RESEARCHERS
The team involved in this project consists of researchers whose training is focused on ethnobiological (ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, ethnozoology), ecology, ethology, chemical and pharmacological research. These researchers have accumulated an extensive experience in data collection as well as in critical data analysis. The members of this team prepared the first Portuguese manual for data collection methods in the field (and an English version, which is the most complete methodological manual to dat). Some members also created the first doctoral program in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation of Latin America (http://ww2.pgetno.ufrpe.br).
The basic structure of the INCT Ethnobiology, Bioprospecting and Nature Conservation is based on the partnership of four Universities in Northeast Brazil: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Universidade Regional do Carire and Universidade Estadual da Paraíba. This partnership has resulted from the efforts in the creation of a doctoral program in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation. The Department of Biology of the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, and in collaboration with the Universidade Estadual da Paraiba and Universidade Regional do Carire, presented the proposal to create the Association Doctoral Program in the modality Partial Association in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation in 2011. This was the first proposal of a Doctoral Program to train professionals in the nature-culture interface. To the best of our knowledge, there are similar programs offered in Europe and in the United States, which indicates that this proposal represents the first Doctoral Program with this profile in Latin America and represents a growing demand for professionals with training in this area, especially with a focus on the complex and delicate issues that involve society, nature and culture.
Therefore, the INCT aims to consolidate the actions of these groups in a comprehensive program that integrates human resources training with a high-level research aligned with national and international demands.
Organization and Structure of the INCT Ethnobiology, Bioprospecting and Nature Conservation
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL/SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
GENERAL COORDINATOR
Dr. Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque - UFPE
MEMBERS
Dr. Elcida de Lima Araújo - UFRPE
Dr. Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves - UEPB (Sub-regional coordinator)
SCIENTIFIC COMUNICATION COORDINATOR
Dr. Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior -UPE
EVENTS COORDINATOR
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Dr. Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes - URCA
RESEARCHERS
Dr. André Luiz Borba do Nascimento - UFMA
Dr. André Sobral - UFCG
Dr. Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida - CESVASF
Dr. Eduardo Carvalho de Lira - UFPE
Dr. Ernani Machado Freitas Lins Neto - UNIVASF
Dr. Felipe Silva Ferreira - UNIVASF
Dr. Gilney Charll dos Santos - IFPI
Dr. Gustavo Taboada Soldati - UFJF
Dr. José Ribamar de Sousa Júnior - UFPI
Dr. Júlio Marcelino Monteiro - UFPI
Dr. Letícia Zenóbia de Oliveira Campos - UFOB
Dr. Lucilene Lima dos Santos Vieira - IFPE
Dra. Maria Clara Bezerra Cavalcanti Tenório
Dr. Maria Franco Trindade de Medeiros - UFCG
Dr. Marta Regina Kerntopf - URCA
Dra. Michelle Jacob - UFRN
Dr. Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros - UFAL
Dr. Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva - UFAL
Dr. Taline Cristina da Silva - UNEAL
Dr. Thiago Antônio de Sousa Araújo _ UNINASSAU
Dr. Thiago Gonçalves-Souza - UFRPE