2021
“Ecological Restoration of Farmland: Progress, Prospects, and Impacts”
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), March 10, 2021
We are happy to invite you to the webinar series “Latin American Science Ties” promoted by the International Network on Sustainable Water Management on Developing Countries (EXCEED-SWINDON) sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). This webinar on the topic of “Ecological restoration of farmland: progress, prospects, and impacts” will be organized by Dr. José Araruna Jr. from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and Dr. Aluísio Granato de Andrade from the Soil Conservation Service Branch of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (EMBRAPA). For more details on the webinar, see the flyer for the event.
Short extract from the flyer
Land resources planning should help producers, policy makers and other stakeholders select the most appropriate land uses for a given area. It should also help create conditions that allow for the adoption of sustainable soil and land management practices that promote the conservation of soil and land in healthy landscapes and ecosystems, and restore degraded land.
It is a well-known fact that Brazil is struggling to reconcile economic development and forest preservation. The trade-off between conservation and improvements in human well-being, could be achieved by compensatory conservation mechanisms that aim to protect natural resources, biodiversity, ecological functions, ecosystem services, and other kinds of ecological values. The use compensatory conservation mechanisms would enable the actions of active forest restoration to be more feasible and increases the likelihood of successful projects by large and small farmers.
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Flyer – Ecological restoration on farmland
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2019
“Water on Agricultural Practices: Training the Trainers”
September 15th – 21th 2019 // Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Water use in agriculture plays a critical role of any discussion of water and food security since farming activities account for around 70% of water used in the world today.
Inefficient agriculture contributes for a great waste of surface water and also contributes to groundwater depletion and its associated consequences. Also an excessive use of nutrients and pesticides are key sources of water pollution in many regions. Hence, the sustainable management of water in agriculture is critical not only to increase agricultural production but also to support continued economic growth in other sectors.
Objectives
The International Expert Workshop on “Water on Agricultural Practices: Training the Trainers” will serve as a forum to discuss advance solutions to improve the management of agricultural water risks on developing countries.
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2018
“Linking Water Security to the Sustainable Development Goals”
August 29th – September 1st 2018 // São Paulo, Brazil
Water Security is emerging as a primary sustainability challenge across the globe in the 21st century. It is a determinant for security in various societal and environmental aspects including food, energy, economy, environment and public health, and thus has a complex political momentum that goes far beyond the traditional water sector. To understand, project, address and plan for water security challenges, we must collectively understand exposure to climate and environment driven hazards, as well as socio-economic determinants, and the cultural and political context within which we live, work and play. Technologies (ranging from model-based scenarios and predictions to green and grey infrastructure and treatment systems, and from remote sensing to social media) and innovative financing and governance systems are being proposed to address water security.
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2016
Expert Workshop on “Wastewater Treatment and Reuse for Metropolitan Regions and small Cities in Developing Countries”
September 13th – 17th, 2016 // Recife, Brazil
Sustainable water management is essential for the social, economic and environmental growth of developing countries. The high growth rates resulted in massive migration from rural to urban/metropolitan areas. Water supply of good quality and adequate quantity impaired severe constraints for the population.
The use of conventional treatment technology, as well as advanced alternatives for treatment and post-treatment of wastewater, including the questions of plant scale in centralised or decentralised systems and possible reuase of effluents, are aimed for presentation and discussion about theoretical and practical aspects.
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The venue of the expert workshop is the Transamerica Prestige, located at The Boa Viagem Avenue, Recife: Transamerica-Prestig Recife
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2015
Expert Workshop on “Water Scarcity”
September 14th – 18th, 2015 // San Juan, Argentina
Water scarcity is a constantly growing problem worldwide, not only in arid and semiarid regions. United Nations define Water Scarcity as: the point at which the aggregate impact of all users impinges on the supply or quality of water under prevailing institutional arrangements to the extent that the demand by all sectors, including the environment, cannot be satisfied fully. In addition, water scarcity is constantly aggravated by factors such as climate change, population growth, economic development and devastation of natural resources.
This Regional Workshop aims to bring together experts from different fields to exchange and share their experiences and research results about aspects of Water Scarcity, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.
Applying researchers are requested to submit (upload) also an abstract about an oral presentation to be given during the course of the summer/winter school. The topic covered in the presentation shall be related to the topic of theworkshop.
The participants expected are preferably Researchers, Professors, Post-Graduates dedicated to topics related to sustainable water management.