International Symposia on Long-Term Ecological Studies

Manaus, AM, Brazil  July, 1-11th  2004

Official Brazil Website:

http://www.icb.ufmg.br/~peld/manaus2004/ing/

 

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Symposium Summary:

• Symposium 1: July, 1-3rd: Symposium on the 25-years of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP)

• Symposium 2: July, 4-6th: First Brazilian LTER (PELD) Symposium

• Meeting 3: July, 7th:  Latin-American LTER Network Meeting

• Meeting 4: July, 6-9th: International LTER Coordinating and Executive Meeting (ILTER Meeting)

• July, 9-11th: Field trips to LTER sites in Central Amazonia

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Important Documents:

Invitation Letter - Original ILTER Meeting invitation letter

Registration form - Registration and abstract submission form to send to "sipeld@inpa.gov.br"

Abstract guidelines - Information regarding poster abstracts.

Printable symposium provisional agenda- PDF format of the agenda.

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Venue: New Auditorium of Amazonas State University

Lodging: We are asking all ILTER people to contact Juliana Souza (souzajs@inpa.gov.br) and she can make reservations at rooms blocked for the ILTER and Brazilian LTER Meetings at the negotiated reduced rates.

The contracted hotels:

Adrianópolis 4* 131 reais/45 USD 160 reais/53 USD

SLAASS 3* 100 reais/35 USD 120 reais/42 USD

Chez-les-Rois 2* 85 reais/28 USD 95 reais/32 USD

Ibis Accor 4* 99 reais/33 USD 99 reais/33 USD
(weekends: 89 reais/30 USD) but always 7 reais/2.30 USD extra for breakfast)

All except the Ibis Accor include breakfast in the the fares.

If you wish, you can also book the Novotel Accor 4* (close to the Ibis, and only a bit more expensive than the Adrianopolis), or the Varig Tropical Hotel, (the best in town, though more expensive at ca. 100 USD and far from downtown and meeting places).

You can also request a booking for a cheaper 3* hotel (in the range of 20-25 USD) but it will be less convenient for the main ILTER meeting.

Tourist Information - A link to tourist information and places to visit in Brazil before or after the meetings.

Varig Airlines Brazil Brazil AirPass - Inexpensive, multiple destination air passes on Varig Airlines (must be pre-purchased in traveler's home country). More information at the Varig Web Page

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Applications for funding: CNPq/MCT, FAPEAM, SUFRAMA, PETROBRAS, Ministry of Environment

External sources: Conservation International, World Bank, Smithsonian Institution

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Provisional Agenda - MEETING PROGRAMS

July, 1-3rd: The BDFFP 25-years Symposium (ca. 150 participants)

July, 1st morning

Opening session: INPA’s Director, MCT and SCT-AM representatives

Invited keynote: Changes in forest ecosystems over time and under variable human pressure

BDFFP overview and perspectives: Regina Luizão & Thomas Lovejoy  (Project Directors)

Coffee break

 Session 2: Changes in forest composition and structure:

          - Border effects on floristics

          - Border effects on forest biomass and structure

Posters session and Publications release

 

July, 1st afternoon

Session 3:  Fragmentation summary effects in fauna: birds, mammals, amphibians, invertebrates

 Coffee break

 Session 4: Changes in forest processes due to fragmentation:

          - Tree mortality and recruitment

          - Seed dispersal

          - Litter dynamics

          - Gap dynamics and Secondary sucession

 Special Session: BDFFP History, Stories and Commendations

July, 1-3: The BDFFP 25-years Symposium

July, 2nd morning

Session 5: Changes in biodiversity and ecosystem functions after fragmentation: Brazilian Atlantic Forest and Amazonia

 Coffee break

 Session 6: The matrix effect on fragmented forests

 Posters session

 

July, 2nd afternoon

Session 7: Urban fragments

 Coffee break

 Session 8: GIS Information – development and new applications

 July, 3rd morning

Session 9: Training and Outreach

BDFFP Training and Education Program

The BDFFP contributions for decision-makers in the Brazilian Amazonia

 Coffee break

 Session 10: Contribution of the fragmentation studies to conservation policies in Amazonia

 Closing session

 July, 4th, afternoon

Latin-American LTER Network Meeting (ca. 15 participants)

 - Progress Reports on LTER National Networks in Latin America

- Coffee break

- Inter-regional LTER Cooperation within Latin America:

-Identification of similar environments and/or LUC processes

-Identification of priorities for cross-research in Latin America

- New affiliations to ILTER

 

July, 4-6th: First Brazilian LTER (PELD) Network Symposium (ca. 200 participants)

 July, 4th evening

- Opening session:

-        Brazilian LTER Chair

-        CNPq Chair

-        Ministry of Environment representative

-        Secretary of C & T of Amazonas State

-        ILTER Chair

 Invited key speaker:   Prof. Dr. José Galizia Tundisi

 Cocktail and Musical show

 

July, 5th morning:

- PELD development and perspectives: Prof. Francisco Barbosa (Brazilian LTER Chair)

- ILTER perspectives for National LTER Networks: Dr Hen-biau King (ILTER Chair)

-The Chinese LTER Network development model: Prof. Zhao Shidong

 Coffee break

 -PELD upgrades in research facilities: F. Luizão & F. Esteves

-PELD actions in Training & Education: CNPq representative

-PELD outreach & community work: S. Pellico & A. Agostinho

-Strenghtening the Brazilian LTER & New related programs:

          -TEAM Initiative – Thomas Lacher

          -Global Canopy Program – F. Luizão

Lunch time: Posters session

 

July, 5th afternoon:

PELD (Brazilian LTER) research main findings on Aquqtic Ecosystems:

          - Freshwater sites: RGS, PR, MG, PB

          - Estuarine and Coastal sites: RGS, RJ

          - Seasonally flooded freshwater sites: MS, MT

 Coffee break

  PELD (Brazilian LTER) research main findings on Terrestrial Ecosystems:

          - Atlantic and Araucaria forests: PR, MG

          - Amazonian Tropical Rainforest: AM

          - Savanna & Cerrado biomes: DF, PI

          - Caatinga biome: CE

 

July, 6th morning:

Cross-research at PELD sites

Ecosystems interaction and long-distance effects

Discussion and Outline of Research Syntheses on:

          - Carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems

          - Primary production and biodiversity in aquatic environments

 Lunch time: Posters session

 

July, 6th afternoon:

Research priorities in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: selection of next research syntheses to be done

Scaling up ecological measurements

PELD data information system: Policy and progress

Perspectives of growth and perenization of PELD program; funding and coordination

Closing session & Next meeting

 

July, 6th evening:

- Executive ILTER Committee Meeting (closed meeting of the ILTER Executive committee - ca. 12 participants)

 

July, 7-9th: ILTER Coordinating Committee Meeting (ca. 60 participants)

 

July, 7th morning:

- Opening session (International & Brazilian LTER chairs + Amazonas State and Ministry representatives)

- Progress reports of ILTER network + regional networks       

Lunch time: Posters session

 

July, 7th afternoon:

- Funding for ILTER and LTER networks

- ILTER bylaws: data policy and other regulations

 

July, 8th morning:

- Science syntheses: discussion and progress assessment:

          - Biodiversity Changes and Ecossistem Functions

          - Changes in Global Hydrological and Nutrient Cycles

Lunch time: Posters session

July, 8th afternoon:

- Inter-regional studies & Cooperation (LTER & related research programs): data exchange progress & policy

- Networks in Ecology:

- The TEAM Initiative (Conservation International)

- The LBA Project in Brazil

 

July, 9th morning:

- Training and Education initiatives in ILTER and LTER

- New affiliations to ILTER network

- Closing session

  

July, 9th noon – July, 11th:

- Field trips to LTER sites in central Amazonia