Brazilian Reef Meeting (Encontro Recifal Brasileiro)

The 1st Brazilian Reef Meeting (Encontro Recifal Brasileiro) was realized between the July 6th- 8th, and occurred virtually, obeying the rules of social distance in times of pandemic. The event, yet on-line, gathers more than a thousand simultaneous spectators and more than 1000 registrations, which it distributes among scientists in the area, early-career students, and curious people from reef environments, in addition to people from all over Brazil and foreign researchers. It was designed by the researcher César Cordeiro and promoted by a team of undergraduate, doctoral from the Laboratories: LECAR-UFF and LECOM-UFRN. During the three days were realized nine round tables were held with different themes, from the primordial knowledge of coral reefs, the integration of science-society-politics, to the latest technologies that are being used for research in this environment. As usual presentations of scientific works also happen virtually, the authors send videos about their works that were made available via YouTube for transmission to all participants of the event. In this category, we had three works accepted with data from PELD ILOC, including the work of Mrs. Vitor Picolotto, who was classified among the 10 best works of the event. The integration of researchers and listeners was of great importance, there were many moments of debates and reflections on how studies in the areas in progress continue to occur during and after a pandemic. This was the first event in the country aimed exclusively at the public and, in 2021, we hope it can happen basically. For those who want to interest, all of them like round tables, chats, and PELD works are on the event’s YouTube channel (@encontrorecifalbr), available for answers whenever and wherever you want. The event took place along with the Global Week of Coral Reefs, which was also held virtually with lectures by several researchers from the Caribbean among other countries, a CRWG program, and is also available on the Brazilian meeting channel. That’s it, see you in 2021 with much more EreBra !!!