Latin America & the Caribbean

Brazil

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• Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve, Brazil

The country is covered by the National UNESCO Office in Brasilia.

A distinguishing feature of Brazil is its exceptional biodiversity. It is home to 20% of the known living species on earth.

There are 6 biosphere reserves in Brazil, covering a huge surface of 128,118,348 hectares, in addition to the World Heritage Biodiversity Programme for Brazil, which seeks to preserve this biodiversity in some of the Brazilian properties inscribed on the World Heritage List.

There is a Latin American Centre of Physics (CLAF) operating under the auspices of UNESCO in Rio de Janeiro.

A UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Development that was established at the Federal university of Ouro Preto is part of the Women, Sciences, Technology and Development Network. This network was created to help universities serve the development of their country while contributing to an increase of the number of women scientists and engineers.

Theses chairs are run by women to promote women, science, sustainable development and integrated management.

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) La Plata River Basin case study More

- International Hydrological Programme-Latin America and the Caribbean (IHP-LAC) Working group on snow and ice More

- Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy programme (HELP) project in the Sao Francisco Verdadeiro basin More

- UNESCO Chair on Water, Women and Development, established in 2006 at the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais More

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Satellite Imagery for Biodiversity Conservation of World Heritage National Parks of Iguazu and Iguaçu More  

- Biosphere Reserves (WNBRs)

- UNESCO Chair on City and Environment, established in 1993 at ORDECC, Colegio Do Brasil More

- UNESCO Chair in Environmental Studies for sustainable development of Brazilian areas in transition, established in 1999 at the University of Tocantins More

- UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, established in 2005 at the University of Brasilia More

Oceans

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Earth Sciences

- National Geoparks

- Sustainable Use of Platinum Group Elements (IGCP, Project 479) 

- Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate biogeography, palaeogeography and climate  (IGCP, Project 491)

- Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions(IGCP, Project 495)

- The Rheic Ocean: Its origin, evolution, and correlatives (IGCP, Project 497)

- Devonian land-sea interaction: evolution of ecosystems and climate (IGCP, Project 499)

- Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution (IGCP, Project 509)

- Global correlation of A-type granites and related rocks, their mineralization, and significance in lithospheric evolution (IGCP, Project 510)

- Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences (IGCP, Project 511)

- Neoproterozoic Ice Ages (IGCP, Project 512)

- Karst Aquifers and Water Resources (IGCP, Project 513)      

- Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry and Management of Coastal Aquifers on the Atlantic Coast of South America (IGCP, Project 519)

Basic Sciences

- Women, Science, Technology and Development Network More  

- Latin American Centre of Physics (CLAF)

- UNESCO Chair in form and development biology, established in 1999 at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) More

- UNESCO Chair in Chemical Engineering, established in 1993 at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, within the framework of the Santander Group More

- UNESCO Chair in Food Sciences and Technology, established in 1994 at Faculdade de Ciências , Universidade Luterana do Brasil (ULBRA), within the framework of the Santander Group More

- José Reis UNESCO Chair in Scientific Divulgation, established in 2006 at Universidade de São Paulo More

Science Policy and Sustainable Development

- UNESCO Chair in South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development, established in 2006 at The Federal University of Pará  More

- UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development, established at the Institute of Psychology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro  More

- UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development, established at the Federal University of Paraná More

- Establishing Science and Technology Parks More

Remote Sensing

- Satellite Imagery for Biodiversity Conservation of World Heritage National Parks of Iguazu and Iguaçu More