Our ongoing research projects
In fact, since I was seventeen years old, that is, since 2011, I have been involved in scientific research on the Atlantic Forest biome. It was because of this research on the Atlantic Forest that I decided to do agronomic engineering and seek an agroecological agriculture that could not only better coexist with this biome, but also discover many species of plants that are still poorly known and poorly utilized by our agriculture. There is much to research and take advantage of to develop new cultivars, new eating habits and new, more ecological ways for Brazilian agriculture to coexist with the different biomes existing in our territory. Below are some of these surveys that I'm already involved with.
Project 1. Agroecology in the Atlantic Forest territory
As the Atlantic Forest was deeply devastated, since the 16th century, for the implantation of sugarcane agribusiness, initially, followed by other agribusinesses such as coffee, cocoa, cotton, etc.; it is clear that many of us still think that its restoration is almost impossible. Others do not even realize how much the Atlantic Forest still offers a vast field of research, despite degradation, for the discovery of countless species that can be used in the future as new cultivars in an agroecological agriculture that can indeed bring new added values for socio-environmental and self-sustainable development for our country, which has the largest tropical agriculture on the planet.
The Forest Is in Us: Carlos three years later
Forestry farming in Jundiaí, an experience - 2011
Project 2. Agroecology in Cerrado territory
We are just at the beginning of the research on the agroecological potential of the Brazilian cerrado, but it interests us as much as the Atlantic Forest, after all, in the center south of the country it is a remarkable presence. Even in the state of São Paulo, there are patches of cerrado that we need to know more deeply. Not to mention that a good part of the Minas Gerais territory is covered by this vegetation.
Therefore, we don't like to think that the cerrado is destined to be ruthlessly occupied by agribusiness, pesticides and environmental degradation and deforestation. There is much to be researched about this biome so that we can develop ecologically sustainable and socioeconomically advantageous agriculture for the populations that are immersed in its territory.
We share with a huge spectrum of scientists and environmentalists the idea that this is a very rich vegetation that has nothing poor about it. We know that there are many riches and poorly known species that can indeed be used as new cultivars that will develop new areas of ecological agricultural production. New products can emerge from the cerrado itself, so that the soil is not degraded, this biome is not further deforested and offer local populations new opportunities for income and socio-environmental development
Project 3. Agroecology in the Amazon Territory
In July 2014 we made our first excursion to better understand the living conditions of a rural population in the municipality of Manaus and this was our first contact with the Amazon biome. In this case, our team sought to learn more deeply about the way of life of the riverside populations and the type of agriculture they practice.
There is still much to be done to deepen this research that we have just started in a scientific initiation project.
Olhos d´Água Park in the North Wing of Brasília DF.
In Search of Brasilia's Cerrado
