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Profile:
Patrícia Medici -
Curriculum Vitae
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY OF LOWLAND TAPIRS (Tapirus terrestris) AND THEIR
POTENTIAL AS "landscape detectives" IN THE PONTAL DO
PARANAPANEMA REGION - SÃO PAULO STATE - BRAZIL.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
NAME: Medici, Emília Patrícia
ADDRESS: Rua Sérgio Bernardino, 1296, Centro, AVARÉ, Sao Paulo - BRAZIL 18700-120.
PHONE&FAX: 55 14 721 59 89
E-MAIL: epmedici@uol.com.br
DATE OF BIRTH: 07th September 1972.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Schools, Colleges and Universities with Dates and Academic Qualifications.
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NAME OF SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY |
DATES |
DIPLOMAS/DEGREES |
- State School of First and Second Degree "Antonio Caputo". Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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1979 to 1986 |
First Degree |
- "Singular-Anglo" Teaching System. Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1987 to 1989 |
High School |
- Sao Paulo State University - Agricultural College of Piracicaba (ESALQ/USP). Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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1990 to 1995 |
Forestry |
- Minas Gerais University (UFMG). Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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1999 to 2001 |
Ongoing Masters Program
MsC Candidate on Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FIELD EXPERIENCE WITH RESPECT TO PARTICIPATION IN FIELD PROJECTS
- Recuperation of degraded areas of Atlantic Rainforest - Cubatao, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Company of Environmental Technology and Sanitation (CETESB) - July/August 1990.
- Evaluation of germinative vigor of native species used for the recuperation of the vegetal covering in areas of Coastal Atlantic Rainforest - Cubatao, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Company of Environmental Technology and Sanitation (CETESB) - July/August 1990.
- Wildlife Management Program - Trainee. Forest Engineering Department. Agricultural College of Piracicaba (ESALQ-USP). Sao Paulo State University - Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1990/1991/1992.
- Wildlife Management Group Coordination of the I International Forestry Students Meeting - Capao Bonito, Sao Paulo, Brazil - July 1992.
- Participation on field projects of the Ecological Research Institute (IPE) Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1991/1992/1993/1994/1995.
- Vegetation survey in a fragment of semideciduous Atlantic Forest - Ecological Station of Caetetus. Forestry Institute of Sao Paulo - Galia, Sao Paulo, Brazil - July/1994 to July/1995.
- Participation on the field project "The Response of Peccaries to Seasonal Fluctuations in an Isolated Patch of Tropical Forest" conducted by the Biologist Alexine Keuroghlian (Ph.D. Candidate - University of Nevada, USA) in the Ecological Station of Caetetus - Forestry Institute of Sao Paulo - Galia, Sao Paulo, Brazil - July/1994 to July/1995.
- Participation on the field project "Streams of a Fragmented Tropical Forest" conducted by the Biologist Donald P. Eaton (Ph.D. Candidate - University of Nevada, USA) in the Ecological Station of Caetetus - Forestry Institute of Sao Paulo - Galia, Sao Paulo, Brazil - July/1994 to July/1995.
- Field coordination of the "Black-Lion-Tamarin Metapopulation Project" in private forest fragments of Pontal do Paranapanema Region - IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Ecological Research Institute) - Teodoro Sampaio, Sao Paulo, Brazil - January/1996 to March/1999.
- Field coordination of the Project "The relationship between landless people and environment at the Pontal do Paranapanema Region: problems and solutions" - IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Ecological Research Institute) - Teodoro Sampaio, Sao Paulo, Brazil - May/1996 to March/1999.
- Field coordination of the Project "Conservation Biology of the lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) and their potential as "landscape detectives" at Pontal do Paranapanema Region" - IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Ecological Research Institute) - Teodoro Sampaio, Sao Paulo, Brazil - October/l996 to April/2000 (still coordinating the Project).
PARTICIPATION IN SYMPOSIUMS, COUSES, MEETINGS
- V Symposium of Vertebrate Animals - Americana Zoo - 11 and 12/April 1992 - Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- I International Forestry Students Meeting - International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) - Wildlife Management Group Coordination - held from 8 to 18 July 1992 - Piracicaba/Capao Bonito, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- XX International Forestry Students Symposium (Learning from Forests) - International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) - Department of Land and Agroforestry Environment - University of Padova - held from 20 September to 1 October 1992 - Padova, Italy.
- National Congress of Botanics - held from 15 to 22 January 1995 - Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Wildlife Conservation and Management Training Course - Wildlife Conservation and Management Training Program (WCMTP) - The National Zoological Park and Smithsonian Institution - held from 6 September to 12 October 1995 - Shanghai, China.
- Organization and Participation in the I Workshop "The Relationship between Landless People and Environment in the Pontal do Paranapanema Region: problems and solutions" - held from 28 to 29 September 1996 - Teodoro Sampaio, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Population and Habitat Viability Assessment for the Lion Tamarins of Brazil (Leontopithecus) - Workshop - Brazilian Institute for the Environment (IBAMA), Biodiversitas Foundation, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Primate Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC/PSG), Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC/CBSG) - held from 20 to 26 May 1997 - Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Communicating Biodiversity Conservation Messages Conference - Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center in Collaboration with Wildlife Preservation Trust International - held from 02 to 09 August 1997 - Belize City, Belize, Central America.
- Organization and Participation on the Seminar "The Protected Areas and the Environment in the Pontal do Paranapanema Region" - held from 18 to 19 August 1997 - Teodoro Sampaio, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- III International Congress of Wildlife Management in the Amazon and Latin America - National Museum of Natural History "Noel Kempff Mercado" - "Gabriel René Moreno" University - Florida University - held from 03 to 07 December 1997 - Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
- XXI National Congress of Zoos / III International Meeting of Zoos - Brazilian Society of Zoos - held from 26 April to 01 May 1998 - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
- Participation on the Workshop "Ecotourism Programs in Central America" - Rainforest and Reef Conservation Fund - held from 01 to 17 August 1998 - Belize, Central America.
- IV International Congress of Wildlife Management in the Amazon and Latin America - Fundación Moisés Bertoni - Florida University - held from 04 to 08 October 1999 - Asuncion, Paraguay.
PUBLICATIONS LIST
- Medici, E. P. 1992. The Curricular Evolution of Forest Engineering Teaching at the ESALQ Agricultural College of Piracicaba - Biodiversity Workshop - Proceedings of the XX International Forestry Students Symposium (Learning from Forests). Padova, Italy. 1992.
- Medici, E. P. 1992. Wildlife Management: Brazilian Situation and the Participation of the Forest Engineering in the Curriculum at the ESALQ (Agricultural College of Piracicaba) - Forest Fauna Workshop - Proceedings of the XX International Forestry Students Symposium (Learning from Forests). Padova, Italy. 1992.
- Medici E. P. 1997. "Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group" - Number 7 - October 1997 - "Patricia Medici: study and conservation project, Morro do Diabo State Park".
- Valladares-Padua, C.; Cullen Jr., L.; Padua, S.M. ; Ditt, E.H.; Medici, E. P.; Betini, G.; De Lucca, A. 1997. Resgatando a Grande Reserva do Pontal do Paranapanema: Reforma Agrária e Conservação de Biodiversidade. 1997. Proceedings of the National Congress of Protected Areas. Curitiba, PR. P. 783-792. 1998.
- Medici, E. P. & Pádua, C. B. V. 1997. Biologia e Conservação da Anta (Tapirus terrestris) no Parque Estadual do Morro do Diabo, São Paulo, Brasil. - Mammals Workshop - Proceedings of the III International Congress of Wildlife Management in the Amazon - National Museum of Natural History "Noel Kempff Mercado" - "Gabriel René Moreno" University and Florida University. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 1997.
- Medici, E. P. & Mangini, P. R. 1998. Avaliação da Utilização de Trincheiras para captura de Tapirus terrestris em Vida Livre. Panel. XXI National Congress of Zoos / III International Meeting of Zoos. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 1998.
- Mangini, P. R. & Medici, E. P. 1998. Utilização da Associação de Cloridrato de Medetomidina com Cloridrato de Tiletamina e Cloridrato de Zolazepam na Contenção Química de Tapirus terrestris em Vida Livre - Relato de Dois Casos. Panel. XXI National Congress of Zoos / III International Meeting of Zoos. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 1998.
- Mangini, P. R.; Sinkoc, A. L.; Medici, E. P. 1998. Relato da Ocorrência de Amblyomma cajannense em Antas (Tapirus terrestris) em Vida Livre, no Parque Estadual do Morro do Diabo. Panel. XXI National Congress of Zoos / III International Meeting of Zoos. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 1998.
- Medici, E. P. 1998. "Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group" - Number 8 - December 1998 - "Medici study moves into new phase".
- Medici, E. P. 1999. "Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group" - Number 1 - June 1999 - "Tapirs studied in forest fragments".
- Medici, E. P. & Pádua, C. B. V. 1999. Biologia da Conservação da anta (Tapirus terrestris) e seu potencial como "detetive ecológico" na região do Pontal do Paranapanema, São Paulo, Brasil - Tapir Workshop - Proceedings of the IV International Congress of Wildlife Management in the Amazon and Latin America - Fundación Moisés Bertoni and Florida University - held from 04 to 08 October 1999 - Asuncion, Paraguay.
- Medici, E. P. 2000. "Tapir Conservation: The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group" - Number 1 - March 2000 - "Medici study continues in Pontal".
- Mangini, P.R.; Gasino-Joineau, M.E.; Carvalho-Patrício, M.A.; Fortes, M.A.T; Gonçalves, M.L.L.; Martins, T.D.M.; Medici, E. P. e Cullen Jr, L. 2000. Avaliação da ocorrência de títulos positivos para doenças infecto-contagiosas em uma população selvagem de Tapirus terrestris, na região do Pontal do Paranapanema - Sao Paulo. Panel. XXII National Congress of Zoos / IV International Meeting of Zoos. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2000.
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