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The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) is pleased to welcome to our Center this semester Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues and André Gustavo Nave.
During their time at SESYNC, Drs. Rodrigues and Nave will lead a Venture project that will synthesize, analyze, and evaluate extensive monitoring datasets on an unprecedented, large-scale forest restoration initiative launched in Brazil. This analysis will help:
- Define the most appropriate methodology for determining the impacts of tropical forest restoration on ecosystem services and economic outcomes, and
- Set baseline values for measuring the impacts of ecological restoration efforts.
Additionally, they will work on developing a SESYNC research proposal—in collaboration with other Brazilian and American scientists—to investigate the effectiveness of efforts throughout various stages of forest restoration efforts on the recovery of important ecosystem services, such as freshwater provisioning and biodiversity.
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Dr. Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
Professor, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues is a full professor of Botany and Ecological Restoration at the University of São Paulo with 30 years of experience in research, training, and restoration in different regions of Brazil, but particularly of the Atlantic Forest. He has coordinated several research projects—including “Permanent Plots in São Paulo State, BIOTA/FAPESP,” the “BIOTA/FAPESP Program,” the “Regional Seed Harvesting for Ecological Restoration,” and “Ecological Restoration of Riparian Forests, Productive Native Forests and Human Modified Forest Remnants Based on Restoration Ecology”—as well as outreach programs and training courses in ecological restoration throughout Brazil. He has advised 78 graduate students, published more than 125 scientific papers, and authored 78 book chapters and six books.
Dr. Rodrigues will be at SESYNC sporadically in February 2015 and continuously in March 2015. He can be reached by emailing: rrresalq@usp.br
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Dr. André Gustavo Nave
Project Coordinator, Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Restoration, University of São Paulo; Director, BIOFLORA Restoration Technology; Director, NBL Environmental Engineering
André Gustavo Nave is the Director of the companies BIOFLORA Restoration Technology and NBL Environmental Engineering, and the environmental compliance program manager of the Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Restoration in Piracicaba, Brazil. He has earned degrees in Agricultural Engineering, Forestry Science (Masters), and Forest Resources (Doctorate), all from the University of São Paulo. Dr. Nave has 25 years of experience in forest restoration, including the recovery of degraded areas, the environmental suitability of landscapes, and the production of forest seeds and seedlings, and has published 10 scientific papers.
Dr. Nave will be at SESYNC sporadically in February 2015 and continuously in March 2015. He can be reached by emailing: agnave@gmail.com
About SESYNC
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), funded through an award to the University of Maryland from the National Science Foundation, is a research center dedicated to understanding complex problems at the intersection of human and ecological systems.
We provide supported Sabbatical Fellows and Short-Term Visitors with intensive research and engagement opportunities at our Annapolis Center. Additional information can be found here.
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