Carbon Balance Study) (Senatus)

Intensive Agriculture (Argentea)

Logging and Forest Degradation (Magna)

18:30 Adjourn

Friday, November 7 – PM

Saturday, November 8

9:00 Science Workshops B

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Reports on Science Workshops B (Caelius/Aventino)

12:00 Closing Remarks (Caelius/Aventino)

12:30 Adjourn