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

• Grant number: 25/04246-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: April 01, 2025
• End date: September 30, 2028
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Forest Management
• Agreement: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez
• Grantee: Daniel de Almeida Ferreira
• 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

This project aims to develop decision support systems capable of optimizing large-scale ecological restoration projects in the Atlantic Forest areas of the state of São Paulo, by integrating spatial, statistical and qualitative databases in order to point out the gains in ecosystem services, the barriers faced in implementing restoration in different social and land realities and the possible trade-offs between different restoration models.