SPSAS Biodiversity

São Paulo School of Advanced Science

SPSAS

Program Outline

SPAS Biodiversidade - topos de páginas (3)

How will the 10 days of activities be organized?

A course aimed at co-producing efficient assessments

The School was designed as an intensive and problem-oriented course, lasting two weeks.

First Part: Lectures and Discussion Panels

In the first part, two complementary approaches to biodiversity assessments will be explored concurrently: on one side, the demands for biodiversity information from governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as private sectors and social actors. On the other, the range of current ways of producing different taxonomic, structural and functional components of biodiversity. These will be addressed in talks and panel discussions, focusing on one main theme per day:

evaluation modes and their effectiveness

avaliações e aferição de eficácia

of climate and land use change, among other drivers

mudanças climáticas e de uso da terra, etc.

effects and responses of biodiversity

efeitos/respostas da biodiversidade

under different usage regimes

em diferentes regimes de uso

Socio-cultural uses

of biodiversity and bioprospecting

Also in the first part, participants will be invited to present their completed or ongoing research, or technical work in environmental agencies or NGOs). Presentations will be in flash talk format.

Second Part: Workgroups

In the second part, participants and mentors will work on innovative procedures for the assessment and monitoring of biodiversity, targeting actual issues, such as ways to compare diversity between structurally different ecosystems, mechanisms to assess the impact of farming practices (e.g., conventional vs. organic) on biodiversity, or the positive impacts of actions taken to conserve biodiversity.

After the School, groups should present final reports in either format within 12 weeks. The results of workgroup projects are likely to be published in technical guides and scientific papers, rendering them useful to partner institutions, researchers and biodiversity data users worldwide.

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