Maurício Lamano Ferreira

• PhD
• Researcher at University of São Paulo

The rise in Earth’s temperature is capable of influencing the occurrence of catastrophic natural events, contributing to outbreaks of arboviruses in endemic areas and new geographical regions. This study aimed to conduct a bibliometric review and analysis of research activities on climate change with a focus on human arboviruses, using the Scopus d...

As urban areas expand rapidly, understanding the complex interactions between human migration, climate change impacts, and biodiversity loss is crucial for effective climate policy. However, comprehensive knowledge of the simultaneous interaction of these aspects is still scarce. Thus, this paper proposes the classification of ‘Climate Emergency Co...

Background and aim The disorderly growth of cities has led to rapid transformation in urban environments, with indiscriminate land occupation causing drastic changes in city landscapes. In major cities like São Paulo, urban forests face numerous environmental stressors, including air pollution from carbon and nitrogen compounds. The vehicle fleet c...

O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar dados demográficos e analisar dados de georreferenciamento sobre uso e ocupação do solo, para realizar um levantamento sobre a questão dos problemas sociais em relação aos elementos ambientais existentes nas áreas de proteção, referente ao município de Arujá que compõe o maior região metropolitana da América...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the major cause of death worldwide and have economic, psychological, and social impacts. Air pollution is the second, contributing to NCDs-related deaths. Metabolomics are a useful diagnostic and prognostic tool for NCDs, as they allow the identification of biomarkers linked to emerging pathologic processes. The...

Introdução: A Reserva da Biosfera do Cinturão Verde de São Paulo, com 2,33 milhões de hectares e sua área urbana interna com 220 mil hectares, configura-se como território de segurança hídrica e expressa uma relação direta entre desenvolvimento urbano e áreas que garantem bem-estar e serviços ecossistêmicos para 12% da população brasileira. Com set...

Megacities across the planet face a range of economic and territorial challenges. Future climate predictions suggest that several urban areas will present greater social and environmental problems in the coming decades, which makes strategic planning urgent and necessary for sustainable adaptation in all senses, i.e., economic, social and environme...

Unlabelled: Urban agriculture (UA) can be used as an action to promote sustainability in cities and inform public health policies for urban populations. Despite this growing recognition, its implementation still presents challenges in countries in the Global North and Global South. Background: In this context, this systematic review aims to iden...

Introduction: Among the human adaptive strategies, plant cultivation is one of the most important over the last ten thousand years. However, with the development of large urban centers, human population resign some habits in relation of plant cultivation. Recently home gardens have received attention as an important germplasm bank, preserving many...

Nuclear science and technology (NST) offers a multitude of applications and tools and has a high level of regulation. However, its contribution to the achievement of global development goals is still incipient. Although its application is directly related to many fields, especially sustainability, the current literature does not relate it to socio-...

Land, Water, and Climate Issues in Large and Megacities under the Lens of Nuclear Science: An Approach for Achieving Sus-tainable Development Goal (SDG11) Elaine Aparecida Rodrigues 1,2, Maurício Lamano Ferreira 3,4,*, Amanda Rodrigues de Carvalho 5, José Oscar William Vega Bustillos 5, Rodrigo Antonio Braga Moraes Victor 6, Marcelo Gomes Sodré 2,...

Vehicular emissions comprise a main source of air pollutants, especially particulate matter (PM), which contains toxic compounds. Brazil has been restricting vehicular emissions for more than 30 years to minimize the impacts of fleet vehicles, but despite the restrictive legislation, several Brazilian cities still suffer from the effects of atmosph...

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The focus of this study was to investigate the wide use of Eucalyptus spp., an exotic plant with high allelopathic ability, in the reforestation programs of urban parks in São Paulo City, Brazil, over the last century. To understand the implications of using Eucalyptus spp. in the city’s parks, this study aimed to compare nutrient cycling and litte...

The growth of large cities has, in its relationship with the natural environment, caused environmental impacts that have severely transformed the local climate and influenced human well-being. The purpose of this research was to examine the variation of temperature using remote sensing, seeking to identify urban heat islands and the spatial distrib...

O rápido crescimento das cidades brasileiras ao longo do século passado trouxe uma série de benefícios para o modo de vida urbano, além do acentuado desenvolvimento econômico de algumas metrópoles. Mas isso tudo veio acompanhado de uma série de problemas ambientais que, atualmente, representam um enorme desafio para a gestão pública, a iniciativa p...

Background Bromeliads with water-impounding tanks uptake water and nutrients by the leaf-absorbing trichomes present on the leaf surface while the compact root system functions as for plant anchorage on other plants. However, recent studies showed a clear role of the bromeliad roots in nutrient absorption and subsequently improving plant growth.Aim...

Particulate Matter (PM) ranks among the main air contaminants. A Green Infrastructure (GI) has been recognized as an alternative to improve air quality. Trees can directly affect PM levels by trapping it on their surface. This study aimes to provide extra information on the feasibility of using green vegetation to trap pollution and also to identif...

The control of air pollution remains a challenge to the planning of cities and fossil fuel burning is the main cause of air degradation. Particulate matter (PM) is the contaminant commonly used as an indicator of pollution, but environmental agencies may face difficulties in operating surveillance networks due to the lack of resources and infrastru...

A obra é uma realização da parceria entre Oficina Municipal, Fundação Konrad Adenauer (Konrad-Adenauer-Stitung-KAS) e Grupo de Excelência em Gestão Pública (GEGP) do Conselho Regional de Administração de São Paulo (CRA-SP). O objetivo do livro é mostrar a necessidade da Gestão Estratégica nos Municípios, e nesse momento pelo qual passa o país, ganh...

O estudo objetivou avaliar o efeito de nitrogênio, fósforo e potássio no crescimento de I. purpurea. As plantas foram fertilizadas semanalmente com 50 mL de solução nutritiva modificada de Hoagland & Amon (1950): Nitrogênio com 0; 0,0888; 0,201; 0,6003 ou 1,801 g L-1 de nitrato de amônio; Fósforo com 0; 2,1; 5,5; 10,3 ou 13,5 mL L-1 de ácido fosfór...

A Educação Ambiental (EA) é um importante instrumento de conscientização para minimizar os impactos causados ao meio ambiente, além de ser ferramenta chave na promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável. Este trabalho relata o processo de atuação, influência e percepção de uma ação de EA promovida pelo projeto “Mundo SEM Bitucas” (MSB) e, a partir diss...

A maneira como as sociedades humanas se relacionam com a natureza ganha relevância diante do desafio global de crescimento populacional nas áreas urbanas e os efeitos da mudança climática. Nesse contexto, mostra-se oportuno relacionar os conceitos de biofilia e design biofílico à questão da sustentabilidade. O objetivo do artigo é trazer apontament...

This study was conducted with the purpose to evaluate the hypothesis that the air pollution deposition in the remaining Brazilian Atlantic Forest surrounded by diversified land uses, has altered the nutritional status of its tree species. The leaf concentrations of macronutrients and micronutrients were determined to estimate Concentration Factors...

This study aimed to evaluate the accumulation and distribution of copper (Cu) in the pioneer tree Schinus terebinthifolius R. (aroeira) and non-pioneer tree Eugenia uniflora L. (pitanga) submitted to different concentrations of copper. The plants received 40 mL of Hoagland & Arnon (1950) n. 1 nutrient solution modified with 0.00032, 0.0032, 0.032 a...

Urban trees play an important role in urban planning and are directly linked to urban spaces that promote ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation and carbon stock. A useful methodology to quantify the above-ground (ABG) biomass, and consequently, the carbon stocks, in this green infrastructure is the allometric models made for tropical...

The Atlantic Forest is an important biome formed by different phytophysionomy and is considered a hot spot of biodiversity. Some parts of the biome has received more attention in recent studies but few articles has stood out in the physiognomy of nebular forest, especially in peri-urban forests. The objective of this study was to evaluate soil fert...

This study aimed to evaluate the growth and development of the ornamental silver vase bromeliad (Aechmea fasciata) with different levels of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization. Silver vase bromeliad plants were submitted to a combined fertilization regime of nitrogen (4.0, 14.5 or 25 mM N) and phosphorus (0.1, 1.1 or 2.1 mM P) based on modified H...

A agricultura convencional emprega agrotóxicos e o uso excessivo destes produtos causa danos para a saúde e o meio ambiente. A agricultura orgânica diferentemente da agricultura convencional não faz uso de produtos químicos tóxicos, fitorreguladores (hormônios vegetais sintéticos) e sementes geneticamente modificadas, oferecendo alimentos para um n...

Seasonal dynamics in the vertical distribution of leaf area index (LAI) may impact the seasonality of forest productivity in Amazonian forests. However, until recently, fine‐scale observations critical to revealing ecological mechanisms underlying these changes have been lacking. To investigate fine‐scale variation in leaf area with seasonality and...

Green areas and ecosystem services are emerging issues in the management of public areas with a view to promoting healthy and sustainable cities. The aim of this study is to establish and test an Index of Ecosystem Services for Green Areas (Índice de Serviços Ecossistêmicos para Áreas Verdes - ISEAV) to evaluate ecosystem services in urban parks as...

The objective of this work was to evaluate if nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) indexes can elucidate functional differences in nutrient uptake between the root system and tank of epiphytic bromeliads. The bromeliads Guzmania lingulata and Vriesea 'Harmony' received fertilizers in their tanks or through their roots using modified Hoagland & Arnon solut...

The growth of urban centers, along with the fragmentation of natural habitats, can interfere with the distribution pattern of species and their abundance, thus compromising the conservation of urban biodiversity. Principal players in this biodiversity are arthropods that help to decompose litterfall, favoring the recycling of nutrients and, hence,...

O estudo objetivou analisar se o Bairro Pedra Branca/SC - Brasil contribui para a solução de problemas de mobilidade urbana, tendo em vista que o mesmo se afirma como concebido com base nos princípios do Novo Urbanismo, os quais estão direcionados também para a solução de tais problemas. O estudo é do tipo descritivo com a abordagem quantitativa. C...

A relação do homem com a natureza é tão antiga quanto a sua própria história. No entanto a biodiversidade tem sido ameaçada pelas atividades humanas. Assim, o presente trabalho se propôs a conhecer a relação de uma população humana urbana com uma espécie arbórea, conhecida como cambuci (Campomanesia phaea (O. Berg) Landrum), bastante utilizada para...

Nitrogen efficiency, along with associated indexes, is a widely used tool for assessing nutritional status in agricultural species. However, this parameter is not used in studies with ornamental plants, especially epiphytic cacti species. In particular, we know very little about the potential response of ornamental cacti to N absorption and use. Th...

Gas exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence are widely used in physiological and ecological studies; however, few studies have used these techniques with ornamental plants. This study tested the potential contribution of gas exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence to evaluate the water and nutrients uptake by the tank and root system of epiphyte br...

Industrialization in developing countries associated with urban growth results in a number of economic benefits, especially in small or medium-sized cities, but leads to a number of environmental and public health consequences. This problem is further aggravated when adequate infrastructure is lacking to monitor the environmental impacts left by in...

Land use and land management have a recognized impact on the cycle of elements such as carbon and nitrogen and are thus expected to play an important role in the mitigation against human-induced environmental changes such as global warming. Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugarcane and has in recent years, experienced a shift from traditi...

Litterfall is one of the most important pathways through which nutrients are recycled in the terrestrial biosphere. In tropical soils, which are generally low in essential nutrients such as phosphorus and cations, the flux of nutrients through litterfall is particularly important to sustaining CO 2 -uptake capacity; however, questions remain over t...

A erosão dos solos impacta a sustentabilidade das terras. Assim, estudos que definam o tipo de erosão existente e a sua evolução tornam-se indispensável à políticas públicas ligadas à conservação e à recuperação de áreas degradadas. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho objetivou identificar a ocorrência de erosão remontante em canais de primeira orde...

O turístico município de Porto Seguro, BA tem grande importância cultural, histórica e ecológica, com destaque para a riqueza em biodiversidade. Isto denota ao município especial atenção no planejamento para a utilização sustentável dos recursos naturais, e conservação do patrimônio genético. Esta premissa se enquadra no âmbito do Plano Municipal d...

The definition of environment, which disregard the changes resulting from historical progressive rupture of man in relation to his surroundings, is one of the conceptual errors that hinder the understanding and solution of environmental problems of the present. Such difficulties are deepened by the extreme specialization of knowledge that undermine...

Regiões metropolitanas em nível mundial vêm enfrentando mudanças significativas em seus processos de uso e ocupação do solo tornando-as palco de conflitos socioambientais crescentes. Considerando que esses embates vêm ganhando expressão em regiões densamente ocupadas em nosso país, se delineou como objetivo desse estudo verificar as suas origens e...

Rhipsalis paradoxa, Rhipsalis baccifera and Hatiora salicornioides are epiphytic cacti from the Atlantic Forest. They have a great ornamental potential due to the exotic characteristic of their joints (stems segments). The study aimed to evaluate the growth and development of roots and shoots as well as macronutrient and micronutrient contents in t...

As questões ambientais em áreas urbanas têm sido cada vez mais discutidas no âmbito da construção de cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis. Assim, os espaços verdes públicos tem se tornado foco de estudos por trazerem diversas contribuições para o ambiente urbano, além de oferecem diversos serviços ecossistêmicos. No entanto, torna-se importante sabe...

Leaf seasonality in Amazon forests Models assume that lower precipitation in tropical forests means less plant-available water and less photosynthesis. Direct measurements in the Amazon, however, show that production remains constant or increases in the dry season. To investigate this mismatch, Wu et al. use tower-based cameras to detect the phenol...

This study aims to assess changes of the isotopic signal - δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N - of muscle tissue among fish species of natural and breeding environments as a way to understand the relationship between habitat, diet and trophic composition of these watersports animals. Thus, we used four different species of fishes, being the peacock bass and tuna from d...

Environmental issues in urban areas have been increasingly discussed in the construction of smart and sustainable cities. Thus, public green spaces have become the focus of studies for bringing several contributions to the urban environment, as well as provide many ecosystem services. However, it is important to know how users of these green spaces...

The present study aimed to analyze the production and decomposition of litterfall in a fragment of secondary Atlantic forest in the region of Ibiúna, SP, from April 2012 to March 2013. The litterfall production was estimated by 30 collectors distributed randomly in an area of 1000 m2, where the deposited material was collected every 15 days. The de...

Litter fall consists of all organic material deposited on the forest floor, being of extremely important for the structure and maintenance of the ecosystem through nutrient cycling. This study aimed to evaluate the production and decomposition of litter fall in a secondary Atlantic forest fragment of secondary Atlantic Forest, at the Guarapiranga E...

There is a relationship between cultivation of plants and mankind since the earliest human organizations. The use of plants in home gardens is a tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation in certain localities. The aim of this research was to verify the occurrence of home gardens in different cities of three Brazilian states,...

Workshop Information I Workshop of Plant Biology (I Workshop de Biologia Vegetal) was held in the Bioscience Institute – UNESP, campus of Rio Claro, Brazil, during August 20 and 21, 2012. Workshop was a scientific event organized by Post-graduate students from that Institute aiming to integrate Post-graduate and Graduate students from different are...

Reactive oxygen species can be produced in leaf cells during normal aerobic metabolism or in a variety of exogenous factors, which may cause oxidative damage to plants, unless they have an efficient antioxidant defense system, consisting of enzymatic and non-enzymatic substances. This work raised the hypothesis that plants of Ipomoea nil cv. Scarle...

Soybean (Glycine max) represents a plant-species of considerable economical importance for Brazil, considered one of the main producers worldwide. The aim here was to analyze the influence of copper on the development of the plant’s aboveground growth and biomass. With this in mind, an experiment was developed under natural conditions of humidity a...

This study aimed to analyze critically the potential of Ipomoea nil'Scarlet O'Hara' for O(3) biomonitoring in the sub-tropics. Four field experiments (one in each season of 2006) were carried out in a location of the city of São Paulo mainly polluted by O(3). Each experiment started with 50 plants, and lasted 28 days. Sub-lots of five plants were t...

Avaliação dos parâmetros de crescimento em plantas jovens de Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Feijão) expostas à poluição aérea da cidade de São Paulo Evaluation of growth parameters in young Phaseolus vulgaris L. plants (Beans) exposed to air pollution in Sao Paulo Resumo Neste estudo, objetivou-se avaliar o crescimento de plantas jovens de Phaseolus vulgar...

The objective of this study was to provide a discussion of the impact caused by illegal logging of trees in remaining forest land in the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo (MRSP), as well as the consequences of illegal landfills in a native forest area. For this purpose, data were obtained from the Engineering Center of the Institute of Criminology o...

Statistical samples from urban and rural non-traditional populations at Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, are studied in terms of human ecological fitness to his own environment. Ecological fitness was measured by Body Mass Index (BMI) with a demographic approach. Niche amplitude was estimated by Levins index. An economic classification was also elaborated....

The purpose of this research was to describe the use of biodiesel in the Brazilian market in order to analyze the fuel¿s life cycle and its emissions release. To do this, a comparison was made between the consumption of diesel and biodiesel between 2006 and 2009; the estimated carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the year 2009 was also calculated. The u...

The use of alternative sources has become more important in global discussions concerning energy supplies. Biomass, which is a renewable source, is one of these sources. Sugarcane bagasse is an abundant biomass in Brazil, and it is a fuel widely used in cogeneration systems. Large energy consumers companies have started to use cogeneration systems...