Overview:
Two hundred years after Charles Darwin’s birth, The HMS Beagle Project coordinated a major collaborative celebration of the scientist’s life and work in Paraty, Brazil.
Supported by a British Council Darwin Now Network grant, marine research scientists from South America, the USA and the UK collaborated with representatives from the HMS Beagle Project and NASA as well as 60 local schoolchildren, to participate in a scientific workshop and two scientific voyages aboard a sailing vessel.
Aims:
Partners:
The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS); Tocorimé Pamatojari; Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macae, RJ, Brasil; Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela; Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Universidad de Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Chile; Universidad do Valo do Itaja, Santa Caterina, Brasil; Universidad de Concepcion, Chile; The Municipal District of Paraty; The Paraty Convention and Visitors’ Bureau; Duke University Marine Laboratory; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Key outcomes:
Download the Darwin and the Adventure project report.