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LaboraTe participates in the 2nd International Seminar Brazil Spain Portugal (II SIBEP)

Submitted by laborate on Mon, 22/08/2011 - 11:44 GMT.

USC's Land Laboratory (LaboraTe) will participate in the 2^nd International Seminar Brazil Spain Portugal (II SIBEP), which will be held on 10^th and 11^th November, 2011 in Viçosa (Brazil). The purpose of this event is that students and researchers in agricultural and social sciences debate, following a multidisciplinary approach, about experiences and research projects inherent to rural development, spatial planning and sustainable development.

The main theme of this edition will be the rural development from the point of view of sustainability and spatial planning. The Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) is hosting the event which, in addition, will also feature the participation of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal).

II SIBEP is divided into four main topics which articulate the approach to the main theme of the seminar:

Geographic Information Systems as tools for spatial planning.
Risks and uncertainties of rural development.
Environmental sustainability and Geomatics: principles and applications.
Spatial planning and rural development.

Internationally renowned specialists from the UFV, Spain and Portugal will actively participate in the Seminar, as well as researchers from anywhere whose papers and posters have been selected; the submission abstracts deadline is September 9, 2011.