Israel Pereira de Quadro is a Geography teacher at EEMTI Maria Vieira de Pinho and also has experience working in private high schools. He holds specializations in Environmental Management and Applied Human and Social Sciences. He graduated with a degree in Geography from the Federal Institute of Ceará, Crateús. He worked as a scholarship recipient in the Institutional Program for Teaching Initiation Grants (PIBID) and the Pedagogical Residency Program, both affiliated with CAPES. He has expertise in map production using Python, ArcGIS, and QGIS, certified by AmbientalPro.
Dr. Isac Bomfim currently works as a zootechnician at the Federal Institute of Ceará (IFCE), Crateús campus, and as a professor at Princess of the West College (FPO). He holds a bachelor’s degree (2005), a master’s degree (2008), a doctorate (2013), and a postdoctoral degree (2017) in Animal Science, all earned from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). Additionally, he specialized in the Management of Water, Environmental, and Energy Resources at UNILAB (2018). With extensive experience in Animal Science, Dr. Bomfim focuses on the use of bees for agricultural crop pollination, beekeeping in semi-arid regions, meliponiculture (rearing stingless bees), and the management and rearing of solitary bees for conservation and crop pollination purposes. His work highlights the importance of sustainable practices and the integration of pollinators into agricultural systems, particularly in challenging environments like the semi-arid region of Brazil.
Dr. Aelton Biasi Giroldo is a Professor at IFCE – Campus Crateús, with a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Ecology from the University of Brasília and a Biology degree from the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). His research focuses on plant population ecology and the management of tropical ecosystems. He has worked on the sustainable use of non-timber forest products in the Cerrado, contributing to biodiversity conservation. During his Ph.D., he investigated fire regimes' effects on subshrub and tree life forms in the Cerrado, analyzing evolutionary traits related to survival, photosynthetic capacity, and carbon allocation. Currently, his research is centered on the Caatinga, addressing three key areas: (1) plant responses to salinization and management practices, including studies on salt stress in cactus cultivars; (2) functional traits, litter dynamics, soil properties, and pollinator diversity, particularly native bees, in human-impacted areas; and (3) the effects of anthropization on biodiversity conservation using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). His work provides scientific foundations for sustainable management, ecosystem restoration, and strategies to mitigate environmental impacts, supporting the conservation and resilience of the Caatinga under climate change and human pressures.
