scholarly journals Fostering water resource governance and conservation in the Brazilian Cerrado biome

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgardo M. Latrubesse ◽  
Eugenio Arima ◽  
Manuel E. Ferreira ◽  
Sergio H. Nogueira ◽  
Florian Wittmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resource ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Resource Governance

scholarly journals Hydrological modeling in a basin of the Brazilian Cerrado biome

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Jéssica Assaid Martins Rodrigues ◽  
Alberto Carlos de Oliveira Andrade ◽  
Marcelo Ribeiro Viola ◽  
Danton Diego Ferreira ◽  
Carlos Rogério de Mello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Hydrological Modeling ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Swat Model ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Ann Model ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Daily Streamflow

The Brazilian Cerrado biome (BCB) is among 25 biodiversity hotspots identified worldwide, and covers the recharge area of important aquifers and rivers in South America. The increase in deforestation has been threatening water availability in this region. In order to assist in the water-resource management of the BCB, this study models the daily streamflow in a basin of the Cerrado, using two approaches: a process-based model (Soil and Water Assessment Tool - SWAT) and the data-driven model (Artificial Neural Network - ANN). The performance of the models was evaluated by the Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient (NSE), coefficient of determination (R2) and flow-duration-curves (FDC). The results indicate that SWAT (NSE > 0.61; R2 > 0.68) and ANN (NSE > 0.91; R2 > 0.79) models are suitable tools in daily streamflow modeling of the studied basin, with the ANN model being the most accurate. Based on FDC, the ANN model was also better than the SWAT model for all frequencies evaluated. Thus, the ANN model is a promising new approach for daily streamflow modelling in this region. Moreover, the results of this study can help water-resource managers in planning and implementing appropriate water allocation and conservation measures in the Brazilian Cerrado biome.

High throughput screening to investigate Brazilian Cerrado biome plant extract bank chemical diversity

Planta Medica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (S 01) ◽  
pp. S1-S381
Author(s):  
LS Espindola ◽  
RG Dusi ◽  
KR Gustafson ◽  
J McMahon ◽  
JA Beutler
Keyword(s):  
High Throughput ◽  
Plant Extract ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Cerrado Biome

scholarly journals Assessing the influence of social capital on water point sustainability in rural Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret T. Person ◽  
Maryann G. Delea ◽  
Joshua V. Garn ◽  
Kelly Alexander ◽  
Bekele Abaire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Rural Ethiopia ◽  
Resource Governance ◽  
Water Point ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Despite considerable investment, sustainability of rural water resources remains a critical challenge in Ethiopia. Evidence suggests social capital – the networks, norms, and trust that facilitate cooperative behaviors – influences a community's ability to manage communal water resources. In turn, strong community governance of water resources may lead to sustainable resource management. Existing evidence provides a framework for exploring the relationship between social capital and governance of common-pool resources. However, there is a dearth of quantifiable evidence demonstrating the relationship between social capital, collaborative governance, and, in turn, sustainability of communal water resources. In 32 communities in rural Ethiopia, we employed a validated survey tool, developed by the World Bank, to quantify social capital and explore these relationships. We found associations between governance and several social capital domains: groups and networks, trust and solidarity, and information and communication. All governance indicators were associated with functionality. Identifying domains of social capital that influence governance can inform institutional efforts to target community-based water resource programming, foster social capital to improve water point sustainability, and diagnose issues related to resource management. Additional research examining the influence and directionality of social capital and other social constructs on water resource governance and functionality is warranted.

Structuring the water quality policy problem: Applying Q-methodology to explore perspectives in hydrology, government, and community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Schuyler Houser ◽  
Reza Pramana ◽  
Maurits Ertsen
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Problem Structuring ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
Resource Governance ◽  
Starting Point

<p>Recognizing the interrelatedness of water management and conceptual value of IWRM, many water resource governance systems are shifting from hierarchical arrangements towards more collaborative and participative networks. Increasing calls for participation recognize the value of drawing on social, political-administrative, and other kinds of knowledge in addition to technical water expertise. Participatory mandates, coordination bodies, and science-policy networks have emerged to facilitate knowledge integration, promote adaptive capacity, and align organizations in poly-centric systems.</p><p>Since the maintenance and effectiveness of such arrangements are contingent on trust and alignment rather than command and control, and since diverse stakeholders are engaged to co-produce knowledge, collaborators must grapple with identifying shared goals, developing knowledge management strategies to organize inputs, and attaining early progress to promote ongoing cooperation. But guidance is limited with respect to how such integrative aims are to be accomplished.</p><p>This research explores how systematic (but not necessarily convergent) problem structuring can support the forming, reordering, and cohering of water resource networks, especially when a complex issue – in this case, water quality management – rises to prominence on the policy agenda. In the early stages of a water quality project in the Brantas River Basin, Indonesia, stakeholder discussions suggested divergent conceptualizations of water quality and ideas about what conditions ‘matter’. Thus, instead of taking hydrological data as the starting point, this research first asks: What Brantas River(s) are we talking about, and why? Q-methodology is used to identify alternative perspectives on water quality held by a diverse set of stakeholders, including hydrologists. The analysis explores which aspects of the policy problem are consistent, which are contested, and whether problems indicated by hydrological science overlap, conflict, or cohere with those perceived by other stakeholders.</p><p>The research posits that, if scientists, engineers, decision-makers, community leaders, and other participants can appreciate areas of convergence and divergence regarding the water quality problem itself, they can lay groundwork for knowledge co-production; recognize opportunities for cooperation; better locate science in the problem space; and identify potential early wins to secure commitment. The research also asks to what extent consensus in problem structuring is necessary, or whether it is sufficient to identify strategies that are acceptable to different ontological viewpoints.</p>

Two new wild cassava species (Manihot, Euphorbiaceae) from the Brazilian Cerrado

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 213 (2) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos José Silva
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Habitat Distribution ◽  
Cerrado Biome

Manihot luxurians and M. confertiflora are herein described and illustrated. Both species were collected in the Chapada dos Veadeiros region during a taxonomic study of the genus Manihot in the Cerrado Biome. The morphological affinities, habitat, distribution, conservation status of both species are also provided.

Predicting runoff series in ungauged basins of the Brazilian Cerrado biome

2022 ◽  
pp. 105315
Author(s):  
Daniel Althoff ◽  
Lineu Neiva Rodrigues ◽  
Demetrius David da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Ungauged Basins ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Runoff Series

Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky, 1859 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from the Brazilian Cerrado Biome with updated key for the Macrelmis of Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3736 (2) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
FELIPE FRANCISCO BARBOSA ◽  
ANDRÉ SILVA FERNANDES ◽  
LEANDRO GONÇALVES OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Three New Species
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