Project Profile: XINGU
Integrating Land Use Planning and Water Governance in Amazonia: Towards Improved Freshwater Security in the Agricultural Frontier of Mato Grosso
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Alex Krusche, University of São Paulo, Brazil |
| Partners: | Christopher Neill, Marine Biological Laboratory, United States Michael Coe, Woods Hole Research Center, United States Maria Victoria Ballester, University of São Paulo, Brazil Silvia Guerra Molina, University of São Paulo, Brazil Antônio Ribeiro Almeida Júnior, University of São Paulo, Brazil Vanessa Empinotti, University of São Paulo, Brazil Mark Stephen Johnson, University of British Columbia, Canada Leila Harris, University of British Columbia, Canada Helmut Elsenbeer, University of Potsdam, Germany Fernanda Reichardt, University of São Paulo, Brazil Maria Elisa de Paula Eduardo Garavello, University of São Paulo, Brazil Linda Deegan, Marine Biological Laboratory, United States |
| Sponsors: | German Research Foundation, Germany National Science Foundation, United States Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada São Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil |
What?
Why?
| Project Objective: | Xingu will examine the critical issue of Freshwater Security associated with expanding soybean agriculture in the agricultural frontier of Amazonia. Xingu will identify: 1) how impacts from land conversion, cropland expansion and agricultural intensification interact to affect regional evapotranspiration, rainfall generation, river flooding, water quality and stream habitats and the thresholds of change that will endanger agricultural production, traditional regional livelihoods and downstream water-related infrastructure, and 2) what mechanisms of water governance and distribution of environmental information services are best suited to facilitate integrated water management by decision makers, resource uses and other stakeholders. |
| Call Objective: | This call was created to address the following: - Identification and characterization of the interactions between natural processes and human practices that govern water budgeting in selected regions; - Development of approaches that support the evolution of resilient communities/regions through improved seasonal forecasting of droughts, taking into account natural and socio-economic drivers. |
Where?
| Regions: | South America |
| Countries: | Brazil |
When?
| Duration: | 36 months |
| Call Date: | 2012 |
| Project Award Date: | 2012 |
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