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Isabel Belloni Schmidt
Isabel Belloni Schmidt
PhD Student
Ethnobotany Track
Mentor: Tamara Ticktin
Incoming Class of 2007
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Contact Information
Phone: (808) 234-3092
Fax: (808) 956-3923
Email: ischmidt@hawaii.edu
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822
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Affiliations
Botany, EECB, IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Agency) and PEQUI - Cerrado Research and Conservation (NGO)
Dissertation Title:
Harvesting and management effects on Syngonanthus nitens (Eriocaulaceae) population dynamics,
in Jalapão region, Tocantins State, Brazil
Research Interests:
- Tropical ecology and conservation
- Native plants management and uses
- Ethnoecology
Personal Statement:
My major interest is biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. I am
specifically interested in the ecological, social and economic effects of plant harvesting from
natural ecosystems. My dissertation research is focused on Brazilian Non-Timber Forest Product (NTFP),
known as golden grass, from the Cerrado Biome, which is a savanna-like vegetation that originally
occupied 25% of Brazil (more than 2 million Km2). I have been working in the Jalapão Region since 2002
and helped develop regional rules to the harvesting of golden grass. With the research of my dissertation
I aim to model the natural population dynamics and identify the effects of harvesting and management of
humid grasslands with fire. These results will provide more information about how to maintain the
harvesting of golden grass ecologically sustainable.
Awards:
- 2007 - 2011 - Fulbright/CAPES PhD Scholarship
- 2006 - 2008 - GEF Small Grants Program in Brazil (PPP ECOS); U$ 30,000
- 2005 - 2007 - GEF Small Grants Program in Brazil (PPP ECOS); U$ 30,000
- 2004 - WWF/Brazil; Thesis-Grant program; U$ 2,500
- 2002 Best Undergraduate student research presentation, University of Brasília, Department of Biology
Publications:
Peer-Reviewed:
- SCHMIDT, I. B.; FIGUEIREDO, I. B.; SCARIOT, A. 2007. Ethnobotany and harvesting effects on population ecology
of Syngonanthus nitens (Bong.) Ruhland (Eriocaulaceae), a NTFP from Jalapão region, Central Brazil. Economic
Botany, 61 (1): 73-85.
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- SCHMIDT, I. B.; FIGUEIREDO, I. B. ; BORGHETTI, F. ; SCARIOT, A. in press Seed production and germination in
Golden Grass (Syngonanthus nitens (Bong.) Ruhland (Eriocaulaceae): implications for sustainable managemnet.
Acta Botanica Brasilica. (in Portuguese).
- SAMPAIO, M. B.; SCHMIDT, I.B.; FIGUEIREDO, I.B. Harvesting effects and population ecology of buriti palm
(Mauritia flexuosa L. f.; Arecaceae) in the Jalapão region, central Brazil. In preparation.
- SCHMIDT, I. B.; SAMPAIO, A. B.; BORGHETTI, F. 2005 Effects of fire season on sexual reproduction and population
structure of Heteropterys pteropetala (Adr. Juss.), Malpighiaceae, in Cerrado areas Acta Botanica Brasilica,
São Paulo, v. 19, n. 4, p. 927-934. (in Portuguese)
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Other Publications:
- SCHMIDT, I.B.; FIGUEIREDO, I.B.; SAMPAIO, M.B. 2007 Golden Grass and buriti - good practices for sustainable
harvest and management. PEQUI - booklet targeted to local communities and artisans from Jalapão region (in Portuguese)
pdf
- SAMPAIO,A.B.; SILVA,A.P.; VIEIRA, D.; WIEDERHERCKER,H.C.; CARVALHO,I.; SCHMIDT, I.B.; PELLIZZARRO, K.F.; SAMPAIO, M.B.
2006 Humid Areas of the Cerrado. PEQUI - booklet targeted to local communities in the Cerrado, especially in the Region of
Posse, Goiás state.
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- SCHMIDT, I. B.; FIGUEIREDO, I.B. 2005 Golden grass harvesting: dangers and opportunities. Jornal da Ciência
Online - JC mail, 27 abr. 2005 - (scientific divulgation eletronical journal, in Portuguese)
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