Environment Minister challenges citizens to be more efficient and reduce consumption, SIC Notícias
“We need to stop extracting, consuming and discarding, focusing on a model that regenerates resources. It is essential to integrate circular economy principles into our activities,” says Duarte Cordeiro. The Minister for the Environment and Climate Action, Duarte Cordeiro, urged citizens to be more efficient and reduce resource consumption by introducing circular economy principles into […]
ForestWISE celebrates five years, Universidade FM
The ForestWISE collaborative laboratory was set up five years ago with the aim of promoting integrated forest and fire management, based on research and knowledge development. The fifth anniversary was celebrated with a session that brought together the main national and international personalities and entities committed to enhancing the forest, the sustainable development of rural […]
5th Anniversary CoLAB ForestWISE, ANEPC
The President of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), Duarte da Costa, took part today in the celebrations for the 5th anniversary of CoLAB ForestWISE, a Collaborative Laboratory that promotes integrated forest and fire management, based on (co)research and development activities, knowledge and technology transfer, acting as an agglutinator between industry, companies, academia […]
Five years of innovation in forestry and fire, Agroportal
The ForestWISE CoLAB is celebrating its fifth anniversary today and has brought together a number of personalities committed to enhancing the forest. At a ceremony held at the Eco Campus of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, ForestWISE took stock of the work it has done over the last five years, focusing on innovation, […]
Results “are promising and will make a very positive contribution to the Portuguese forest”, Green Savers
rePLANT is a technological project that brings together companies, universities and research centers to enhance and defend the forest. We spoke to Alexandra Marques, the project’s director and ForestWISE representative, and José Luís Carvalho, rePLANT co-leader and Navigator representative, about the results presented recently. “The results of this project are promising and will make a […]
Visit of the State Secretary for Nature Conservation and Forests to the reforestation works on the hillside of the Marofa Hills, Mais Beiras
The State Secretary for Nature Conservation and Forests, João Paulo Catarino, and the Mayor, Carlos Condesso, accompanied by the President of Florestgal and the Regional Directors of the North and Center ICNF, and their respective technicians, visited yesterday the reforestation and fight works against desertification that are being carried out at Quinta da Moreirola, located […]
Catarino visits Moreirola reforestation and desertification project, Agricultura e Mar
The State Secretary for Nature Conservation and Forests, João Paulo Catarino, will visit tomorrow, August 3, the reforestation and desertification project of Moreirolas, in Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo. An investment of about one million euros that aims to reforest Quinta da Moreirola, in Serra da Marofa, in an area of about 290 hectares. React More […]
WildForests: Wildlife conservation in Eucalyptus production forests
Statement by Carlos Fonseca responsible for the WildForests project and Researcher at DBIO & CESAM of the University of Aveiro | CoLAB ForestWISE The WildForests project, developed by researchers from different Portuguese institutions, was implemented under the 2017 Call for Scientific Research and Technological Development (IC&DT) Projects of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. […]
React More Project alerts for desertification in Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Agroportal
The React More project challenges children and young people in the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, in the district of Guarda, to raise awareness about desertification and reflect on the forest in reversing this situation. React More – Action Project for Reforestation and Fight Against Desertification of Moreirolas – is the result of a […]