Female Date of Birth: 09/12/61 Place of Birth: Curitiba

Female Date of Birth: 09/12/61 Place of Birth: Curitiba

Curriculum vitae
Name: ELIANE CECCON
Nationality: Brazilian
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: 09/12/61
Place of Birth: Curitiba-Paraná
Tittle: PhD (Ecology)
QUALIFICATIONS
First Degree:
- Forest Engineering, Paraná Federal University (1979-1984)
Post Graduate:
- M.Sc.. (Forest Sciences, Silviculture) , Paraná Federal University. (1986 - 1990)
- Diploma on Agroforest Systems, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y
Enseñanza de Costa Rica (CATIE), Turrialba-Costa Rica (1986-1987)
- PhD (Ecology), Ecology Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM), in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Post doctorate studies in Regional Center of Multidisciplinary Research CRIMUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos,
México (2002-2004).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Research Assistant on Agroforestry. (CNPF/EMBRAPA), Curitiba, 1985-1986.
- External Consultant in the project "Forest Plantations as Safety Barriers in the
Vitória -Minas Motorway", Cia Vale do Rio Doce. Vitoria - ES. January- February
1990.
- Project Chief in the project "Environmental recovery of Santa Maria da Vitoria e
Jucu river basins", Cia Vale do Rio Doce. Vitoria - ES , 1990-1991
- External Consultant in the project "Environmental recovery of damaged areas in
Alto Iguacu river basin and forest" Companhia de Estudos e Projetos, Rio de
Janeiro. Aug- oct 1991
- Project Chief in the project "Reforestation program for communities", Instituto
de Desenvolvimento Alternativo de Comunidades, Rio de Janeiro, Nov-1991.
- Consultant, Instituto de Politicas Alternativas para o Cone Sul, Rio de Janeiro.
Nov -1991 - Mar-1992
- Consultant in the project "Communal Planning for Environmental Recovery and
Conservation of the Paracatu River Basin "United Nations Developing Program
and Food and Agriculture Organisation, Paracatu-MG, Mar-1992 -Sept-1992 .
- Director of the Agroforestry Research Station "Fazenda Dona Rosa", PAINS
FLORESTAL S. A. , Divinopolis - MG, Sept-1992 - Aug - 1994.
- Consultant for the Parana Forest Engineer Association (AIFP) in the project
"Eucalyptus Agroforestry for small farmers", Oct 94- Dec 94.
- Invited Researcher, Centro de Ecologia, UNAM, Mexico City, in the project :
"Biotic and abiotic barriers that prevent old-field regeneration in tropical forests
(Lacandon, Chiapas)". Jan 96 - Sep 96.
- Researcher in Regional Center of Multidisciplinary Research (CRIM)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos,
Mexico, 2004-up to now.
CIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Ecology
1998. Miramontes, O. & Ceccon, E. First-Difference Fluctuations and The
Complexity of Simple Population Models Exhibiting Chaos, Physica A 257: 439447 (English) Science Citation Index
2001. Benitez-Malvido, J., Martínez-Ramos, M. & Ceccon, E. Seed rain vs. seed
bank, and the effect on vegetation cover on the recruitment of tree seedlings in
tropical succession vegetation. En: J. Cramer y S. Lied (eds.) Life Forms and
Dynamics in Tropical Forests. "Dissertationes Botanicae" series 346:185-203
Gebrueder Borntraeger Berlin, Stuttgart (English).
2002. Vegetation and soil properties in two tropical dry forests of differing
regeneration status in Yucatán. Ceccon, E., Olmstead, I., Vázquez-Yanes, C. &
Campo, J Revista Agrociencia, 36(5).621-631. (English and Spanish). Science
Citation Index
2003. Ceccon, E. , Huante P. and Campo J. Effects of nitrogen and
phosphorous fertilization on the survival and recruitment of seedlings of dominant
tree species of two secondary tropical dry forests in Yucatán, México. Forest
Ecology and Management 182: 387-402 (English). Science Citation Index
2004. Ceccon, E. Sánchez S and Campo J. Tree seedling dynamics in two
tropical abandoned dry forests of differing successional status in Yucatán,
México: a field experiment with N and P fertilization. Plant Ecology 170 (2): 12-26
(English). Science Citation Index
2005. Ceccon, E. and Sanchez-Solis I. Litterfall dynamics of four species from
tropical deciduous forests of the Morelos State with potential to restoration.
Resúmenes de contribuciones técnicas . In: Anales del VI Simposio Nacional
e Congresso Latino-americano de Recuperação de Areas Degradadas, 24 -28
octuber 2005, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Science Citation Index
2006. Ceccon, E, Huante, P., Rincón E. Abiotic factors influencing tropical dry
forest regeneration. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology – BABT (in
press) (English). Science Citation Index
Applied Ecology, Forestry and Agroforestry
1986. Baggio, A. J., Graça, L. R., Carpanezzi, A. & Ceccon, E "Traditional
Agroforestry Systems of Bracatinga and its Associated Annual Crops" Boletim de
Pesquisa Florestal 12: 73-82 (Portuguese) Science Citation Index
1989 Ceccon, E. Analysis of Pasture Botanical Composition in Pinus caribaea
Plantations with and without Thinning in Turrialba Costa Rica. Resumenes de
Contribuiciones Tecnicas de la V jornada Tecnica de Uso Multiple del Bosque y
Sistemas Agroforestales. El Dorado-Misiones- Argentina, p.28, (Portuguese)
1989. Ceccon, E. & Acevedo, C. Analysis of Pasture Growing Behavior in Pinus
caribaea Plantations with and without Thinning in Turrialba Costa Rica.
Resumenes de Contribuiciones Tecnicas de la V jornada Tecnica de Uso
Multiple del Bosque y Sistemas Agroforestales. El Dorado-Misiones- Argentina,
p.28 ( Portuguese)
1992. Ceccon, E The Importance of Arborius Component to Small and Medium
Farms in Sao Joao do Triunfo (PR). 2o Encontro Brasileiro de Economia e
Planejamento Florestal Sistemas Agroflorestais no Brasil (Aspectos Tecnicos e
Economicos). EMBRAPA/CNPF. Curitiba - Parana. p 41 - 57.( Portuguese)
1996. Couto L. ; Passos, C.A.M; Ceccon E.
and Firme, D. J. Productivity
assesment of Eucalyptus urophylla x beans association in the Divinopolis region,
Minas Gerais, Brazil.– 4o Simposio Internacional sobre Ecossistemas Florestais,
Belo Horizonte, V(1), pp (360-370), Biosfera.(Portuguese)
1999. Ceccon, E., Ramalho, M. P, Abreu, A. F. B. & Andrade, M. J. B. Production
Analysis of 10 Beans Varieties Intercropped with 3 Years Old Eucalyptus
camaldulensis. (Portuguese) Revista Árvore, SIF, UFV 23(1) 9-14 (Portuguese)
1999. Ceccon, E., Technological Status Diagnosis used by Partners of a
Eucalypt Plantations Reforesting Company in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Revista Árvore, SIF, UFV. 23(3): 301-310 (Portuguese)
2000. Ceccon, E. & Martinez-Ramos, M. Environmental Aspects Related
to the Establishment of Large-scale Eucalypt plantations in Tropical Areas of
México. Interciencia, 24(6): 352-359 (Spanish) Science Citation Index
2005. Ceccon E. Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehn intercropped with beans
(Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Minas Gerais, Brazil: a two
years experiment. New Forests 9 (3): 261-272 (English). Science Citation Index
2005. Ceccon E., Toledo I, Martínez-Romero E, I Almazo-Rogel. A . The effect of
Rhizobium inoculation in the Acacia farnesiana initial establishment in a
degraded area in the Morelos State. Memorias en extenso. In: VI Simposio
Nacional
e
Congresso
Latino-americano
de
Recuperação
de
Areas
Degradadas, 24 -28 october 2005, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. (Spanish)
García-Barrios R., Ceccon E., Bonfil C., Trejo I, Toledo I, Martínez-Romero E, Rio
Tembembe Environmental. Resúmenes de contribuciones técnicas. In:
VI
Simposio Nacional e Congresso Latino-americano de Recuperação de Areas
Degradadas, 24- 28 october 2005, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. (Spanish)
2005 - Vázquez-Perales, R, Islas-Samperio, J; Martínez-Romero, E; Ceccon, E;
Toledo-García, I; García-Barrios, J. R; Manzini-Poli, F. Initial establishment of
two Energy Plantations using agroforestry systems for small farmers: the case of
the village of Cuentepec, in Mexico. . Memorias en extenso. In: 14th European
Biomass Conference and Exhibition Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate
Protection17-21 October 2005. Palais des Congrès, Paris, France.
2006. Ceccon E. Sustainable Production of Bioenergy in small farms: a twoyear agroforestry experiment using Eucalyptus urophylla intercropped with rice
and beans in Minas Gerais, Brazil.. (Submitted to Biomass and Bioresources
Journal, English). Science Citation Index
Society and Environment
1999. Ceccon, E. & Miramontes, O. "Mechanisms and social actors in the
deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon" Interciencia 24(2): 112-119 (Spanish)
Science Citation Index
2003. Ceccon E. & Cetto A. M. Capacity building for sustainable development:
some Mexican perspectives. A. M. International Journal of Sustainable
Development and World Ecology 10 (4): 345-352 (English). Science Citation
Index
2006. Flores-Rojas L. and Ceccon E. Student´s expectations at Tres Marías
Comunitary High School on Environmental Management in Morelos, Mexico.
(Submited to Sustainable Development Journal, English). Science Citation Index
2006. Ceccon, E. Miramontes O. Reversing deforestation? Bioenergy and society
in two Brazilian models.(Submitted to Biomass and Bioresources Journal,
English). Science Citation Index
SCIENCE DIVULGATION
1990. Why Planting Trees in your Land ? A NOTICIA Domingos Martins (ES),
Oct/1990, 4: 4-6 (Portuguese)
1990. The Role of Agroforest Systems in Tropical Regions. A NOTICIA,
Domingos Martins (ES), Nov/1990, 5:6-7 (Portuguese)
1990. Living Fences: a great option for small farms A NOTICIA, Domingos
Martins (ES), Feb/1991, 9: 6-7 (Portuguese)
2001. Ceccon E. The paradise almost lost: A breaf history of deforestation in
Brazil. Revista Ciencias. UNAM. México, DF. No 64, Octubre-deciembre/ 2001.
(Spanish)
2003. Ceccon E. The role of riparian forests in the restoration and conservation
of rivers basins. Revista Ciencias, UNAM. México No 72 , Octubre-deciembre/
2003. (Spanish)
2003 Ceccon E. The conservation of water in the planet: a challenge to
humanity. Revista Agua y Desarrollo. 4 p 21-26 (Spanish)
2004. Mendez-Velarde S. and Ceccon E. The potential effects of transgenic
products above natural ecossystems. Revista Agua y Desarrollo 11: 14-17
(Spanish).
2004. Gómez Rojas JC and Ceccon E. Ecological restoration in Mexico: Dream
or reality? Revista Agua y Desarrollo 16:23-27 (Spanish)
2005. Ceccon. E. The earth environmental assets. The results of Milenium
Ecossystems Assesment.. Revista El FARO. 50:7.
2006. Pinilla C and
Ceccon E. New paradigm in the restoration ecology:
Integrate the conservation and society. Revista de la Academia Mexicana de
Ciencias (in press)
ACADEMIC VISITS
Cambridge University, Department of Tropical Ecology, Cambridge, England, Dr.
Edmund Tanner, 0ctober-december 2000.
Universidade Federal de Paraná. Post-graduation in Ecology and Conservation
Dra. Marcia Marques, August-2004.
Universidade Federal de Paraná. Post-graduation in Ecology and Conservation
Dra. Marcia Marques, Novembert-2005.
COURSES
2000. Social actors of deforestation in Brazil
Time: 3 hours
Where: Curso Modular, Brasil 500 años: Historia, política y cultura. Centro
Coordinador y Difusor de Estudios Latinoamericanos, UNAM, México, DF.
2003. Specialization Seminal: “Water: an element of multidisciplinary interest”
with Dr. Raúl García Barrios and Dra. Fernanda Paz Salinas.
Time: 32 hours
Where: CRIM, UNAM, Cuernavaca
2003. Use, management and restoration of water: social and ecological aspects.
With Dr. Raúl García Barrios and Dra. Fernanda Paz Salinas
Time: 120 horas
Where: CRIM -UNAM, Cuernavaca
2003. Select topics in Ecology
Time: 32 hours
Where Posgrado de Geografia, UNAM
2004. Select topics in Ecology
Time: 32 hours
Where: Posgrado de Geografia, UNAM
2004. Use, management and restoration of water: social and ecological aspects.
With Dr. Raúl García Barrios and Dra. Fernanda Paz Salinas
Time: 120 horas
Where: CRIM -UNAM, Cuernavaca
2004. Ecological bases for the ecosystems restoration.
Time: 15 hours
Where: Posgrado de Ecología y Conservación de la Facultad de Biología de la
Universidad Federal de Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
2005. Ecological bases for the ecosystems restoration.. .
Time: 32 hours
Local: Posgrado de Geografia, UNAM
2005. Ecological bases for the ecosystems restoration.
Time: 15 hours
Where: Posgrado de Ecología y Conservación de la Facultad de Biología de la
Universidad Federal de Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
STUDENTS
•
Ramiro Gómez-Valencia MsC
•
Itzel Sánchez Bachelor
•
Patricia Hernandez Bachelor
•
Anayelli Almazo Rogel Bachelor
•
Alejandro Morales Bachelor
LANGUAGES
Portuguese, Spanish, English.