Apresenta

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Vitor Afonso Hoeflich Researcher (Former Chair)
at Embrapa Forest The National Forest Research
Center of the Brazilian Agricultural Research
Corporation- EMBRAPA Professor at the Federal
University of Paraná Seoul, October, 2004
Federal University of Paraná Agricultural
Economics and Rural Extension Department
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Federal University of Paraná

• Forest Research and Education System in Brazil a
  preliminary overview.
• Symposium on
• Forest Research Education for the 21st Century
• Seoul, October, 2004

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• Introduction
• public interest for the preservation of tropical
  forest has raised in the past 30 years while its
  sustainable management has not been achieved
• During this period, the research of forest
  ecosystems had an amazing increment, but very
  few of its results have been incorporated into
  forestry praxis
• This fact is partially due to the difficulty of
  their transference to forest products users and
  to people living in or near to the forested land
  

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• Introduction

• On the other hand, investigations on silviculture
  have been seldom earmarked within government
  policies or even were too academic to contribute
  to solve practical problems.

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• Status of Forest Research and Education System in
  Brazil

• 1.      70 research organizations
• 54 related to the public and non-governmental
  sectors
• and 16 from the private forest sector
• 34 in the Southeast Region 11 in the South
  Region 8 in the North Region
• 5 in the Northeastern Region 4 in the
  Center-west Region and 7 with a national
  performance

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Brazilian Forest Research and Education System
8 National
70 Forest Research Institutions 54 Governmental
and NGOs 16 private sector 62 regional located,
8 national performance
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5 UG 5 G
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3 UG 0 G
Forest Education 24 Undergraduate Schools 9
Graduated courses
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3 UG 1 G
34
9 UG 4 G
11
5 UG 2 G
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• Scientific production
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• Most of the forest scientific production in
  Brazil is produced by researchers from
  Universities,
• by researchers of Embrapa (Brazilian Agriculture
  Research Corporation), and of State institutions
  of Agricultural(Forest) Research
• and some few specialized foundations and
  non-governmental organizations
• (IPEF/MCT, 2002).
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• Scientific production
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• It is important to notice that it is increasing
  the number of technical and scientific
  contributions generated by the in
  non-governmental organizations and other
  institutions that not deals exclusively in the
  forestry or forest issues (IPEF/MCT, 2002).
• It is also important the technical and scientific
  contribution generated by researchers from the
  private sector
• (IPEF/MCT, 2002)

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National Agricultural Research System - NARS
Embrapa 8619 Employees 2221 res
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• Actual stage and perspectives for the future
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• Considering the scarcity of available
  resources, the Brazilian Education and Forest
  Research System must emphasize to the search of
  bigger possible benefit toward all the society
  and aiming at the future generations
• the forest ecosystems have to be privileged,
  searching the maintenance of its sustainability.
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• Actual stage and perspectives for the future
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• It is important to emphasize the recognition of
  the good technical preparation of the Brazilian
  professionals who act in education and in the
  forest research, either in the public initiative
  as in the private sector.
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• Actual stage and perspectives for the future
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• It also important to indicate high level of
  existing integration between the institutions of
  forest education and research and the companies
  of the forest sector.

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• Priorities related to the Forest Development

• 1.                           Conservation and
  genetic improvement of genes of strategic
  national forest species for the Brazilian forest
  sector and society (forest genetic improvement,
  with the development of genetic materials of high
  quality directed toward the small producers, an
  to provide the increasing demands of the forest
  promotion)
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• Priorities related to the Forest Development

• 2.Development of systems of sustainable handling
  for use of native forest in different ecosystems,
  for alternative uses

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• Priorities related to the Forest Development

• 3. Development of production systems and
  sustainable management of planted forests,
  emphasizing the species of fast growth and for
  alternative uses
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• Priorities related to the Forest Development

• 4. Development of silvicultural and management
  processes with the Identification of
  environmental indicators for the monitoring of
  the sustainability of forest management
  procedures, for different time and space scales,
  using the small watershed (micro basin) as unit
  of planning

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• Priorities related to the Forest Development

• 5. Development of agro forestry production
  systems and its sustainable management,
  emphasizing the alternative uses
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• 6. Development of systems for the forest
  protection

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• Priorities related to the Forest Development

• 7. Development of techniques for the best use of
  the wood and the products of forest origin for
  multiple uses, and with value aggregation

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• Priorities related to the Forest Development

• 8.Development of systems and activities related
  to the environmental quality with forest
  components and interaction
• (establishment of adequate forms of use of the
  forest component for the sustainability of rural
  activities technical information for the
  restoration of degraded areas adequate systems
  of managing residues of agricultural and urban
  origin for the fertilization of forest
  plantations environmental education
  information and teaching on sustainable concepts
  and principles, etc.)

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• Priorities related to the Forest Development

• 9. Development of technologies for improvement of
  the industrial processes of products and
  by-products and residues diminishing production
  of the forestry activities
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• 10. Development of Information and Forest Policy
  Formulation System, for the agro forest business
  development and for the forest development in
  sustainable basis
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Thank you so much!
Vitor Afonso Hoeflich
iufrolat_at_cnpf.embrapa.br
hoeflich_at_ufpr.br
www.cnpf.embrapa.br
www.ufpr.br