Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-135).

Anxiety sensitivity is a cognitive, individual difference variable that is differentiated by an individual's fear of anxiety sensations and centred on the belief that such sensations result in harmful consequences. In order to test anxiety sensitivity, Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, and McNally (1986) developed the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI). However, one contentious issue in the area concerns the factor analytic structure of anxiety sensitivity and this has important consequences for the construct. Numerous investigations have been conducted using the ASI, and the results have varied appreciably with some researchers arguing for a unidimensional construct. However the general consensus now is that anxiety sensitivity is multidimensional. It has been argued that the repeated attempts to clarify the dimensionality of anxiety sensitivity, using the 16-item ASI, is problematic because the scale was never designed to measure a multidimensional construct in the first instance. Thus, the objective of the dissertation was to critically examine the anxiety sensitivity construct by using an expanded, multidimensional measure of anxiety sensitivity referred to as the Anxiety Sensitivity Index - Revised ([ASI-R] Taylor & Cox, 1998) and establish the psychometric properties of the measure by conducting a series of empirical investigations to assess the clinical utility of the measure. A series of three empirical investigations are presented in the current dissertation. The first investigation aimed to critically examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the ASI-R. Confirmatory factor analysis using a clinical sample of adults revealed that the ASI-R could be improved substantially through the removal of 15 problematic items in order to account for the most robust dimensions of anxiety sensitivity. The modified measure was re-named the 21-item Anxiety Sensitivity Index (21-item ASI) and re-analysed with a large sample of nonclinical adults, revealing configural and metric invariance across groups. Further, comparisons with other alternative models that also include comparisons with previous published ASI models indicated the 21-item ASI to be the best fitting model for both groups. There was also evidence of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity for both samples. The aim of the second investigation was to critically examine differences between and within various anxiety classifications, a mood disorder classification, and a nonclinical control sample, with respect to both general and specific dimensions of anxiety sensitivity as identified by the 21-item ASI. In most instances, the results revealed that the differences between and within the diagnostic groups were consistent with theoretical expectations. Finally, the third investigation aimed to examine differences within each diagnostic category before and after cognitive behavioural therapy in order to provide a further test of validity for the revised 21-item ASI. The results revealed significant differences within all but one diagnostic group on the pre and post-treatment scores, using the global and specific dimensions of the 21-item ASI. The strengths, theoretical contribution, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed. It is concluded that the overall findings relating to the series of empirical investigations presented in the current dissertation make a significant and valid theoretical contribution to the field of anxiety sensitivity in particular, and anxiety research in general, by enhancing our understanding of anxiety sensitivity and how the 21-item ASI can be used to improve therapeutic interventions in clinical practice.

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Anxiety Sensitivity (AS) consists of beliefs that the experience of anxiety symptoms leads to illness or additional anxiety. The aim of the present study was to examine the factor structure of the Turkish version of Anxiety Sensitivity Index&amp / #8211 / Revised (ASI-R), and to investigate associations among AS, alcohol use and drinking motives in university students and alcohol dependent inpatients. The participants were 411 university students (225 females and 186 males) and 55 (3 females and 52 males) alcohol dependent inpatients. All participants were administered ASI-R, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Form, Beck Depression Inventory, Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised, and Demographic Information Form. Exploratory factor analyses revealed four lower order factors of the ASI-R: (1) fear of respiratory symptoms / (2) fear of cardiovascular symptoms / (3) fear of cognitive dyscontrol / and (4) fear of publicly observable anxiety symptoms. ANOVA revealed that the frequency and amount of alcohol use were significantly higher in male students than females. Males reported more alcohol use for Coping and Conformity Motives than did females. Regression analyses revealed that only fear of cognitive dyscontrol significantly predicted hazardous alcohol use of students. Coping Motives significantly predicted alcohol use after controlling the effects of demographics, depression and ASI-R lower order factors in students using alcohol. Fear of publicly observable anxiety symptoms significantly predicted frequency of alcohol use in students using alcohol. Students reported using alcohol mostly for Enhancement, Social, Coping, and Conformity Motives, respectively. Students with high AS reported more alcohol use for Coping, Social and Conformity Motives than those with moderate and low AS. Fear of cognitive dyscontrol and fear of publicly observable anxiety symptoms explained a significant variance of drinking motives in students. In alcohol dependent inpatients, only fear of respiratory symptoms had a significant correlation with Coping Motives. Patients reported having used alcohol mostly for Coping, Enhancement, Social, and Conformity Motives, respectively. Coping and Enhancement Motives were significantly correlated with alcohol use. Results were discussed within the findings in the literature.

As Cartas de Sensibilidade Ambiental para Derramamentos de óleo (Cartas SAO) constituem um componente essencial e fonte de informação primária para o planejamento de contingência, balizamento das ações de resposta e avaliação de danos em casos de derramamento de óleo. Este trabalho teve como objetivo geral, elaborar um mapa de sensibilidade ambiental a vazamentos de óleo para os ambientes insulares do município de Ubatuba, Litoral Norte do Estado de São Paulo; os objetivos específicos visaram realizar a caracterização e o diagnóstico ambiental da região. A metodologia adotada para o presente trabalho está baseada na proposta elaborada pelo Ministério do Meio Ambiente nas Especificações e Normas Técnicas para Elaboração das Cartas de Sensibilidade Ambiental a Derramamentos de Óleo (Cartas SAO), e seus Anexos (MMA, 2004). Contemplou uma etapa prévia de levantamento de dados, uma etapa de trabalho de campo, realizada no verão e no inverno de 2007, a elaboração da base cartográfica georreferenciada e por fim a migração dos dados obtidos em campo para a base gerada e para o banco de dados. Como resultado obteve-se a caracterização das 34 unidades insulares do município de Ubatuba (16 ilhas, 7 ilhotes e 11 lajes) nos seguintes aspectos: físico (clima, geologia, geomorfologia e oceanografia); ambiental (fauna e flora presentes e os ecossistemas costeiros) e socioeconômico (atividades antrópicas, usos do ambiente, estruturas e os impactos gerados), e ainda, a determinação da sensibilidade ambiental dos ecossistemas insulares presentes. Foram identificadas 11 praias, localizadas em 6 ilhas, com características geomorfológicas e topográficas distintas. As praias foram classificadas com índice de sensibilidade 4, pelo fato de estarem abrigadas das ações das ondas e correntes. A maior parte dos ambientes mapeados (44,8%) foi classificada com índice de sensibilidade 8, indicando o alto grau de sensibilidade das regiões insulares. Os impactos gerados por derrame de óleo em ambientes costeiros podem ser significativamente minimizados durante as ações emergenciais, quando há um conhecimento prévio dos ecossistemas que integram a área atingida e especialmente se o ambiente está mapeado e com suas características registradas e disponíveis em bancos de dados. O mapeamento de sensibilidade ambiental é um importante instrumento de gestão e manejo, principalmente em se tratando de áreas sensíveis e carentes de instrumentos de gestão, como os ambientes insulares da região de Ubatuba. / The Environmental Sensitivity Maps for Oil Spills (SAO Charts) constitute an essential component and source of basic information for emergency planning, response decision support and damage evaluation in case of oil spills. This study had as a goal the elaboration of a sensitivity map for oil spills at Ubatuba islands, north coast of the State of São Paulo; the specific objectives were the characterization and the environmental diagnosis of the study area. The adopted methodology is based on the method proposed by the Brazilian Federal Ministry of Environment defined as Technical Specifications for the creation of Environmental Sensitivity Maps for oil spills (SAO charts) and its Appendices (MMA, 2004). The study had a previous information compilation followed by the field work carried out in summer and winter of 2007; the elaboration of the cartographic base (geographic data) and finally the migration of the data to a GIS (Geographic Information System). As a result it was registered and mapped the physical (geology, geomorphology, oceanography, climatology), biological (fauna, flora, coastal environments) and socioeconomic (anthropic influence, human use, artificial structures and impacts) aspects of Ubatuba coastal islands. The oil spill impacts on coastal environments can be significantly minimized during the contingency actions, if it is available a GIS structure, showing a previous knowledge of the ecosystems that compose the islands environment, with easy-to-use maps and databanks. The environmental sensitivity mapping is an important instrument of management, especially when dealing with sensible and poorly studied areas like the islands of Ubatuba.

Magister en Ciencias Biológicas mención Ecología Facultad de Ciencias / Life-history attributes could be used to predict species responses to habitat fragmentation or sensitivity. We compared the incidence and sensitivity to fragmentation of four understory birds (Rhinocryptidae family). Rhinocryptids inhabit deciduous forests of Central Chile and our study was conduced in a landscape mosaic of pine (Pinus radiata) plantations and native forest fragments. Sensitivity was positively and strongly correlated with rhinocryptid incidence. Understory structure was the main factor that predicted rhinocryptid presence and abundance. The least sensitive species, Andean (Scytalopus magellanicus fuscus) and the Ochre-flanked Tapaculo (Eugralla paradoxa), were positively associated to dead pine branches and negatively to forest fragment size. Rhinocryptids reduced their abundance in mature forest, but they were willing to cross between different habitat types. However, one of the most sensitive species, Chestnut-throated Huet-Huet (Pteroptochos castaneus), did not move from forest fragments to pine with poor understory when we displayed playback trials. Overall, rhinocryptid species are affected by fragmentation depending of their life-history attributes. The less sensitive species profited from habitat and landscape transformations. We conclude that rhinocryptids could persist in this landscape, as changes in habitat conditions do not become deleterious, such as understory structure.

<p>As modeling and simulation becomes a more important part of the modeling process, the demand on a known accuracy of the results of a simulation has grown more important. Sensitivity analysis (SA) is the study of how the variation in the output of a model can be apportioned to different sources of variation. By performing SA on a system, it can be determined which input/inputs influence a certain output the most. The sensitivity measures examined in this thesis are the Effective Influence Matrix, EIM, and the Main Sensitivity Index, MSI.</p><p>To examine the sensitivity measures, two tests have been made. One on a laboratory equipment including a hydraulic servo, and one on the conceptual landing gear model of the Gripen aircraft. The purpose of the landing gear experiment is to examine the influence of different frictions on the unfolding of the landing gear during emergency unfolding. It is also a way to test the sensitivity analysis method on an industrial example and to evaluate the EIM and MSI methods.</p><p>The EIM and MSI have the advantage that no test data is necessary, which means the robustness of a model can be examined early in the modeling process. They are also implementable in the different stages of the modeling and simulation process. With the SA methods in this thesis, documentation can be produced at all stages of the modeling process. To be able to draw correct conclusions, it is essential that the information that is entered into the analysis at the beginning is well chosen, so some knowledge is required of the model developer in order to be able to define reasonable values to use.</p><p>Wishes from the model developers/users include: the method and model quality measure should be easy to understand, easy to use and the results should be easy to understand. The time spent on executing the analysis has also to be well spent, both in the time preparing the analysis and in analyzing the results.</p><p>The sensitivity analysis examined in this thesis display a good compromise between usefulness and computational cost. It does not demand knowledge in programming, nor does it demand any deeper understanding of statistics, making it available to both the model creators, model users and simulation result users.</p>

As modeling and simulation becomes a more important part of the modeling process, the demand on a known accuracy of the results of a simulation has grown more important. Sensitivity analysis (SA) is the study of how the variation in the output of a model can be apportioned to different sources of variation. By performing SA on a system, it can be determined which input/inputs influence a certain output the most. The sensitivity measures examined in this thesis are the Effective Influence Matrix, EIM, and the Main Sensitivity Index, MSI. To examine the sensitivity measures, two tests have been made. One on a laboratory equipment including a hydraulic servo, and one on the conceptual landing gear model of the Gripen aircraft. The purpose of the landing gear experiment is to examine the influence of different frictions on the unfolding of the landing gear during emergency unfolding. It is also a way to test the sensitivity analysis method on an industrial example and to evaluate the EIM and MSI methods. The EIM and MSI have the advantage that no test data is necessary, which means the robustness of a model can be examined early in the modeling process. They are also implementable in the different stages of the modeling and simulation process. With the SA methods in this thesis, documentation can be produced at all stages of the modeling process. To be able to draw correct conclusions, it is essential that the information that is entered into the analysis at the beginning is well chosen, so some knowledge is required of the model developer in order to be able to define reasonable values to use. Wishes from the model developers/users include: the method and model quality measure should be easy to understand, easy to use and the results should be easy to understand. The time spent on executing the analysis has also to be well spent, both in the time preparing the analysis and in analyzing the results. The sensitivity analysis examined in this thesis display a good compromise between usefulness and computational cost. It does not demand knowledge in programming, nor does it demand any deeper understanding of statistics, making it available to both the model creators, model users and simulation result users.

Os transtornos de ansiedade representam uma das formas mais comuns de psicopatologia em crianças e adolescentes e estão associados com prejuízos no funcionamento acadêmico, social e familiar. Porém, permanecem frequentemente subdiagnosticados e subtratados. O bullying escolar é muito comum e está associado com um amplo espectro de problemas psiquiátricos, incluindo sintomas de ansiedade. O principal objetivo desta tese foi examinar a prevalência de bullying em uma grande amostra comunitária de crianças e adolescentes brasileiros e investigar a associação entre bullying e sintomatologia ansiosa de acordo com o DSM-IV. Esse estudo transversal consistiu no preenchimento de um questionário sobre bullying e de sua frequência e de um instrumento auto-aplicativo de triagem para transtornos de ansiedade que é a Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) por 2.353 estudantes entre 9 e 18 anos provenientes de seis escolas pertencentes à área de captação da Unidade Básica de Saúde do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Um total de 22,9% da amostra relatou envolvimento com bullying frequente, como agressor (7,6%), como vítima (5,7%) ou como agressor-vítima (9,6%). Em geral, meninos foram mais envolvidos como agressores e como agressores-vítimas e meninas como vítimas. Nossos achados demonstraram que estudantes envolvidos com bullying, como vítimas ou agressores-vítimas, apresentavam maiores escores na SCARED total e em suas subescalas do que agressores ou do que os estudantes sem envolvimento com bullying. A prevalência do bullying encontrada no nosso estudo está na média quando comparada com estudos prévios na literatura. Vítimas e agressores-vítimas, mas não agressores, são grupos associados com uma sintomatologia ansiosa mais alta. Embora no Brasil as taxas para as prevalências dos transtornos de ansiedade na infância e adolescência sejam substanciais, há uma carência de instrumentos para avaliar os sintomas de ansiedade e constructos relacionados à ansiedade em crianças e adolescentes. Adicionalmente, essa tese avaliou as propriedades psicométricas de duas escalas que são utilizadas na avaliação da ansiedade em crianças e adolescentes. A SCARED é um instrumento auto-aplicativo que foi originalmente desenvolvido como uma ferramenta de triagem para avaliar os transtornos de ansiedade na infância e adolescência de acordo com o DSM-IV. Os resultados encontrados em nosso estudo evidenciam que a SCARED apresenta propriedades psicométricas apropriadas e é um instrumento válido e confiável para avaliar sintomas de ansiedade em jovens no Brasil. O Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) é o principal instrumento utilizado para avaliar sensibilidade à ansiedade em crianças e adolescentes. A sensibilidade à ansiedade é um constructo temperamental que pode ser conceitualizado como o medo de que sintomas de ansiedade possam ter graves consequências físicas, psicológicas ou sociais para o indivíduo. A sensibilidade à ansiedade está associada com outras medidas de ansiedade, principalmente àquelas que avaliam sintomas relacionados ao transtorno do pânico, e pode ser considerada um fator de risco para o desenvolvimento de sintomas de ansiedade e de transtornos de ansiedade em jovens. Nossos achados demonstraram uma confiabilidade apropriada e evidência de validade convergente entre a CASI e a SCARED em uma subamostra do nosso estudo, sugerindo que a CASI possa ser uma ferramenta útil na avaliação da sensibilidade à ansiedade nessa população. Tendo em vista os limitados recursos em relação à saúde mental e a pouca atenção clínica aos transtornos de ansiedade, acredita-se que tais instrumentos possam 11 se tornar ferramentas úteis na triagem de crianças e adolescentes com sintomas de ansiedade e que poderão necessitar de avaliações adicionais e de tratamento. / Anxiety disorders are one of the most common forms of psychopathology among children and adolescents and are associated with impairments in academic, social, and family functioning. Although very prevalent, the anxiety disorders are often undetected or untreated. School bullying is common and is associated with a broad spectrum of psychiatric problems, including anxiety symptomatology. The main objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of bullying behaviors in a large communitarian sample of Brazilian children and adolescents and to investigate the association between bullying behaviors and DSM-IV anxiety symptomatology. This cross-sectional study involved completion of a self-report questionnaire about bullying behaviors and their frequency and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) that is also a self-report screening tool for childhood anxiety disorders by 2353 students aged 9-18 years from 6 schools located in the catchment area of the Primary Care Unit from the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. A total of 22.9% of the sample reported frequent involvement in bullying, as a bully (7.4%), as a victim (5.7%), or as a bully-victim (9.5%). In general, boys were more likely to be involved as bully and as bully-victim, and girls were more likely to be involved as victims. Our findings showed that students involved in bullying behaviors, as victims or bully-victims, were more likely to have higher total scores in SCARED scale, as well as in its subscales than bullies and than uninvolved students. The prevalence of bullying behaviors found in our sample is about average when compared with previous studies described in the literature. Victims and bully-victims, but no bullies, are groups associated with higher anxiety symptomatology. Although prevalence rates of anxiety disorders in Brazilian youth are significant, there is a lack of validated instruments to assess anxiety symptoms and related constructs in children and adolescents. In addition, this study verified the psychometrics properties of two scales that are frequently used in the assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents. The SCARED is a self-report instrument that was originally developed as a screening tool for DSM-IV childhood anxiety disorders. Our study suggested that the SCARED has appropriate psychometric properties and is a useful and reliable instrument to assess anxiety symptoms in Brazilian youth. The Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) is the principal instrument used to assess anxiety sensitivity in children and adolescents. Anxiety Sensitivity refers to the tendency to fear anxiety-related sensations and is thought to arise from beliefs about their harmful physical, cognitive, or social consequences. Anxiety sensitivity is associated with other anxiety measurements, mainly those evaluating panic symptoms. It is also considered a risk factor for the development of anxious symptomatology and anxiety disorders in youth. Our findings demonstrated an appropriate reliability and evidence of convergent validity in the CASI with the SCARED in a subsample of our study, suggesting that the CASI could be a suitable tool for evaluating anxiety sensitivity in this population. Given the limited mental health resources and the paucity of clinical attention to childhood anxiety disorders in Brazil, these instruments may be a valuable tool for screening Brazilian children and adolescents with anxiety symptoms who may need further assessment and treatment.

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The main objective was the coastal monitoring using geoprocessing techniques to prepare thematic maps useful for oil spilling environment risk areas survey. The methodology was based on multitemporal interpretation of remote sensing images and field checking, integrated in a Geographical Information System (GIS). The Geologic, Geomorphologic, Vegetation, Soil and Land Use maps were prepared, and later on they allowed the generation of the Natural Vulnerability and Environmental Vulnerability maps. These maps had been classified in accordance with vulnerability degrees: very low, low, medi um, high and very high. Beyond these maps the GIS allowed the analysis of the shoreline evolution for 10 distinct dates, using Landsat 5 TM and 7 ETM+ and SPOT-HRVIR images. This analysis made possible the attendance of the coastal morphodynamic evolution, where the results had been represented by areasof erosion and accretion (or deposition) of sediments, pointing critical areas under erosive process to the petroliferous industry (Macau and Serra fields). The GIS also provided to prepare the Environmental Sensitivity Maps of Oil Spill (SAO Maps) in operational scale (1: 10.000), according to the norms ofthe Minist?rio do Meio Ambiente (MMA 2002). The SAO Map in operational scale was based on IKONOS images mosaic where the ESI (Environmental Sensitivity Index) was represented according with two tides phases of theregion. Therewere recognizedfiveESI (3, 4,7,9, 1O) for the low tide; to the high tide the ESI number increased to seven (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10). All these information are necessary to the decisions making about oi! spill and its derivatives containment. These techniques application makes possible the optimization and implantation ofnew socioeconomics activities of low environmental impact, indicates areas for better productivity and security exploration, and benefits local communities with fauna and flora preservation. The development of these activities is inserted in the scope of Monitoramento Ambiental de ?reas de Risco a Derrames de Petr?leo e Seus Derivados Cooperation Project (Rede 05/01 - PETRORISCO, FINEP/CTPETRO/PETROBRAS) of multidisciplinary and interinstitucional characteristics dealing with subjects involving the environmental monitoring and the petroliferous activity / A ?rea de estudo est? inserida na regi?o da Ponta do Tubar?o, Munic?pio de Macau, litoral setentrional do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, composta por rochas sedimentares e sedimentos de idades terci?rias e quatem?rias. Essa regi?o ? caracterizada pela intensa a??o dos processos costeiros, ocasionando a instabilidade morfol?gica em boa parte da ?rea, al?m da interfer?ncia de atividades antr?picas, destacando-se o P?lo Industrial Petrol?fero, salineiro e de carcinicultura. Isso justifica a integra??o de estudos cient?ficos multidisciplinares e multitemporais detalhados, proposto neste trabalho, na avalia??o do comportamento evolutivo desse ambiente costeiro por meio da caracteriza??o dos elementos geoambientais, identificando ?reas de prote??o e recupera??o, principalmente aquelas que sofrem interven??o socioecon?mica. O objetivo principal foi o monitoramento costeiro a partir da utiliza??o de t?cnicas de geoprocessamento para elabora??o de mapas tem?ticos que possibilitassem o levantamento de ?reas de risco e de ?reas de prote??o ambiental quanto ao derramamento de ?leo. Teve como base o uso de uma metodologia para a interpreta??o multitemporal de imagens de sensores remotos e reconhecimento de campo, integrados em ambiente de Sistema de Informa??o Geogr?fica (SIG). Por meio dessa metodologia foram elaborados os mapas Geol?gico, Geomorfol?gico, Vegeta??o, Pedol?gico e de Uso e Ocupa??o do Solo para ?rea, que foram posteriormente integrados no SIG, permitindo a elabora??o dos mapas de Vulnerabilidade Natural c Vulncrabilidade Ambiental. Ambos os mapas foram classificados de acordo com os graus de vulnerabilidade levantados como sendo: muito baixo, baixo, m?dio, alto e muito alto. Al?m desses mapas o SIG permitiu a an?lise da evolu??o da linha de costa para 10 datas distintas, utilizando-se como base imagens Landsat 5 TM e 7 ETM+ e imagens SPOTHR VIR. Essaan?lise possibilitou o acompanhamento da evolu??o da morfodin?mica costeira, onde os resultados foram representados por ?reas de eros?o e acres??o ( ou deposi??o) dos sedimentos, apontando ?reas cr?ticas ocupadas pela ind?stria petrol?fera (campos Macau e Serra) que est?o sendo atingidas pelo forte processo erosivo que se apresenta para a regi?o. O SIG tamb?m permitiu a elabora??o do Mapa de Sensibilidade Ambiental ao Derrame de ?leo (Mapa SAO) em escala operacional (1:10.000), de acordo com as normas criadas pelo Minist?rio do Meio Ambiente (MMA 2002), que determina a classifica??o do ?ndice de Sensibilidade do Litoral (ISL). O Mapa SAO em escala operacional teve como base o mosaico de imagens IKONOS, que resultou a confec??o do mapa em escala de 1:10.000, onde o ISL foi representado segundo duas mar?s da regi?o (preamar e baixamar), na qual foram reconhecidos cinco ?ndices de sensibilidade (3, 4, 7, 9, 10) para o ISL na baixamar, j? para o lSL de preamar o n?mero de ?ndices de sensibilidade aumentou para sete (3, 4,5, 7, 8, 9, 10) para ?rea. Todas essas informa??es s?o necess?rias ? tomadas de decis?es para conten??o do ?leo e seus derivados, caso haja o derramamento na ?rea em quest?o. A aplica??o dessas t?cnicas possibilita a otimiza??o e implanta??o de novas atividades socioecon?micas, gerando menor impactoambiental e resguardando ?reas de prote??o ambiental, beneficiando investidores com uma melhor produtividade e seguran?a na sele??o de ?reas para explora??o, e a comunidade local com a preserva??o da fauna e flora, de onde retiram o sustento. O desenvolvimento das atividades est? inserido no ?mbito do Projeto Monitoramento Ambiental de ?reas de Risco a Derrames de Petr?leo e Seus Derivados (REDE 05/01 - PETRORlSCO, FINEP/CTPETRO/ PETROBRAS) de caracter?sticas multidisciplinares e interinstitucional em temas envolvendo o monitoramento ambiental e a atividade petrol?fera