Patricia da Costa

Researcher Embrapa Environment

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Date of Hire: 03/06/2002

Registration: 308524

Mini-curriculum


Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences-Ecology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1997) and PhD in Biodiversity and Conservation from the Bionorte Network (2019). She currently holds the position of Researcher at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) at Embrapa Meio Ambiente (2020-present). Previously, she was employed as a Researcher at Embrapa Roraima from 2002 to 2019. Her research focuses on non-timber forest management, ecosystem services, and dendrochronology. She was a member of the Amazon Portfolio Management Committee (2022-2024), holds an Advisory Member position at the Amazon Brazil Nut Observatory (OCA; 2023-present) and is the vice-leader of the CNPq Research Group "AMAZON_NUT: Value chain of the Brazil nut". She also contributes as a Collaborative Professor in the Graduate Program in Natural Resources (PRONAT) at the Federal University of Roraima (2022-present).

Education


1992 - 1997

Graduação em Ciências Biológicas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Obtained year: 1997


1999 - 2001

Graduação em Licenciatura Plena em Ciências Biológicas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Obtained year: 2001


1998 - 2002

Mestrado em Agronomia (Ciências do Solo)

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Title: Fauna do Solo em Plantios Experimentais de Eucalyptus grandis, Acacia Mangium e Pseudosamanea guachapele

Obtained year: 2002

Advisor: Avílio Antônio Franco


2015 - 2019

Doutorado em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia -Rede Bionorte(Biodiversidade e Conservação)

Universidade Federal de Rondônia

Title: Ecologia populacional de Copaifera pubiflora Benth. na Amazônia Setentrional e suas implicações para o manejo do oleorresina

Obtained year: 2019

Advisor: Lucia Helena de Oliveira Wadt


Areas of expertise


  1. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Ecology / Subárea: Applied Ecology / Especialidade: Conservation Biology
  2. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Ecology / Subárea: Plant Ecology
  3. Grande área: Biological Sciences / Área: Ecology / Subárea: Plant Ecology / Especialidade: Restauração Florestal
  4. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Forest resources and Forest Engineering / Subárea: Nature Conservation / Especialidade: Recovery of Degraded Areas
  5. Grande área: Agricultural Sciences / Área: Forest resources and Forest Engineering / Subárea: Forest Management
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