São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Scenarios and Modelling on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to Support Human Well-Being

01 to 14 July 2019, São Pedro, Brazil

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Given the complexity of current changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES), the use of scenarios and modelling became not only a top research priority, but also an indispensable tool for decision making. The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Scenarios and Modelling on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to Support Human Well-Being will gather a critical mass of young scientists to discuss scientific knowledge of relevance to society.

Announcement

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The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Scenarios and Modelling onBiodiversity and Ecosystem Services to Support Human Well-Being (SPSAS Scenarios) is sponsored by the São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), and will be held from 01 to 14 July 2019 at the Hotel Fonte Colina Verde in São Pedro/SP, Brazil. It is organized by the Institute of Biology/State University of Campinas (IB/UNICAMP), the Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES) and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). Other collaborators are the Center for Environmental Studies and Research (NEPAM/UNICAMP), the Bioscience Institute/ University of São Paulo (IB/USP), the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) and the BIOTA-FAPESP Program.

The objective of the SPSAS Scenarios is to provide graduate students with advanced knowledge and practice in the area of scenarios and modeling in biodiversity and ecosystem services, and its relation to human wellbeing, including issues related to public policy. At the same time, it will be a contribution to build professional capacity to use the results of IPBES policy support tools and methodologies for scenario analysis and modeling of biodiversity and ecosystem services assessment.

Approximately 100 applicants, 50 from Brazil and 50 from other countries will be selected to participate in the Advanced School. Participants will be selected based on the merit of their application information, the relevance of the academic work and studies to the themes of the school. Field of study, gender and geographic representation and balance will also be considered. Applicants should receive notification from the organizing committee from 30 March 2019 onwards.

The SPSAS Scenarios will be conducted in ENGLISH. Applicants must be proficient or have a sound understanding of the English language in order to understand, communicate, and participate actively in the School activities.

Program

The School is divided into 4 modules:
1. Ecosystem Services and Natures’ Contribution to People where the evolution of the concepts, and the current debate, will be presented and discusses;
2. Challenges in the Development of Scenarios and Models focusing on direct and indirect drivers in biodiversity and ecosystem services, the conceptual bases of scenarios and models. In this module students will develop real world exercises, working in groups to solve challenges posed by world class experts.
3. IPBES Assessment on Scenarios and Modeling where the main authors of this outstanding assessment will present and discuss their findings.
4. Scenarios and Modeling – Brazil’s case study to achieve Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in which some of the experts involved in establishing the Brazilian proposal to the Paris Climate Agreement will present and discuss how those goals where established, and the rest of the lecturers will help to discuss the impact achieving these goals may have in biodiversity, ecosystem services and human wellbeing.

Speakers

Participants

- Adenle Ademola Andrew - Switzerland

- Adnan Arshad - China

- Alexandre Martinez - USA

- Alma Guadalupe Navarro Hernandez - Mexico

- Ana Carolina Moreira Pessôa - Brazil

- Ana Maria Martinez Sanchez - Canada

- Andres Sanchez Quinto - Mexico

- Andressa Vianna Mansur - Germany

- AntonellaGorosábel - Argentina

- Aurora MihoYanai Nascimento - Brazil

- Beatriz Elena Murillo Lopez - Colombia

- Bianca Possamai - Brazil

- BondéLoyapin - Burkina Faso

- Carla Natalia Rivera Rebella - Chile

- Caroline Picharillo - Brazil

- Catalina Zuluaga Rodriguez - Brazil

- Cecilia Cronemberger de Faria - Brazil

- Charlotte Caroline Smith - UnitedKingdom

- Cristina Yuri Vidal

- Diana Isabel Clavijo Rojas - Brazil

- Edberto Moura Lima - Brazil

- Elkin Alexi Noguera Urbano - Colombia

- Emanuela Wehmuth Alves Weidlich - Brazil

- Erendira Patricia Canales Gomez - Mexico

- EstevanWladimir Moya Flores - Chile

- Evangelina del Valle Viotto - Argentina

- Fabio Henrique Carretero Sanches - Brazil

- Fernando de Moura Resende - Brazil

- Francisco Arenhart da Veiga Lima - Brazil

- Francisco Javier Fajardo Nolla - Chile

- Gracie Verde Selva - Brazil

- Guilherme Rodrigues Lima - Brazil

- HamzaBriak - Marocco

- Ivan Alejandro Ortiz Rodriguez - Italy

- Jan Danek - CzechRepublic

- Janeth Del Carmen Lessmann Escalona - Chile

- Jennifer Tran Le - USA

- Jessica FrancineFelappi - Germany

- Juan AndresMartinez Lanfranco - Canada

- Judith Ament - Netherlands

- Julia Camara de Assis - Brazil

- Julia de Niemeyer Caldas - Brazil

- Juliana Siqueira Gay - Brazil

- Julliet Correa da Costa - Brazil

- Lara Alejandrina Cornejo Denman - Mexico

- LarisseFaroniPerez - Brazil

- Laura Camila Perez Giraldo - Chile

- Leonardo Lima Bergamini - Brazil

- Liedson Tavares de Sousa Carneiro - Brazil

- Ligia Maria Barrios Campanhão - Brazil

- Lucrecia Maria Fernanda Estigarribia - Argentina

- Luis Filipe Azevedo Curto Lopes - Portugal

- Manuela Franco de Carvalho da Silva Pereira - Brazil

- Marcela Matos Barbosa - Brazil

- Marco Aurélio Nalon

- María Elvira Casagranda - Argentina

- MarronBecerra Aurora - Mexico

- Matheus Camargo Silva Mancini - Brazil

- MercyFunke SALAMI - Nigeria

- Moara Almeida Canova Teixeira - Brazil

- MuhammedAloladeOyinlola - Canada

- Nadia Selene Zamboni - Brazil

- Nathalia Cristina Costa do Nascimento - Brazil

- Nino Tavares Amazonas - Brazil

- Pablo Danilo Borja Padilla - Canada

- Paola Alberti - Argentina

- Pedro Henrique Albquerque Sena - Brazil

- PriyankaSarkar - India

- Rafael Cabral Borges - Brazil

- Rafaela Aparecida da Silva - Brazil

- Raísa Romênia Silva Vieira - Brazil

- Regina Lucia Guimarães Nobre - Brazil

- Roberta Z Cantinho - Brazil

- Sandra Benavides Gordillo - Brazil

- SheinaKoffler - Brazil

- Silas Candido Principe de Souza - Brazil

- Taciana Figueiredo Gomes - Brazil

- TássiaRayane Ferreira Chagas - Brazil

- Viviane Dib da Silva - Brazil

- Yohana GisellJimenez - Argentina

- Yvonne WambuiGithiora - Kenya

Venue

Hotel Fonte Colina Verde
Rua Veríssimo Prado, 1500 – São Pedro – SP – Brazil
+55 (19) 3481 9999
https://www.hotelcolinaverde.com.br/

Contact

For additional information, please contact: scenarios.bes@gmail.com

Information of the School is also available at the website: https://scenariosbes.wixsite.com/spsas-scenarios