Accounting for hydrological services on the design and development of decision support systems for forest managers and policy makers - AcquaES

• Grant number: 24/13393-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: September 01, 2024
• End date: February 29, 2028
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering
• Agreement: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
• Principal Investigator: Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz
• Grantee: Giulia Domingues Pedro
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/00833-9 - Decision support for the supply of ecosystem services under global change: Brazilian effort (DecisionES - BR), AP.TEM

Abstract

The main objective of this project is to model decision support systems capable of dealing with the interaction between forests and hydrological processes under the impacts of climate and land-use change, mainly in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.