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Rafael Medeiros Sperb Rodrigo Becke Cabral & Adriana Gomes Alves

HOW MAPSERVER IS ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN BRAZIL: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS. Rafael Medeiros Sperb Rodrigo Becke Cabral & Adriana Gomes Alves. BRAZIL: A COUNTRY OF CONTINENTAL PROPORTIONS. Diversity of ecosystems and environments

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Rafael Medeiros Sperb Rodrigo Becke Cabral & Adriana Gomes Alves

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  1. HOW MAPSERVER IS ENHANCING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN BRAZIL: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS Rafael Medeiros SperbRodrigo Becke Cabral & Adriana Gomes Alves

  2. BRAZIL: A COUNTRY OF CONTINENTAL PROPORTIONS • Diversity of ecosystems and environments • Aggressive pattern of environmental resources consumption • Prospection of new economical alternatives

  3. BRAZIL: A COUNTRY OF CONTINENTAL PROPORTIONS

  4. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND PUBLIC AWARENESS • Environmment in the political agenda • National Policies for • - Environment (6.938/81) • - Coastal Zone Management (7.661/88) • - Water Resources (9.433/97) • and Many others

  5. NATIONAL POLICIES • Common Tools: • - Monitoring programs • - Information Systems establishment • - Annual Situation Report

  6. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SCENARIO(for environmental matters) • Federal, states and municipal levels of responsability and enforcement • - Overlapping and gaps • - Competition over financial resources • - No communication or efforts sharing • - No data systematization (few efforts) • - Isolation

  7. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SCENARIO (for cartography) • Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics • - Responsible for the oficial Brazilian Cartography • - Less than 10% of the Brazilian territory is available in digital format (1:50.000) • - Analogic maps are mainly from the 50’s • Brazilian Army • - No maps available in digital format

  8. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS • There is no clear definition of what is important • There is no consideration of data acquisition costs • There is need for appropriate digital maps • In the past financial resources were available, however misuse led to scarcity

  9. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS • How to cope with this scenario? • There is no clear definition of what is important • There is no consideration of data acquisition costs • Design of EIS that with pre-established objectives aiming at: • - Data integration (institutions too) • - Systematization • - Accessibility (distribution among agencies)

  10. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS • It might be obvious, but… • - There is no culture for information systematization

  11. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS • How to cope with this scenario? • There is need for appropriate digital maps • It should not be an excuse for not developing an EIS: • - Digitize (costs-benefit) • - Allow data input even without the appropriate maps

  12. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS • It is not so obvious… • - many agencies still use analogical maps in their daily operations

  13. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS • How to cope with this scenario? • In the past financial resources were available, however misuse led to scarcity • Reduce development costs: • - Opensource • - Federal Government has guidelines to foster such approach, but...

  14. ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS • No comments…

  15. APPLIED COMPUTATION LAB (G10) • Facing this scenario with • research and development of EIS to systemize environmental data and information: • - Distributed acess • - Opensource • - Spatial support

  16. APPLIED COMPUTATION LAB (G10) • Spatial support • - Input areas

  17. APPLIED COMPUTATION LAB (G10) • Portfolio • Mapserver x Oracle integration and users support • Mapserver Brazilian website • More than 30 projects using mapserver • Association with: MapServer Consortium, Environmental Ministry, Agricultural Ministry, National Petroleum Agency, Environmental Agencies, Information Tecnology Federal Bureau, Oracle, and many others

  18. APPLIED COMPUTATION LAB (G10) • SIPESCA • Fisheries Management Information System • Data integration for fisheries industry statistics • Responsible for Mapserver/Oracle integration • Client: Brazilian Environmental Agency

  19. APPLIED COMPUTATION LAB (G10) • RASTRO • Fishing grounds control • Tracking system • Client: Ministry of Agriculture

  20. APPLIED COMPUTATION LAB (G10) • SAGREH • Water Resources Management • First Phase • Water users cadastre • Water quality monitoring • Client: National Water Agency/FINEP/State Government

  21. Contact: Rafael Medeiros Sperb, Dr. Rodrigo Becke Cabral, Dr. Adriana Gomes Alves, M.Sc. rsperb@cttmar.univali.br http://g10.cttmar.univali.br +55 (47) 341.7876/7960

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