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Foto: Thomas Lovejoy visita o PDBFF ao lado do estudante Emílio Miguel Bruno (à esquerda) e do pesquisador John Kress (ao centro)

25 anos de atividade
Assim, o PDBFF, como é conhecido, faz bodas de prata e realiza no período de 26 de Junho a 03 de Julho as comemorações referentes aos 25 anos de atividades do projeto. E a festa é mais uma vez de trabalho. Entre os dias 1 a 3 de Julho acontece no Auditório da Reitoria da Universidade Estadual do Amazonas, em Manaus, o Simpósio sobre o Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais: 25 anos de Pesquisa e Treinamento na Amazônia.
O Simpósio do PDBFF faz parte do International Symposia on Long-Term Ecological Projects que também começa dia primeiro, mas vai até o dia 8 de julho. O objetivo do evento é discutir os resultados mais relevantes e as aplicações práticas resultantes desses 25 anos de pesquisas e treinamento na Amazônia. Para tanto, haverá uma mesa redonda sobre o tema: Efeito da fragmentação sobre a vegetação – estrutura e dinâmica, coordenada pelo Dr. William Laurance, algumas palestras plenárias e nada menos do que a apresentação de 46 trabalhos científicos.
Mais informações:
tel: +55 92 642 1148
fax: +55 92 642 2050
http://www.icb.ufmg.br/~peld/
http://pdbff.inpa.gov.br/eco.html

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Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project

Thomas E. Lovejoy is a synonym for science and nature. A biologist, teacher, researcher and writer, Lovejoy has an American citizenship and a Brazilian soul. He knows the places all over the world, lives in the United States and loves the Amazon. He planted in 1979, near Manaus, an ARIE – Area of High Ecological Interest (created by the Federal Government) called Biological Dynamics on Fragments Project which today gathers a vintage of works on preservation, on studies on the flora and fauna of the Amazon, mainly from entomologists, botanic specialists and ornithologists among many other experts that studied, study and will study life and death in most important rainforest of the planet.
Initiated in 1979, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) is a bi-national, collaborative research project between the Smithsonian Institution and the Brazilian Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA). As one of the only long-term projects evaluating the impacts of human activities in the Amazon, the BDFFP represents a cutting-edge study of forest fragmentation and serves as a model for similar studies in other tropical regions.
Mission – To determine the ecological consequences of habitat destruction and fragmentation in the Amazon, and to disseminate this information widely in such a way as to foster conservation and rational use of forest resources. Today, PDBFF is reference in studies of forest fragmentation and serves as model for similar studies in other tropical areas. PDBFF collaborated for the training of biologists in Northern Brazil. The ending result of our training program is the production of researchers to work in Amazonia.
PDBFF has an extensive database on plants and soils, besides data of important animal groups, especially birds, amphibians and insects. Has a laboratory of Geographical Information System, with an extensive database of  videography and temporal sequences of  satelite images of our study areas. The GIS Laboratory, besides the research activities, is structured to give support to the sub-projects developed at PDBFF.

Symposium  June, 29 – July,03
25 Years of Research and Training in Amazonia: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Symposium INPA-SI
Ecological Economic Plan scenarios from the Distrito Agropecuário da Zona Franca de Manaus
Effects of forest fragmentation on small trees and understory plants in Central Amazônia
Human dimensions, forest regeneration, and recovery of degraded áreas
Forest fragmentation effect on interspecific associations: army ants/following birds/butterflies (Hesperiidae)
Local: Amazon University State