Lead institution:
National Science and Technology Institute on Biodiversity of the Blue Amazon – Brazil
Oceans regulate climate and their ecosystems harbour immense biodiversity that has not been fully mapped, quantified and sustainably exploited. Biological diversity represents quality food security and biotechnological potential for solving many challenges.
In-depth knowledge of this immense biodiversity and its dynamic relationship with the environment is of fundamental relevance for identifying and supporting use and conservation strategies. Considering the ocean’s dimensions and complexities, the National Science and Technology Institute on Biodiversity of the Blue Amazon – Brazil (INCT-BAA), in short “INCT Biodiversity of the Blue Amazon”, is a vast Brazilian Project that has established a broad national network of researchers with international collaborators from different fields of knowledge in the scope of converging to specific goals, including basic and applied research, training of human resources qualified in Marine Sciences and scientific dissemination and outreach.
As part of this project, the three e-books below entitled “Sea of Knowledge” below provides insights into key issues that researchers seek to address. The e-books are currently available in Portuguese language only.
In addition, the INCT Biodiversity of the Blue Amazon has a podcast channel dedicated to the scientific dissemination of information about the ocean. The main goal is to bring ocean science closer to society in a simple way through interviews with leading researchers in the field. The podcast is currently available in Portuguese on Spotify: listen to it here.
Start Date: 22/12/2022
End Date: 31/12/2027
Lead Contacts: Eduardo Secchi (edu.secchi@furg.br), Manuela Bassoi (manu.bassoi@gmail.com) and Beatrice Padovani (beatrice.ferreira@ufpe.br)