National Institute of Amazonian Research

The INPA, Eng. National Institute of Amazonian Research, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia port., is a government research institute in Manaus, Brazil. It bears the nickname " Orgulho de Amazônia "

The INPA was founded in 1952 and should serve the " rainforest research," the study of Amazonia. Background was the socio -economic development of the rainforest region. At the time, nor was the exploitation of the resources in the foreground. The focus of the research topics in the INPA are today in the sustainability and the disciplines of ecology, molecular ecology, zoology, botany, limnology, food technology, forestry, tropical agriculture and tropical fisheries / aquaculture. The Institute maintains a collection of the flora and fauna of the Amazon. It maintains other research institutions in the states of Acre, Roraima and Rondônia.

Research Projects

  • ADAPTA - Adaptações because biota Aquatica da Amazônia ( adaptations to aquatic habitats)
  • Agroeco - Impacto Ambiental e Capacidade de Suporte (ecology rainforest, deforestation)
  • LBA - Biosphere - Atmosfera na Amazônia ( biosphere, atmosphere Amazonia )
  • PDBFF - Proj Dinâmica Biol de frag. Florestais
  • PELD - Pesquisas Ecológicas de Longa Duração ( ecological projects with long maturity )
  • Pimenta de Roraima (spices Roraima )
  • Programa PPbio (biodiversity)
  • Projeto Biotupé
  • Projeto CTPetro
  • Projeto Gavião -real
  • Projeto Geoma
  • Projeto Madeira da Amazônia ( Amazonian woods )
  • Projeto Pirada
  • Projeto Sementes do Brasil
  • Pupunha Net
  • SIGLAB
  • TEAM
  • Projeto Povos Indígena e Recursos Comuns
  • ZEE -DAS resolved part Biodiversidade
  • Projeto igarapés
  • Ciência e Tecnologia de Instituto Nacional dos Serviços Ambientais da Amazônia
  • Projeto Insetos Aquáticos
  • Ciência e Tecnologia de Instituto Nacional de Estudos da Integrados Biodiversidade Amazônica - CENBAM

Magazine

The INPA publishes its own journal, Acta Amazônica.

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