About AMAZALERT

AMAZALERT examined how global and regional climate and land-use changes will impact Amazonian forests, agriculture, waters, and people; and how these impacts feed back onto climate. 

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“The AMAZALERT project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 282664, and was co-funded by many national agencies an institutes.”

Day 1: October 6 - ROBIN & AMAZALERT Stakeholder meeting

Programme

  • 9:00 Coffee
  • 9:15-9:30 Opening statements
  • 9:30-9:45 Short reflection by one of the stakeholders
  • 9:45-10:00 Introduction to AMAZALERT - Bart Kruijt (ALTERRA)
  • 10:00-10:20 Introduction to ROBIN - Terry Parr(CEH)/Marielos Pena Claros (Wageningen)
  • 10:20-10:40 Consequences of global change for the Amazon - Gilvan Sampaio (INPE)
  • 10:40-11:00 Questions / Discussion
  • 11:00-12:00 Outcome of stakeholder workshops & discussion – Ana-Paula Aguiar (INPE, Brazil)
     
  • 12:00-13:00 Lunch
     
  • 13:00-13:15 Ecosystem Integrity in the Brazilian Amazon- Margareth Simões (EMBRAPA)
  • 13:15-13:30 The Amazalert Early Warning System proposal – issues and feedback needed -
    Bart Kruijt (ALTERRA)
  • 13:30-15:00 Debate / Feedback on Early Warning System questions (in groups)
  • 15:00-15:30 Short reports from the discussion groups and general discussion
  • 15:30-16:00 Conclusion and closure - Mateus Batistella (EMBRAPA)

Read a short report.