Institute for Advanced Studies.
University of São Paulo. São Paulo
Email:lgylvan@uol.com.br
Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho is a visiting researcher with the Institute for Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo. He has a degree in Electronic Engineering from the Aeronautics Technology Institute (ITA), São José dos Campos, Brazil, and a doctoral degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.. He developed most of his career at the National Space Research Institute (INPE), where he created the first meteorological research program at INPE in the early 1970's, and in the late 1980's, he was the key architect for the establishment of INPE's Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (CPTEC). He served in many roles with the World Meteorological Oganization both as Regional Director the the Americas, in Assuncion, Paraguay, and as responsible for the long-range forecasting research program in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1994, he became the first president of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). He served as Secretary for Science and Technology Policy in the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil. He participated actively as an adviser to the Brazilian Government in the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol processs and was invited to be the Senior Scientific Adviser to the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn, Germany. He served as co-chair of the IPCC Science Working Group as vice-president of the Panel.
Opportunites in Brazil for Biological Carbon Sequestration
Biological carbon sequestration is a viable mitigation option in Brazil.
There is a large amount of marginal or degraded land that can be afforested or reforested. This paper will present a case study of actual reforestation projects: in the State of São Paulo, the AES Tiete reforestation project with native species, and in the State of Minas Gerais, the PLANTAR reforestation project with commercial species. Methodological aspects that make such projects eligible for CDM credits under the Kyoto Protocal will be discussed. The prospects for large scale replication of these experiences with biological carbon sequestration will de analysed.