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Evaluation of biomass and biodiversity in different approaches for Cerrado restoration

Grant number: 25/01346-5
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
Start date: April 01, 2025
End date: May 31, 2026
Field of knowledge:Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Nature Conservation
Agreement: BG E&P Brasil (Shell Group)
Principal Investigator:Ricardo Augusto Gorne Viani
Grantee:Laura Helena Porcari Simões
Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Araras , SP, Brazil
Company:Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP)
Associated research grant:20/15230-5 - Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation - RCG2I, AP.PCPE
Associated scholarship(s):25/10140-1 - A synthesis of biomass and diversity recovery in Cerrado restoration, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

The Brazilian Cerrado is the most diverse savanna in the world and a global biodiversity hotspot with high threats of degradation. To reverse this scenario, many restoration initiatives and approaches have been discussed and implemented in the Cerrado over the last decades. So far, we know that restoration techniques influence the levels of original plant biodiversity recovery in Cerrado sites. However, we still lack information on how different techniques and approaches affect the biomass recovery and how this biomass is distributed across different compartments (i.e. above and below-ground) and life forms (i.e. trees, shrubs, forbs, herbs, etc.) in Cerrado restoration sites, in comparison to reference ecosystems. Also, it is important to understand how specific and largely-used management practices, such as the herbicide spraying to control invasive grasses and the access of restoration sites by cattle impact biodiversity and biomass recovery in restoration sites. Finally, a better understanding of Cerrado restoration depends on the establishment of long-term monitoring of restoration interventions, using standardized indicators. Thus, this project aims to undertake evaluations of above and belowground biomass and carbon stocks combined with metrics of biodiversity in different Cerrado restoration approaches. This will involve collecting data in different sites and evaluating a specific experiment on the use of cattle and herbicide on Cerrado restoration. In addition, based on the data collection and analysis, the project will propose a protocol for monitoring Cerrado recovery to be applied in restoration sites as part of an effort to standardizing long-term biomass and biodiversity measurements and comparisons. This protocol will contain information on indicators to be collected, the size and number of plots to be installed in restoration sites and other details needed for collecting scientific in Cerrado restoration sites.

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