Professor Antonio Paranhos is a Senior Structured Professor of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). Graduated in Geology by the Federal University of Paraná (1991), with Master of Science (1996) and Phd (2000) degrees on Environmental Geology also by the Federal University of Paraná. Has received a CAPES (former Brazilian Council for Post-graduation) scholarship for a sandwich-doctoral program with the Siena University (Italy - in Geographic Information Systems and Digital Cartography). He has developed his Post-doctoral internship at the Geoscience Institute of the São Paulo University (IGc-USP) with a CNPq Grant (former Brazilian Council for Research), where has also obtained the degree of Lecturer Professor (in geotechnologies and remote sensing). Nowadays has a Productivity Grant from CNPq (former Brazilian Council for Research).