BR-163

Biodiversity studies in the area of ​​influence of BR 163, in Pará, are being conducted through PIME. The "Integrated Project MCT - Embrapa (PIME)" aims to evaluate the social, economic and environmental sustainability of the Forest District of BR-163 (DFS BR-163), established through Presidential Decree of February 13, 2006. One of Its objectives are to promote the integration of competences developed within the scope of the large research projects of the MCT focused on the Amazon (LBA, GEOMA, PPBio) and Embrapa, focused on the development of regional technologies.
 
The BR-163 Sustainable Forest District (DFS) aims to create a "Sustainable Territory" through coordinated actions aimed at an orderly and sustainable use of timber and the development of economically viable alternatives to forest clearing. With regard to PIME, this is a unique opportunity both to study the impacts of comprehensive public policies on land use change and its impacts on natural resources, as well as to provide a "real-time" Of the District.
 
PPBio is in charge of this project of studies on the distribution of biodiversity in the DFS area and of assessing the impacts of different uses of land, especially logging, on biodiversity. At the moment, studies are being conducted on terrestrial herbs (responsible: Fernando Figueiredo and Flávia Costa, INPA), terrestrial invertebrates (Responsible: Marlúcia Martins, Alexandre Bonaldo, Catarina Praxedes, MPEG) and birds (Responsible: Alexandre Aleixo and Elinete Rodrigues, MPEG ).
 
 
The General Coordinator of the PIME project is Dr. Dra Albernaz, from MPEG anakma@museu-goeldi.br
 
 
Metadata
TO VIEW METADATA AND DATA FROM THIS SITE, VISIT THE PPBio DATA REPOSITORY PAGE
Guidelines to facilitate searching the repository: on the search page of the link above, type the keyword: BR 163
 
Each transect is represented by a code name, and these are translated into the transect names in the file codigo_transecto_PIME.pdf.
 
Infrastructure
 
 
Contact
Dra Ana Albernaz