Proposta de metodologia para análise de produtos biológicos à base de Trichoderma.

Diversos produtos à base de Trichoderma são comercializados no Brasil. As empresas produtoras estão legalizando a sua comercialização no MAPA. Com isso, surgiu a necessidade de desenvolver métodos padronizados para avaliar a qualidade destes produtos. Assim, foi criado o Projeto Qualibio, em que um dos objetivos é desenvolver metodologia para avaliação da qualidade de produtos à base de Trichoderma. Para isso, foram desenvolvidas e validadas as metodologias para avaliar o número de conídios, a porcentagem de conídios viáveis e a UFC, determinando-se a qualidade dos produtos nas formulações pó-molhável, pó-de-esporo, grânulos dispersíveis em água e óle

Produtos comerciais à base de agentes de biocontrole de doenças de plantas.

A publicação organiza as informações técnicas de 135 produtos, as quais foram obtidas nos sítios eletrônicos das empresas produtoras e comercializadoras, universidades, instituições de pesquisa, órgãos fiscalizadores, em periódicos científicos e com responsáveis técnicos de empresas. Entretanto, há necessidade de enfatizar que essa relação de produtos disponíveis pode ser alterada constantemente, tanto devido à entrada, como à retirada dos mesmos do mercado. Os produtos estão reunidos de acordo com o grupo de microrganismos a que pertencem. Dessa forma, são apresentados os produtos à base de fungos, de straminipilas e de bactérias, sendo que dentro de cada grupo foi realizada uma divisão por espécies e em ordem alfabética dos nomes dos produtos comerciais.bitstream/item/66628/1/Doc-88-1.pd

Chapter 9 - Buildings

This chapter aims to update the knowledge on the building sector since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) from a mitigation perspective. Buildings and activities in buildings are responsible for a significant share of GHG emissions, but they are also the key to mitigation strategies. In 2010, the building sector accounted for approximately 117 Exajoules (EJ) or 32% of global final energy consumption and 19% of energy-related CO2 emissions; and 51% of global electricity consumption. Buildings contribute to a significant amount of F-gas emissions, with large differences in reported figures due to differing accounting conventions, ranging from around an eighth to a third of all such emissions. The chapter argues that beyond a large emission role, mitigation opportunities in this sector are also significant, often very cost-effective, and are in many times associated with significant co-benefits that can exceed the direct benefits by orders of magnitude. The sector has significant mitigation potentials at low or even negative costs. Nevertheless, without strong actions emissions are likely to grow considerably - and they may even double by mid-century - due to several drivers. The chapter points out that certain policies have proven to be very effective and several new ones are emerging. As a result, building energy use trends have been reversed to stagnation or even reduction in some jurisdictions in recent years, despite the increases in affluence and population. The chapter uses a novel conceptual framework, in line with the general analytical framework of the contribution of Working Group III (WGIII) to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), which focuses on identities as an organizing principle

Subnational climate entrepreneurship: innovative climate action in California and São Paulo

The distinct role of subnational governments such as states and provinces in addressing climate change has been increasingly acknowledged. But while most studies investigate the causes and consequences of particular governments’ actions and networking activities, this article argues that subnational governments can develop climate action as a collective entrepreneurial activity. Addressing many elements explored in this special issue, it focuses on the second question and identifies climate entrepreneurship in two subnational governments—the states of California (USA) and São Paulo (Brazil). Examining internal action, as well as interaction with local authorities, national governments and the international regime, entrepreneurial activities are identified in the invention, diffusion and evaluation of subnational climate policy in each case. The article draws from the recent scholarship on policy innovation, entrepreneurship and climate governance. It contributes to the literature by exploring entrepreneurial subnational government activity in addressing climate change and expanding the understanding of the effects of policy innovation at the subnational level