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Interdisciplinary research as a strategy for environmental science and management in Brazilian Amazonia: potential and limitations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2010

PHILIP M. FEARNSIDE
PHILIP M. FEARNSIDE*
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, CP 478, Manaus-Amazonas, CEP 69011–970, Brazil
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*Correspondence: Dr Philip M. Fearnside Tel: +55 92 3643 1822 e-mail: pmfearn@inpa.gov.br
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Summary

Interdisciplinary research has wide applicability to the environment and its management, and few areas can rival Brazilian Amazonia in terms of interdisciplinary challenges. Brazil's Ministry of Science and Technology currently makes interdisciplinary research an explicit priority, and to this end directs financing to large networks of researchers working in different institutions and fields. An impressive number of programmes support and carry out interdisciplinary research in the region, with varying success. Shifts in funding priorities are needed to maximize further advances.

Type
THEMATIC ISSUE: Interdisciplinary Progress in Environmental Science & Management
Information
Environmental Conservation , Volume 37 , Issue 4: Thematic section. Interdisciplinary Progress in Environmental Science and Management , December 2010 , pp. 376 - 379
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2010

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