Performance and results of a six-year German/Brazilian research project in the industrial area of Cubatão/S.P., Brazil

Abstract

Under the roof of the German-Brazilian Agreement of Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technological Development an interdisciplinary project entitled 'Air Pollution and Vegetation Damage in the Tropics - The Serra do Mar as an Example' was launched in 1989 by Brazilian and German research institutions. During six years investigations were made on transport, transformation and deposition of air pollutants and their effects on soil and vegetation in the coastal mountain range (Serra do Mar) neighbouring the industrial complex of Cubatão/S.P., Brazil. The experimental concepts and the measurements carried out in the field studies as well as the major results obtained are summarized.