The MCTIC/CNPq Public Call – Nº 21/2017 – Research and Development in Integrated and Sustainable Actions in the Bays of Brazil is a partnership between MCTI and CNPq for research, development and innovation in integrated and sustainable actions elucidating scientific, social and economic aspects of the Bays of Brazil for their sustainable management.
Brazil faces risks related to the water, food and energy crisis due to urbanization and population aging; in addition to the current climate change scenario and the need to establish strategies for its mitigation and adaptation. In this context, the development of research projects in the area of water, energy and food security, fisheries and aquaculture, climate change and extreme events, the sustainable use of natural resources and the development of innovative technologies should help to reduce the impacts caused by crises, as well as helping to overcome social and regional inequalities and technological and productive inclusion. In addition, scientific knowledge of the oceans, coastal zones and inland waters is a prerequisite for the proper management, protection and sustainable use of their resources, in addition to helping in the decision-making process on issues related to transport, fisheries, aquaculture, energy and biotechnology, among others, and to guarantee the quality of life of populations living in Brazilian Bays.
This action by MCTI in partnership with CNPq has as target audiences the technical and scientific community, local communities, public policy makers and public and private companies operating in the Brazilian Bays. The expected results are:
a) Increase the number of scientific, technological and innovation research projects in the themes already highlighted, to be developed in Brazilian bays;
b) Improve the understanding of marine processes and their interface with the continent, the dynamics of ecosystems in Brazilian bays and their most diverse uses;
c) Obtain systematized data and mention of the main works developed on Brazilian bays, as well as an interpretation of their current situation;
d) Development of new research and enrichment of ongoing projects that aim to promote the quality of life of populations around the bays, in line with the preservation of ecosystem diversity;
e) Obtain subsidies that support possible models of sustainable management of natural resources in the bays;
g) Proposal of mitigation actions for human impacts on the environment.
This initial session of the Evaluation of Projects supported by the call Baías do Brasil will bring public presentations of research projects for the two lines of research, presented by:
Vanessa Hatje – UFBA – Ecosystem services and environmental impacts in Baía de Todos os Santos (SEImA-BTS)
Jean Louis Valentin – UFRJ – Guanabara Bay: portrait and socio-ecological perspectives of a threatened ecosystem
Jorge Antonio Gonzaga Santos – UFRB – Development of the Quality Index of Mangrove Forests in Baia de Todos Santos (BTS), Bahia
Rodolfo Jose Ângulo – UFPR – Vulnerabilities and responses of local populations to socioeconomic and natural threats in the Bay of Paranaguá – PR
Carlos Ernesto Goncalves Reynaud Schaefer – UFV – Natural and Anthropogenic Landscapes of Marajó Bay: Geoenvironments, Biogeochemistry and Geoarchaeology
Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques – USP – Historical overview and future perspectives on the occurrence of chemical stressors present in the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex (EQCEP)
Antonio Henrique da Fontoura Klein – UFSC – Sea level rise and Babitonga Bay: an eco-morphodynamical approach to predict and mitigate impacts
Maikon DiDomenico – UFPR – Socioecological resilience and sustainability of the estuarine complex of Paranaguá
Project results endorse efforts to achieve the following goals:
- A clean ocean where sources of pollution are identified and reduced or removed.
- A healthy and resilient ocean where marine ecosystems are understood, protected, restored and properly managed.
- A productive ocean that supports a sustainable food chain and a sustainable ocean economy.
- A predictable ocean that society understands so that it can respond to changing conditions.
- A safe ocean where life and livelihoods are protected from ocean-related risks.
- An accessible ocean with free and equitable access to data, information, technology and innovation.
- An inspiring and involving ocean that society can understand and value in its relationship with human well-being and sustainable development.
*The annual evaluation meeting of the call Baías do Brasil will continue throughout the week, but it will be exclusive to members of the CNPq, the Evaluation Committee and researchers.
