published on January 28, 2025
Our researcher Heliana Teixeira (CESAM/DBIO) is the coordinator for the University of Aveiro (UA) in the newly funded Horizon Europe project, B-Cubed, which will transform biodiversity monitoring to ensure that policymakers can proactively address the impacts of biodiversity changes. According to EurekAlert: The magnitude and dynamics of the global biodiversity crisis are challenging to quantify […]
In the February edition of the “Perspetiva atual” supplement, Professor Amadeu Soares, the scientific coordinator of CESAM, describes the mission, research areas, and activities carried out by the research center. “Our mission is to develop internationally excellent, multi- and transdisciplinary research on the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and anthroposphere in the atmosphere-land-ocean continuum, framed within […]
On March 2nd, a working session on the impacts and benefits of FSC Forest Certification took place at CESAM. FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) is an international organization dedicated to promoting environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of forests worldwide. In Portugal, FSC is represented by the Association for Responsible Forest Management (AGFR), whose […]
The 17th Alternet Summer School in collaboration with Biodiversa+ will take place from August 30th to September 9th, 2023 in Peyresq, France. This year’s program theme is: Biodiversity and Society: science, policy, and transformative change. Biodiversity is globally declining at an unprecedented rate in human history, with serious impacts on the world’s population. The Alternet […]
On International Women’s Day, the launch of the fourth volume of the book “Women in Science” took place at the Pavilion of Knowledge in Lisbon. This volume brings together 101 portraits of female researchers from different fields of knowledge. This editorial project focuses on female researchers and their success stories, with the aim of contributing […]
Our researcher Heliana Teixeira (CESAM/DBIO) was featured on the program “Sociedade Civil” on RTP 2 this Monday, March 13th, where she discussed the issue of invasive species. The researcher is actively engaged in scientific work related to this topic, including her membership since 2021 in InvECO (Portuguese Network for the Study and Management of Invasive […]
Another edition of the “Encontro Fora da Caixa”, a debate series promoted by Caixa Geral de Depósitos in partnership with the newspaper Observador, took place on March 21. This debate, focused on the theme ‘The Blue Economy,’ was held at the Casa da Cultura de Ílhavo and featured several speakers, including Paulo Jorge Ferreira, the […]
Three weeks ago, on March 4th, in New York, the UN Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction announced that the member states had reached an agreement for a treaty to protect the high seas. The new treaty, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), addresses the conservation and […]
The event provided an opportunity for researchers from the Center for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) at the University of Aveiro to present some of the initial theoretical forest planning scenarios proposed for a pilot area located in the Bragança district, specifically the Forest Intervention Zone of Baixa da Lombada. This zone is managed by […]
Ricardo Calado (CESAM/DBIO) has been appointed as an expert in the technical committee that advises the interministerial working group in the areas of the sea, science and technology, and territorial cohesion. The Technical Committee consists of 15 experts appointed by the government member responsible for the sea area, upon the proposal of the Oceano Azul […]