GEOTRACES Latin American Workshop

– Overview
– Final Statement
– National representatives
– Other documents for download relating to this workshop 
– Sponsors
– Contact

Overview

A meeting was held in Rio de Janeiro in November 2012 to foster the involvement of Latin American (LA) scientists in the GEOTRACES.The workshop had the following objectives:

1) Define scientific questions of global interest that are geographically proximal to LA nations

2) Define scientific questions of national or regional interest that are too large, or too complex, to be addressed by a single nation or by small projects, and therefore would benefit from international collaboration.

3) Identify opportunities and strategies for collaboration within the scope of the GEOTRACES Program.

4) Identify opportunities for technology transfer and training that would increase the capacity of scientists in LA nations to undertake GEOTRACES-related research.

The workshop brought together scientists from the region with interest in developing research activities related to the program. International investigators from the GEOTRACES Program also participated.

Final Statement

Participants at the meeting agreed a final statement outlining important GEOTRACES science in the LA region, and synergies between GEOTRACES Activities and other science in LA.

Please download the statement here (English; Spanish)

National representatives 

The following scientists were identified as national contact points for the GEOTRACES programme:

Brazil:  Angela Wagener; Renato da Silva Carreira ; Vanessa Hatje

Venezuela: Tibisay Perez

Chile: Sandor Mulsow

Uruguay: Danilo Calliari

Mexico: Evgueni Shumilin

Columbia: Luisa Espinosa-Díaz

Argentina: José Luis Esteves

Other documents for download relating to this workshop:

Abstract Collection

Agenda

List of participants

Sponsors

The contribution to organization and travel expenses by the following sponsors is gratefully acknowledged:

• Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
• Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)
  
• Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
• US National Science Foundation (NSF)

Contact

If you have questions regarding the  workshop, please contact  Angela Wagener.