Convergence between the study of ecosystem services and nuclear technology – a necessary approach

Elaine Aparecida Rodrigues; Afonso Rodrigues Aquino; Amanda Rodrigues de Carvalho

doi:10.15392/bjrs.v9i1A.1567

Authors

Elaine Aparecida Rodrigues Instituto Florestal
Afonso Rodrigues Aquino Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN
Amanda Rodrigues de Carvalho Universidade de Brasília; Bolsista PIBI/CNPq-IF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15392/bjrs.v9i1A.1567

Keywords:

Nuclear Science, Sustainable Development Goals, Human well-being

Abstract

If in the 19^th century scientific knowledge moved from a generalist perspective to a growing specialization, in recent decades, problems that transcend disciplinary and political boundaries have required solutions based on interdisciplinary research and global actions, which led to the establishment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Viewing from the latter perspective, the study of ecosystem services has converged on a fast-growing, transdisciplinary area of knowledge, at the same time that the advances in the nuclear field have enabled applications in industry, health, agriculture and the environment. Considering the development of these two areas of knowledge, the objective of this study is to evaluate the correlation between Ecosystem Services (ES) and Nuclear Science and Technology (NST), by means of category building and content analysis applied to articles compiled from Web of Science. From 1980 to June 2020, 27,301 records (articles and reviews) were listed for the term “Ecosystem Service*”. When refining the result with the application of descriptors related to the nuclear field, correspondences were found for “Uranium”=14; “Nuclear Power”=6; “Nuclear Energy”=3; “Nuclear Technology*”=1; “Nuclear Fuel*”=1; “Nuclear Material*”=1; “Radiation”=7; “Isotope*”=188, totalizing 221 correspondences. On the other hand, 9,949 records were obtained for the same time interval, when using the descriptors for the nuclear field, plus the terms “Nature” or “Ecosystem*” or “Environment”. Despite attesting that NST truly converges on ES, this correlation needs to be made more explicit in ES studies, in order to expand the perspectives for the conservation, preservation and recovery of the ecosystem services and their contribution to human well-being.

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Author Biography

Elaine Aparecida Rodrigues, Instituto Florestal

Possui graduação em Administração e mestrado em Integração da América Latina (USP). É doutor em Tecnologia Nuclear pelo Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN / USP). É pesquisadora científica do Instituto Florestal desde 2004, atuando como diretora administrativa de 2009 a 2012. Trabalha com a aplicação de métodos de avaliação e valoração de serviços ecossistêmicos e com abordagens de integração de serviços ecossistêmicos em políticas públicas. Destaca-se a executar processos de criação de unidades de conservação, avaliação de serviços ecossistêmicos, estudos sobre reservas da biosfera e sobre a Reserva da Biosfera do Cinturão Verde da Cidade de São Paulo,e incorporação de avaliação de serviços ecossistêmicos na elaboração de planos de manejo de unidades de conservação e sua incorporação no aperfeiçoamento de políticas públicas de ordenamento territorial. Desde 2006 a 2016, coordena atividades de iniciação científica júnior e popularização da ciência no Instituto Florestal / Reserva da Biosfera do Cinturão Verde da Cidade de São Paulo, com reconhecimento nacional e internacional como ação de popularização da ciência. Foi coordenadora da Reserva da Biosfera Verde da Cidade de São Paulo, com destaque para iniciativas de avaliação de ecossistemas, protagonismo juvenil, planejamento e ordenamento territorial e criação de áreas protegidas. coordene atividades de iniciação científica júnior e popularização da ciência no Instituto Florestal / Reserva da Biosfera Verde de Cinturão da Cidade de São Paulo, com reconhecimento nacional e internacional como ação de popularização da ciência. Foi coordenadora da Reserva da Biosfera Verde da Cidade de São Paulo, com destaque para iniciativas de avaliação de ecossistemas, protagonismo juvenil, planejamento e ordenamento territorial e criação de áreas protegidas. coordene atividades de iniciação científica júnior e popularização da ciência no Instituto Florestal / Reserva da Biosfera Verde da Cidade de São Paulo, com reconhecimento nacional e internacional como ação de popularização da ciência. Foi coordenador da Reserva da Biosfera Verde da Cidade de São Paulo, com destaque para iniciativas de avaliação de ecossistemas, protagonismo juvenil, planejamento e ordenamento territorial e criação de áreas protegidas.

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