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IONE EGLER Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Brasília CÉLIO MAGALHÃES

Program for Planned Biodiversity Studies. IONE EGLER Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Brasília CÉLIO MAGALHÃES Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Manaus. Program for Planned Biodiversity Studies. The Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), understanding that:

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IONE EGLER Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Brasília CÉLIO MAGALHÃES

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  1. Program for PlannedBiodiversity Studies IONE EGLER Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Brasília CÉLIO MAGALHÃES Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Manaus

  2. Program for PlannedBiodiversity Studies 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 in2004 the Program for Planned Biodiversity Studies

  3. PPBio Program national scope First stage prioritized: 1. Amazon Region megabiodiversity 2. Semi-Arid Region adaptations to a harsh environment.

  4. General objective Coordinate regional and national expertise to expand and disseminate knowledge on Brazilian biodiversity in a planned and coordinated manner.

  5. 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

  6. PPBio includes the following activities: (1) Survey

  7. PPBio includes the following activities: (1) Survey (2) Biological Collections

  8. PPBio includes the following activities: (1) Survey (2) Biological Collections (3) Biodiversity commercial applications

  9. PPBio includes the following activities: (1) Survey (2) Biological Collections (3) Biodiversity commercial applications (4) Strengthening Regional Centers

  10. PPBio includes the following activities: (1) Survey (2) Biological Collections (3) Biodiversity commercial applications (4) Strengthening Regional Centers (5) Capacity building of human resources

  11. Program for PlannedBiodiversity Studies The implementation of PPBio emphasized a decentralized management model. Executing Units (charged with carrying out PPBio’s executive plans) Coordinating UnitMinistério de Ciência e Tecnologia Secretaria de Política e Programas de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Coordinator: Dr. Ione Egler

  12. Regional executive research units PPBio Amazonia PPBio Semi-Arid I N P A UFES Feira de Santana State University (Bahia) Museu Goeldi

  13. MPEG INPA PPBio Amazonia Executing units GOAL: Articulate and improve cooperation between institutions involved in biodiversity studies in the Amazon Region.

  14. SURVEYS • 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.

  15. USELESS USEFUL SURVEYS Constraints for Amazonian biodiversity knowledge Lack of previous standardization in collecting biological data techniques in order to make comparisons between existing researches.

  16. SURVEYS • 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.

  17. 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. SURVEYS Because 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.

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

  19. SURVEYS Integrated Modular Surveys 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.

  20. Mammal Transects: Carlos Peres UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA UK TEAM: Conservation International 100 ha CTFS: Smithsonian 50 ha WCS: Wildlife Conservation Society Jaguars 3,600 ha LBA: <50 ha SURVEYS Integration with international biodiversity iniciatives

  21. SURVEYS Environmental data protocols 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. Vegetation structure protocol Caxiuanã National Forest

  22. SURVEYS Biological Protocols • Invertebrates • Flies and bees, Insects associated to palms, solitary wasps, soil invertebrates, mosquitoes, aquatic invertebrates, grasshopper and bugs • Vertebrates • Mammals, fishes, birds, herps • Vegetation • Trees and palms; lianas and herbs; bryophytes • Fungous

  23. 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 Metadata are essential to data management.

  24. 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. INFORMATION ACCESS

  25. Surveys / Biological Collections Integrating survey-collection-curatorial protocols PPBio Field number Incorporation of ecological data into collections

  26. 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.

  27. 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

  28. 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:

  29. Biological Collections COMPUTERIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS: 3.Online networking of collection databases 1. Databasing 2.Online Publications Rede Coleções PPBio Amazônia

  30. Thematic Projects Improve knowledge on the economic and pharmacological potential of the Amazonian biodiversity to supportproducts development.

  31. Bioprospecting Search for active elements from Amazonian native or non-native plants Extracts tests for antioxidant, antitumoral, citotoxic, antifungical capacities Thematic Projects

  32. PPBio challenges PPBio Atlantic Forest (2006-2010)

  33. Program for PlannedBiodiversity Studies THANK YOU! Ione Egler biodiversidade@mct.gov.br Célio Magalhães celiomag@inpa.gov.br

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