Sílvia Renate Ziller

mmm	Other courses: 1999 Recovery of riparian forests in the Parana state coast - environmental compartments, riverbed dynamics and their influence in the establishment and development of tree species. Promoted by UFPR/EMBRAPA-Florestas (40 hours). Period: November 22-26. Negotiations, promoted by The Nature Conservancy in a seminar in Wild Dunes, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Period: November 17-19. Workshop on "Local participation in the management of protected areas" (PALOMAP) at The Nature Conservancy home office, Washington, USA. Period: November 15-16. Ecorregional Planning, promoted by The Nature Conservancy in the annual Conservation Training Week, Miami, Florida, USA. Periodo: June 13-18. Site Conservation Planning methodology, promoted by The Nature Conservancy, in Chicago, USA. Period: April 6-9. 1995 Classes of vegetal morphology and taxonomy with Professor Yoshiko Saito Kuniyoshi, Forestry course, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Number of hours: 160. Period: March to November. 1991 Forest Soils course in Okinawa, Japan, promoted by the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency). Official language: English. Period: August 26 to December 5.	mmm	Scientific activities: Participation in Congresses and Symposiums 2004 Technical Course to Producer of Flower and Ornamental Plants, 01-03 July, 2004. FAEP - SENAR - Parana. I Symposium of Ecology and Conservation, Pos-Graduation Program of UFPR, 24-26 May, 2004. Federal University of Parana. XII Cycle of Biological Science Upgrade by UFPR, 15-19 March 2004. Federal University of Parana. Building awareness on biological invasions in Brazil IV Southern Connection Conference, 19-23 Jan 2004. University of Cape Town, South Africa. 1999 Symposium on biodiversity and rehabilitation of degraded areas ("In the footsteps of Henry Cowles"). Chicago Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Period: April 9-10. 1997 3rd National Seminar on Urban Drainage, Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: June 26-28. Organization: COPEL, Curitiba City Hall, SUDERHSA. 1996 National Congress on Conservation Units. Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: November 15-23. Promoted by the Boticario Foundation / Environmental Institute of Parana (IAP) / SEMA. 1995 I Workshop on the development of standards and certification guide for caixeta (Tabebuia cassinoides). Iguape - SP, Brazil. Period: April 6-7. Field test for the certification of caxetais (Tabebuia cassinoides formations). Paranagua - PR, Brazil. Period: June 10-11. Promoted by IMAFLORA/ESALQ-USP/REBRAF. 1994 Phytossociology and succession in caxetais. Lecture given at seminar on palmito (Euterpe edulis) and caxeta (Tabebuia cassinoides). Paranagua - PR, Brazil. Period: September 20-21. 1993 Latin-American and Caribbean seminar on compared evaluation of environmental impacts. Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: October 4-8. Approved projects: 1996 Mapping and control of Pinus spp. invasions in the Ponta Grossa region, Parana state, Brazil. Approved by the Boticario Foundation of Nature Protection. Period: March 1997 to Feb. 2000. 1995 Creation of a data base for the herbarium of the Botanical Museum of Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Approved by the Boticario Foundation of Nature Protection. Period: March 1995 to August 1996.

	Teaching activities: 2000-1985 English teacher, private lessons. 1999 Lecture on Brazilian phytogeography. Technical meeting promoted by SPVS - Society for Wildlife Research and Environmental Education, Curitiba - PR. Date: May 21. 1997 Lecture on Brazilian phytogeography. Environmental perception of forest ecosystems course promoted by the XXVIII week of forestry studies at the Federal University of Parana, Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: September 14-21. Lecture on vegetation changes in the diagnosis of degraded areas. XXII Cycle of Upgrading in Agrarian Sciences at the Federal University of Parana, Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: September 13-19. Lecture on environmental impact assessment of power dams projected for the Tibagi river, Parana state, Brazil. Seminar of Watersheds: power dams versus biodiversity. Londrina State University (UEL), Londrina, Parana, Brazil. Date: August 25. 1994 Lecture on the interpretive trail at EMBRAPA - National Forestry Research Center -, for the "natural renewable resource conservation" course of the XIV week of forestry studies promoted by the Federal University of Parana, Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: October 17-21. 1994-1992 Computer science teacher in courses for children and adults (DOS, Windows, Word for Windows, dBase III Plus, Super Calc, Excel for Windows, LogoWriter, educational games). FORWARD Informática Educativa S/C Ltda (owner). Period: March 1992 to November 1994. 1992 Lecture on "caxetais" (Tabebuia cassinoides formations) for the course on Phytophysiognomy of the Coastal Range and Plain at the forestry studies week promoted by the Federal University of Parana, Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: August 24-28. 1990 English teacher at the Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Inglesa, Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: March to November. 1984 English teacher at WORDS Comunicacao Inglesa S/C, Curitiba - PR, Brazil. Period: March to September.		Approvals in admission exams: 1998 Public exam for the position of Professor in Nature Conservation, Silviculture and Management Department, Federal University of Parana state, Brazil. Second place. Date: March. 1995 Public exam for the position of Professor in Nature Conservation and Landscape Design, Silviculture and Management Department, Federal University of Parana state, Brazil. Second place. Date: October. 1994 Public exam for the position of researcher at the National Agency for Forestry Research (EMBRAPA) in Colombo - PR, Brazil. First place in Silviculture and Management. Date: October.