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FAPESP selects proposals in call for Latin American Biodiversity Opportunity is offered with funding agencies from Argentina, Chile and Peru under the scope of cooperation with the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (photo: Eduardo Cesar / Pesquisa FAPESP)

FAPESP announces the result of a call for proposals in partnership with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), from the United Kingdom. 

The opportunity was also offered by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), from Argentina, the Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), from Chile, and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTEC), from Peru.

The call is part of NERC’s “Latin American Biodiversity Programme”, supported in the UK through the Newton Fund.

The aim of the program is to provide trans-regional level understanding of the role of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and the services they provide. 

The call for proposals is available at www.fapesp.br/en/11690.

Selected proposals:  

Safeguarding Pollination Services in a Changing World: theory into practice (SURPASS2)

Processo / Grant number

2018/14994-1

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – NERC/UKRI
Newton Fund
CONICET
CONICYT

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Antonio Mauro Saraiva

Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad

Francisco E. Fonturbel
Marcelo Adrian Aizen
Matthew Heard

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (Poli-USP)
 

ARBOLES: A trait-based Understanding of LATAM Forest Biodiversity and Resilience

Processo / Grant number

2018/15001-6

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – NERC/UKRI
Newton Fund
CONICET
CONICYT
CONCYTEC

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão

Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad

Antonio Lara
David Robert Galbraith
Eurídice Honorio Coronado
Sandra Díaz

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
University of Leeds
Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana
Universidad Austral de Chile

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
 

Optimising the long term management of invasive species affecting biodiversity and the rural economy using adaptive management

Processo / Grant number

2018/14995-8

Acordo / Agreement

FAPESP – NERC/UKRI
Newton Fund
CONICET
CONICYT

Pesq. Resp. / PI

Alessandra Tomaselli Fidelis

Pesq. Resp. Ext. / PI abroad

Anibal Pauchard
Carlos Ignacio Roesler
Ignacio Alejandro Rodriguez Jorquera
Xavier Lambin

Instit.Exterior / Instit. abroad

Universidad de Concepción
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Universidad Austral de Chile
University of Aberdeen

Instit. sede / Host Institution

Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro / UNESP

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