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INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTIFICA TROPICAL (IICT)
Mail address Rua da Junqueira, 86- 1, 1300
Lisbon
Telephone +351 (1) 364-5071, 364-4946, 364-4947,
364-551
Fax +351 (1) 363- 1460 Telex IICT
66932
Sponsoring agency Secretaria de Estado da
Ciência e Tecnologia; Ministérios do Planeamento e da
Administração do Território
Nature National government
Mission Research, scientific/technical cooperation
with tropical countries
Financial support National budget, complemented by
its own revenues
Working languages Portuguese, French, English
Scope of interest Desertification control, mostly
through ecosystematic studies, landscape compartmentalization,
hypsometric studies, geological mapping, agroecological and
vegetation mapping, physical and human geography studies
Research program
Locations Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau
Subjects Cape Verde: studies on botany and flora
(as this country is a maritime extension of the Sahel); studies
of coffee, mostly the development of rust-resis (and varieties,
used for seed multiplication; geological cartography; soil
conservation studies and soil mapping; agro-ecological and
vegetation chart; hypsometric charts; projects on agricultural
systems, including export cultures; studies on physical and human
geography, including support for implementation of laboratories.
GuineaBissau: botanic studies; geological mapping, including
water supply to livestock; zootechnical and veterinarian studies;
agricultural systems
Status Ongoing
Internal Organization
Chief official Prof. Doutor Joaquim Alberto da
Cruz e Silva
Divisions Departments of (1) Earth Sciences, (2)
Geographic Engineering Sciences, (3) Biological Sciences, (4)
Agrarian Sciences, (5) Historical, Economic and Sociological
Sciences, (6) Ethnological and Ethnomuseological Sciences
Division heads (1) Dir. Doutor Lima de Faria, (2)
Dir. Prof Doutor J Pereira Osório, (3) Dir Prof Doutor Carlos
Almaça, (4) Dir Prof. Engenheiro J. Mendes Ferrão, (5) Dir.
Dra. Ma. Emília Madeira Santos, (6) Dir. Prof. Doutor A. Lima de
Carvalho
Professional staff 157
Total staff 426
Facilities
Office Botanic Center, Center of Pedology
Studies, Center for Agricultural Production and Technology
Studies, (Geological Center, Geography Center)
Library 35,200 monographs, 4,500 serial titles (
1,100 ongoing)
Computer catalog Yes, recent
acquisitions (1992 on), using Mini Micro-ISIS version 3.07
Computer searches Available
Subcenters 24 centers specializing in areas such as
cultural and social anthropology, botany, cartography, pedology,
agricultural production, socioeconomics, and veterinary science;
mainly located in Lisbon
Exchange Facilities IICT supports several
interchanges, generally with Brazil and Portuguese-speaking
countries in Africa, through nationally or internationally funded
projects
Publications
Serials "Garcia de Orta" - Series of
Botany, Series of Geography, Series of Geology, Series of
Agronomic Studies
Other Geological maps, soil maps, hypsometric maps,
agro-ecological and vegetation maps, geographical maps
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1883 as Comissão de Cartografia; between
1945 and 1982, changed names four times: obtained current name in
1983