Multilateral Cooperative Arrangement
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Comprehensive View
Management of Water Resources
The multilateral cooperative arrangement of the BRICS, created in 2014, brings together the world´s main emerging economies, comprising 41% of the world´s population, having 24% of the world´s GDP and more than 16% of participation in world trade, covering approximately 30% of the land surface in the world. The main scientific bases of the BRICS Project are: (i) strong integration between intensive experiments, continuous monitoring and computational and analytical mathematical modeling for the solution of environmental problems; (ii) interdisciplinarity and inter-institutional collaboration; (iii) strong integration with undergraduate, strictu sensu postgraduate and latu sensu postgraduate; (iv) scientific- technological extension projects. Within this comprehensive view, scientific issues that deserve priority attention were identified, namely: (i) global climate change and its regional effects; (ii) mesoscale hydrology and meteorology; (iii) surface-atmosphere interactions, micrometeorology and hydrology of the vadose zone; (iv) quality of water, air and soil; and (v) management of water resources. The research themes allow organizing hydrometeorological information compatible with the conceptual formulations of the modeling platforms in order to subsidize a better understanding of the social dynamics and fight against inequalities in the scale of the hydrographic basin.
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Brazil
- Environmentally integrated basin experiments (EIBEX) driven by hydrological change, sustainable practices and water security in Brazil
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Russia
- Paths to clean water under rapidly changing environment
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India
- Critical assessment of groundwater
- Efficacy assessment of earthquake resistant geo-composite
- Study on photocatalyst for removal of organic pollutants
- Integrated River Restoration Protocol
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China
- Current situation of water pollution in China
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South Africa
- Impact of climate change on water resources
- perception of public towards acceptance of recycled wastewater
- Wastewater-based epidemiology for early warning
Water Resources Planning
BRICS WR-PT Team Specialists
The main objective of Water Resources Planning is to increase the benefits that can be obtained from water resources through policies, which integrate structural and non-structural measures, taking into account the existence of limits to the services that can be expected from natural systems. The existence of conflicts arising from the demands of different uses of resources and the exploration of new opportunities lead to the need for studies and research that consider the shared vision of the best use policy. To meet these objectives, policies must consider short, medium and long-term planning horizons, including strategies for mitigation and/or adaptation to extreme hydrometorological events, inter and intra-annual climate variability, and long-term climate and hydrologic change.
Water Resources
Academic and scientific-technological motivation
The management of water resources faces one of the greatest challenges currently pressing humanity due to conditions of scarcity or due to occurrence of floods. The supply of water in quantity and quality is essential for maintaining health, reducing poverty and developing the nation. Additionally, the excess of water generated by extreme events and aggravated by emerging climate changes and, above all, by precarious conditions of urbanization represents, at the beginning of the third millennium, an important cause of deaths and damage to property, both for the individual and for society.
Academic Guidelines
BRICS-EIBEX Project
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Develop and implement
hydrometeorological models
for forecasting flows and water levels during critical events
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To assess
the use of remote sensing applied to surface and underground hydrometeorological monitoring
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Support
aerospace systems in Brazil in the group of undergraduate students from UFRJ Minerva Rockets/Minerva Sats
