Floresta é Sustentabilidade Award
CoLAB ForestWISE®️ has been awarded an Honourable Mention in the fourth edition of the Biond Forest is Sustainability Award. The distinction is part of the Innovation category, which recognises “innovative projects from academia or other entities related to the area”, and was awarded for results with great potential for economic value in the areas of […]
Natural resin sector faces critical moment, Agroportal
If changes are not made in the natural resin sector, it risks becoming residual in the near future. Professionals believe that this is the key moment to decide whether to make a serious commitment to the sector or continue as it is. Professionals from the Natural Resin sector met this afternoon at a workshop of […]
The RN21 Integrated Project Supervisory Board met to present the results of each measure and analyse agenda items, Jornal da Mealhada
The RN21 Integrated Project Advisory and Control Board, the highest body in the consortium’s structure, met recently at Espaço Inovação Mealhada to discuss various issues relating to the management of the Integrated Project. CoLAB ForestWISE®, the leader of this aggregating consortium, hosted the meeting at which the first ordinary session of the Advisory Board also […]
The RN21 Integrated Project Supervisory Board met to present the results of each measure and analyse agenda items, Voz do Campo
The RN21 Integrated Project’s Advisory and Control Board (COF), the highest body in the consortium’s structure, met on 28 February at Espaço Inovação Mealhada to discuss various issues relating to the management of the Integrated Project. CoLAB ForestWISE®, the leader of this aggregating consortium, hosted the meeting at which the first ordinary session of the […]
Santa Comba Dão: community artwork recalls 2017 fires, Mais Beiras
Last week, the Santa Comba Dão Volunteer Fire Brigade headquarters hosted the presentation of a community artwork resulting from the artist residency associated with the experience of the 2017 fires, which took place over four days in the municipality. The initiative was organised by a group of artists and researchers from the international FIRE-RES and […]
Lament production update: community engagement in Portugal, Science, Art & Society | European Comission
As part of the community engagement aspect of the project Lament and together with the FIRE-RES initiative, led by the CEABN InBIO, of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia CoLAB ForestWISE, bio-artist Margherita Pevere and activist Celine Charveriat have spent the last week in Santa Comba Dão (PT), working with local people from an area which has been affected by large scale […]
Mortágua: Painçal chosen as pilot intervention area for European project “RESIST”, Viseu Now
Mortágua is one of the 14 municipalities in the Coimbra region that is part of the RESIST project, which aims to increase the resilience of territories in the face of climate change, particularly the risk of rural forest fires. In the case of Mortágua, the project focuses on the village of Painçal and the implementation […]
Natural resin: a key raw material for the sustainable bioeconomy, Voz do Campo
The use of natural resin and its derived products has suffered significant changes over time, reflecting the improvements associated with the extraction process and technological and industrial development. The RN21 integrated project brings together, for the first time, the entire value chain of the natural resin sector in Portugal, in a joint effort to leverage […]
The value of pastoralism in mountain areas, Florestas.pt
Despite the importance of pastoralism, which in many mountain regions supports the settlement and subsistence of populations and contributes to reducing the risk of fire, there is still a lack of appreciation and participation of pastoralists in the planning of strategies and initiatives aimed at land management. With around 500 million shepherds worldwide, pastoralism is […]