Gerd Sparovek
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Gerd Sparovek (55) was born in São Paulo (Brazil) and has Brazilian and Austrian citizenship. Sparovek is Agronomist (University of São Paulo, 1983) and has a Masters and Doctoral degree from University of São Paulo (1988 and 1993) in Soil Science. As international log term experiences Sparovek has two post-doctoral terms at the Federal Agricultural Research Centre in Brasuschweig (Germany) during 1999 and 2001, and Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden) during 2013 to 2015. From 1985 to 1988 Sparovek was assistant at UNESP and from 1988 to present time part of University of São Paulo (USP), currently full professor at the Soil Science department at ESALQ/USP coordinating the GeoLab. Beside USP Sparovek is President of the São Paulo State Forest Foundation, an administration agency responsible for the State Conservation Units. GeoLab was created in 1999 and develops research for decision support in public and private governance. GeoLab uses modelling and spatial analysis of complex systems together with primary data generation as main methodological tools and most of the research is related to the interface and tradeoff between agricultural production and environmental conservation. Assessments, design and re-design of national and state policies and private sector voluntary commitments are usual topics related to GeoLab research. Brazilian Small-scale Family Farming, low carbon agriculture, procurement for food assistance, technical assistance for farmers, legislation of protected areas on public and private land, expansion of irrigation in agriculture, and pasture intensification are among recent topics related to GeoLab research. GeoLab works close together with Brazilian Ministries (Agriculture, Rural Development, National Integration, Environment); State Administration (São Paulo State Environmental and Agriculture secretaries); international cooperation agencies (FAO, IICA, Pnud, World Bank); NOGs (Imaflora, WWF, WRI) and agricultural private sector (UNICA, AgroICONE). At the São Paulo State Forest Foundation Sparovek coordinates several strategic programs such as the State implementation of the Forest act, restoration activities linked to the sugarcane sector, international cooperation, and the activities of the Foundations Council. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
- Priority areas for Legal Reserve offsetting: research for the development of a decision making tool to enhance transparency in the implementation process of the environmental adjustment program (Programa de Regularização Ambiental - PRA) in São Paulo, AP.BTA.TEM
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The implementation of the "New Forest Code" law, due to its complexity and its several sector disputes involved, needs to be supported by technical analysis, strongly based on scientific research. Scientific knowledge organized specifically for supporting the implementation of this law can assist the decision makers in the public consultation and in the necessary dialogues between vario...
- Historical overview patterns of natural vegetation cover in the State of São Paulo as support in the regularization of the compensation mechanisms in Legal Reserve established by the law nº 12.651/2012, BP.DD
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Compensation is one of the forms of liability compliance provided for in Brazilian law as a mechanism for counterbalancing environmental impacts, which allows owners of rural properties not to comply with their Legal Reserve (LR) goals on their property, to compensate in rural Properties of third parties with surpluses of native vegetation, via Environmental Reserve Quotas (ERQ). Failur...
- A participatory process construction and evaluation aiming at a technical part preparation for an Environmental Adjustment Program (EAP) in the state of São Paulo, BP.PD
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The development of a tool for mapping priority areas for Legal Reserve (LR) compensation of rural proprieties is a demand from public managers (specially from the Secretaria do Meio Ambiente and Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, both responsible for the approval of the Projects of Restoration of Degraded Areas - PRADAs) for the implementation of the New F...
- Elaboration of a priority areas map for legal reserve compensation in the State of São Paulo and development of an automated tool prototype to query geo-referenced information, BP.IC
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As a demand from the public managers responsible for the approval of the Restoration Projects for Degraded and Changed Areas (PRADAs) in the State of São Paulo, this project aims to identify, map and quantify areas for Legal Reserve (RL) compensation in the state, as a result of federal and state laws (Lei Federal 12.651/2012; Lei 15.684/2015, Decreto 61.792/2016 e Resolução Conjunta SM...
- Elaboration of a priority areas map for legal reserve compensation in the State of São Paulo and development of an automated tool prototype to query geo-referenced information, BP.PD
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Considering that the Legal Reserve (RL - in Portuguese) compensation mechanism via the market for Environmental Reserve Quotas (CRA - in Portuguese) should prevail due to the lower cost and the large number of areas that can be issued CRA, the location of these areas according to the SICAR-SP database and the prioritization for allocation of compensation according to ecological aspects ...
- Elaboration of a priority areas map for legal reserve compensation in the State of São Paulo and development of an automated tool prototype to query geo-referenced information, BP.PD
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Considering that the Legal Reserve (RL - in Portuguese) compensation mechanism via the market for Environmental Reserve Quotas (CRA - in Portuguese) should prevail due to the lower cost and the large number of areas that can be issued CRA, the location of these areas according to the SICAR-SP database and the prioritization for allocation of compensation according to ecological aspects ...
- The occurrence of bamboo formations on the wooded hillside of the Atlantic Rainforest and their influence on local diversity, BP.DR
- Developing a methodological framework to evaluate scenarios of native vegetation compensation, BE.EP.PD
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Compensation is a wide term that encompasses several types of actions to reward or pay for environmental losses. Compensation may be implemented considering ecological equivalence, which requires the use of common biodiversity components to compare biodiversity losses and gains. There may be levels of equivalence across compensation, and one of them is called offset, a contentious conse...
- Land use allocation for large scale sustainable bioenergy Production in Brazil: technological options, relation to policy, and expected emission effects, BE.PQ
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Because of increasing demand of agricultural products, driven by population growth, income distribution, urbanization, diet shifts and bio-based economy actions, the agricultural production worldwide is expected to increase. Brazil is one of the most important suppliers of global agricultural goods (food, feed and bioenergy), and still has large extensions of preserved land and mega bio...
| 1 / 1 | Ongoing research grants |
| 13 / 1 | Completed research grants |
| 3 / 3 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 9 / 3 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 1 / 1 | Ongoing scholarships abroad |
| 2 / 1 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 29 / 10 | All research grants and scholarships |
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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
FREITAS, FLAVIO L. M.; SPAROVEK, GERD; BERNDES, GORAN; PERSSON, U. MARTIN; ENGLUND, OSKAR; BARRETTO, ALBERTO; MORTBERG, ULLA. Potential increase of legal deforestation in Brazilian Amazon after Forest Act revision. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, v. 1, n. 11, p. 665-670, NOV 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0. (16/17680-2)