Environmental information System of the BIOTA-FAPESP Program: development of indicators for monitoring, updating the labeling of the cartographic baes and improvements to the Biota Neutrópica magazine

• Grant number: 03/01214-2
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2003
• End date: December 31, 2005
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Alfredo Joly
• Grantee: Carlos Alfredo Joly
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Biota-FAPESP’s Environmental Information System Program constantly requires new developments to meet both the needs of the program and the specific peculiarities of some projects. The principal products of this new stage should be: a) to convert the current vegetation labeling of the Atlas for the Biota-FAPESP Program to the IBGE’s Vegetation Classification System; b) development of indicators for the monitoring of the performance of the Program’s Environmental Information System; c) refine the integration tools of the Biota Neotrópica magazine with databases internal and external to the program. (AU)