BRC 01/14: Arbuscular mycorhizal fungi in natural areas and areas in restoration after bauxite mining in Pará
Main goal: Evaluating restoration methods and creating a bank of fungi for plant growth promotion.
Timeline: 1 year
Status: Ongoing
BRC 02/14: Measurements of trace gas emissions in a chronosequence of afforestation areas subjected to aluminum mining and at HYDRO’s active mining areas, in Paragominas, PA.
Main goal: Measure the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) from soil in areas under forest recovery practices and within active aluminum mining operations sites
Timeline: 1 year
Status: Ongoing
BRC 03/14: Biodiversity , propagation of plant species and restoration of degraded areas from mining bauxite in the southeast region of Pará
Main goal: Evaluate the attributes of the soil, biodiversity and plant propagation to develop a model of forest recovery for mined landscape environments, concerning ecological and economic efficiency
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Concluded
BRC 04/15: Entomology Survey and Bioindicators for Biodiversity Monitoring
Main goal: Implementing the first thorough insect survey and proposing entomology monitoring program.
Timeline: 1,5 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 05/15: Camera trap survey of ground-living mammals in the Hydro bauxite mine area in Paragominas, Brazil
Main goal: Analyze the impacts of the bauxite mining activity on the ground-living mammals in the Hydro Paragominas mining area, with special emphasis on red listed species.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 06/15: Evaluation of chemical compounds of different forest species stored, susceptible to contamination in the soil
Main goal: Assess whether stored wood in areas where recovery by nucleation and patios can cause contamination of soil, either by leaching of chemical constituents of wood, bark and natural degradation of the material through its anatomical structures, especially the parenchyma cells or contributing to the resilience place by nutrient availability in the field.
Timeline: 2 years
Status: Concluded
BRC 07/15: Impact study of a biodiversity recovery program in a bauxite mining area on populations of insect vectors in the Amazon forest, Pará, Brazil
Main goal: Evaluate the impact of a biodiversity restoration program in a bauxite mining area on populations of insect vectors of diseases in the Amazon rainforest, Pará, Brazil
Timeline: 2 years
Status: Concluded
BRC 08/15: Bird diversity in three areas in different states of conservation in the Eastern Amazon.
Main goal: Assess how bird communities use areas with different types of reforestation compared to forest environment (forests and secondary forests) in a region in the eastern Amazon.
Timeline: 1,5 years
Status: Concluded
BRC 09/15: Wood-decay fungi in Paragominas and Trombetas: baseline information, monitoring priorities, and how to achieve the “no net loss” target.
Main goal: Attain baseline information (site and landscape scale diversity) of wood-decay fungi in landscape matrix of the mining areas, which is used as a basis for defining monitoring priorities. Secondly, we aim to (MG2) test a method for creating compensatory habitat for these fungi for achieving “no net loss“.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 10/15: Aquatic biota monitoring of streams in mining areas of Paragominas, Para, Brazil.
Main goal: Assess whether the mining and reforestation activities are affecting the integrity of aquatic ecosystems and their fauna, considering different scales of analysis.
Timeline: 2 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 11/15: Diversity of the herbivorous insects in four areas of the Hydro mining company, Paragominas, Pará, Brazil.
Main goal: Survey targeted herbivorous insects in areas with different human impacts and indicate potential pest or pathogen vector species.
Timeline: 2 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 12/16: How ecological interactions are influenced by mining activities and efforts for environmental restoration after exploration in the municipality of Paragominas
Main goal: The project aims to determine the effect of mining activities on plant-animal interaction networks and to support Hydro to choose compensation strategies and mitigate the impacts of its activities.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 13/16: Tracking jaguars in the Hydro bauxite mine area in Paragominas, Brazil
Main goal: The main objective of the study is to analyze the impacts of the bauxite mining activity on the movement of jaguars in the Hydro Paragominas mine area.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 14/17: Monitoring Amphibians and Squamata Reptiles in Reforestation Areas in the Hydro Bauxite Mine Area in Paragominas, Brazil
Main goal: The main goal of the Project is to evaluate the impacts of bauxite mining activities and different reforestation techniques on the community structure and species composition of reptiles and amphibians.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Approved
BRC 15/17: How topsoil collection methods, the origin and storage periods influence environmental restoration in areas of bauxite mining in Paragominas, Pará, Brazil
Main goal: Evaluate the quality of topsoil in terms of chemical, physical, biological and germination attributes of plant species at different storage periods and before and during forest suppression.
Timeline: 4 years
Status: Approved
BRC 16/19: Measuring biodiversity dynamics using environmental DNA and Metabarcoding
Main goal: The main goal of the project is to develop a quick, economical and powerful method that can be used to establish biodiversity baselines before external impacts, and quantitatively and qualitatively monitor subsequent recovery.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 17/19: Metabarcoding and metagenomics for inventory and monitoring terrestrial arthropod diversity
Main goal: To develop and test metabarcoding and metagenomics applications for high throughput inventory and monitoring of terrestrial arthropod biodiversity, applicable to the areas surrounding the Paragominas mine.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Approved
BRC 18/19: Metagenomic and metabarcoding as a tool for developing One Health In Hydro Area
Main goal: Establish integrated monitoring protocols using metagenomic and metabarcoding techniques to indirectly investigate the health of the local ecosystem, allowing both ecological and epidemiological studies.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 19/19: Toxicity of residues in native species occurring in bauxite mining area
Main goal: The main goal of this project is to establish cultures of Amazon native aquatic species from different trophic positions and standardized test-species from the same trophic levels and classes, using them to evaluate the effects of tailings toxicity from bauxite mining areas in the Amazon region.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 20/19: Aquatic biota monitoring and assessment upstream and downstream of a bauxite pipeline
Main goal: To assess and monitoring whether the bauxite pipeline and riverscape is affecting the integrity of
streams and their aquatic fauna, including aquatic insects (Odonata and Heteroptera), fish and
aquatic macrophytes.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 21/19: Bird telemetry monitoring to evaluate loss of habitat in mining area in the northeastern Amazon
Main goal: Use telemetry techniques to understand the movement and recolonization of bird
communities in response to loss of habitat by forest suppression by mining activity in northeastern Amazon.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 22/19: Effect of large herbivorous mammals on forest regeneration in post-mined areas
Main goal: Understand the role of the large herbivorous in the recovery of the forest in post-mined areas of Hydro Company in Paragominas, with emphasis on mammal’s species of high abundance in the region, such as tapirs and deers
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 23/19: The use of physical, chemical and biological tools to evaluate the water resources in a mining area
Main goal: Evaluate the environmental quality of the water and sediment of the Potiritá and Capim rivers in the Paragominas region influenced by Norsk Hydro. An integrated approach using physical, chemical and biological tools through examining metal concentrations, histopathological and biochemical biomarkers.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 24/19: Coexistence plan for human and carnivores in Paragominas, Pará, Brazil
Main goal: Create a coexistence plan for people and carnivores in order to reduce the damage caused by people-carnivore conflicts and promote environmental conservation in Paragominas, Pará, Brazil.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 25/19: Integrity of aquatic ecosystems by DNA sequencing for biomonitoring
Main goal: Estimate the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of the aquatic communities in ecosystems with different levels of integrity, seeking to implement a next generation DNA sequencing-based method for measuring the aquatic biodiversity
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
BRC 26/19: Effects of soil use on diversity and ecophysiology of aquatic plants and plankton in streams and lagoons in mining areas
Main goal: Evaluate how mining activities are affecting the distribution, ecophysiological response and
functioning of plants and plankton associated to water bodies in mining areas and preserved aquatic
ecosystems and select plant species with potential to minimize the impacts and help in regeneration process.
Timeline: 3 years
Status: Ongoing