|
|||||||||
Dendro-ecological investigations on growth-rhythm and intra-annual variability of growth ring features of trees in tropical dry forests
Location: Aim of the study: Partners: Dr. M.V. Gutierrez, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica Prof. Dr. D. Eckstein, Institute for Wood Biology, Leuschnerstr. 91, 21031 Hamburg Germany In co-operation with Dr. D. Schulz, Institut für Tierökologie und Zellbiologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule, Hannover Supported by: |
|||||||||
Biomass increment, dynamics, selective logging and sustainable management of Amazonian floodplain forests
Part of the SHIFT-Program (Studies on Human Impact on Forests and Floodplains in the Tropics) ENV 29-2: Locations: Aim of the study: The study takes place in the Mamirauá region, near the city Tefé supported by the Projeto Mamirauá, which founded a forest reserve and develops a management plan for the sustainable use of the forests and floodplains together with the Sociedade de Mamirauá, a co-operation of the local inhabitants of the region. The investigation is linked with the SHIFT-Project: Stress Physiology, Primary Production and Dynamics of Amazonian Forests Systems. This is a bilateral project between several universities in Germany, the working Group Tropical Ecology of the MPIL, Ploen and the INPA, Manaus, which mainly is focussed on investigations on the Várzea island Marchantaria. Partners: Dr. M. F.T. Piedade, INPA (link), Brazil Dr. W.J. Junk, Working Group, Tropical Ecology, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Limnology, Postfach 165, 24302 Plön, Germany |
|||||||||
Foundation and development of dendro-ecological working groups and laboratories in Tropical South America
Locations: Aim of the activities: - Orientation of a PhD students from Germany and Brazil in tropical dendrochronology. - Training programs for Brazilian and Venezuelan scientist in Goettingen up to 6 months, - Funding of equipment for two complete tree-ring laboratories in Brazil by several organisations (see above) -Guest professor ship of 12 months at the Dep. de Ciençias Florestais, ESALQ, USP, Piracicabca with graduate, post graduate courses and training programs for students and scientists. - Development of research programs involving further German and Brazilian master degree and PhD students in the future. Partners: Prof. Dr. M. Tomazello, Dep. Ciençias Florestais, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Padua Dias, 11 - CP 9 - CEP 13418-900 - Piracicaba SP, Brazil. Dr. I. Ishii, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro Universitário de Corumbá, Departamento de Ciências do Ambiente, Av. Rio Branco 1270 - Caixa Postal 252, 79304-020 Corumbá - MS, Brazil, Fax: (067) 231-6424 Dr. L. Hernández, BioGuayana, Av. Las Americas, edif. Torre General de Seguros, UNEG, Puerto Ordaz, Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela Nelda Dezzeo, Lab. Ecologia de Suelos (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela Supported by: GTZ (Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit), Eschborn CAPES (Ministerio da Educação e do Esporte, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) CNPq (Conselho Naçional) Bundesministerium fuer Wissenschaft Forschung und Technologie (BMBF) |
|||||||||