Christian Brannstrom
Western Bahia, Brazil:
Brannstrom is studying land-change dynamics in this leading-edge agricultural region; in addition, he is studying environmental governance issues, relating to land clearance, water use, and other agricultural issues, in western Bahia state (see also Texas).

Björn Kjerfve
Lagoa dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:
Analysis of the long-term hydrological water balance in the world's largest coastal lagoon, Lagoa dos Patos, as a means of explaining the limnification of this enormous shallow water body during the past several decades (see also Antigua, Belize).

Björn Kjerfve
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Several projects ongoing projects to (i) analysis of coastal processes and interpretation of resulting beach and barrier features along the entire coast of the state; (ii) measurement, analysis, and simulation modeling of currents, circulation, sediment transport, flushing times, and environmental change in coastal bays and lagoons, including Baía de Ilha Grande, Baía de Sepetiba, Baía de Guanabara, Lagoa de Araruama, and others (see also Antigua, Belize).

Björn Kjerfve
Baía de Caeté and coast of Pará, Brazil:
Analysis and assessment of coastal hydrological and oceanographic process along a macro-tidal coast with the world's most extensive mangrove ecosystem (see also Antigua, Belize).

Wendy Jepson
Cerrado of Brazil (eastern Mato Grosso and Southern Rondonia):
Economic development and land-use and land-cover change on the modern agricultural frontier in the Brazilian Cerrado; biotechnology and environmental governance (see also Texas).