Abstract
Spatial Regional Framework to Sensor TTC: La Plata Basin, MERCOSUR.
Track: Environmental Management
Author(s): Ana Turetta, Heitor Coutinho, Gabriel Fonte, Karen Tscherning, Santiago Baeza, Ivan Valencia, Mariano Oyarzabal
Sustainability of land use in European regions (SENSOR) is a project that has as technical objective: to build, validate and implement sustainability impact assessment tools, including databases and spatial reference frameworks for the analysis of land and human resources in the context of agricultural, regional and environmental policies.
SENSOR TTC is an extension of SENSOR EU and aims to adapt the European approach to extra European conditions in Targeted Third Countries (TTC).
The framework is an adaptation of the ecosystem function approach in that it assesses the direct impact of LUC on the three pillars of sustainability. The challenge to define the spatial framework for MERCOSUR is to harmonize the regionalization among Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, because the countries have different administration regions, with different levels on sustainability indicators data and policies. ArcGIS 9.1 shows to be a very useful tool for this application.
Ana Turetta
Embrapa
Rua Jardim Botânico, 1024
Rio de Janeiro , RJ 22460-000
Brazil
Phone: 55 21 2179-4543
Fax: 55 21 2274-5291
E-mail: anaturetta@cnps.embrapa.br
Heitor Coutinho
Embrapa Soils
Rua Jardim Botânico, 1024
Rio de Janeiro , RJ 22460000
Brazil
Phone: 55 21 2179-4597
E-mail: heitor@cnps.embrapa.br
Gabriel Fonte
Trainne Embrapa Solos
Jardim Botânico, 1024
Rio de Janeiro 22460000
Brazil
Phone: 55 21 2179-4597
E-mail: gamasafon@gmail.com
Karen Tscherning
Zalf
Eberswalder Straße 84
Müncheberg D-15374
Germany
Phone: 49 33432 82200
E-mail: tscherning@zalf.de
Santiago Baeza
Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, UDELAR
Iguá 4225
Montevideo 11400
Uruguay
Phone: 598 2 5258618
E-mail: santiago.baeza@gmail.com
Ivan Valencia
Trainne Embrapa Solos
Jardim Botânico, 1024
Rio de Janeiro 22460000
Brazil
Phone: 55 21 2179-4597
E-mail: liov2067@gmail.com
Mariano Oyarzabal
LART/IFEVA - FAUBA
Av. San Martín 4453
Buenos Aires , Cap. Fed. C1417DSE
Argentina
Phone: 54 11 4524 8000
E-mail: oyarzaba@agro.uba.ar