SALCA talk in Brazil

Last week Mark Danson contributed to a workshop on Biodiversity Monitoring organized by The Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The University of Salford team presented their research on various aspects of biodiversity monitoring including Mark's presentation on "Forest biodiversity Indicators from novel terrestrial laser scanners". Other participants included Marcio Uehara Prado and Samuel Nienow from the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversty Conservation (ICMBio), part of the Brazilian governments' Ministry of the Environment. There were around 70 participants from Universities in Minas Gerais and from a range of other national organizations.

Round table at the FAPEMIG meeting

Mark Danson at the FAPEMIG meeting