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How to promote sustainable and smart marine spatial planning?
An international study led by Catarina Frazão Santos, professor at Ciências ULisboa, identifies ten key elements that promote the development and implementation of sustainable, equitable and climate-smart ocean use planning processes around the world.
The scientific article published on March 12 in the journal of the Nature group - npj Ocean Sustainability - was developed by scientists and experts from international organizations and academic institutions from Portugal, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, United States, Italy and the United Kingdom.
"National Tree Hug Contest"
In March, VERDE - Association for the Integrated Conservation of Nature, celebrates not only its third anniversary, but also all the trees that exist in Portugal. To celebrate this milestone and promote the connection between people and nature, it launched the national tree-hugging contest.
The contest will run until 9:00 p.m. on March 21, 2024
This competition aims to make the population stop, appreciate and embrace (literally) the trees that exist around them on a daily basis, thus involving the community in the protection of the natural heritage that exists in Portugal and creating more awareness about the importance of preserving trees and forests.
VERDE is looking for the most affectionate, the most creative, funny, inspiring and monumental embrace. Seek all the hugs
that can connect people to nature even more.
For more information: geral@verde-associacao.pt
www.verde-associacao.pt
The inauguration of the photography exhibition "Herdade da Ribeira Abaixo: 30 years of the heart of Serra de Grândola" it was take on February 24, at the Library and Archive of the Municipality of Grândola, and will be on display until March 18.
The Ideas and Business Acceleration Program – LISPOLIS IGNITE! – aims to support startups to develop their business models, with exclusive access to training sessions and expert mentoring.
It will have 2 editions, the first of which will take place next March.
There will be 4 intensive days (March 11, 12, 18 and 19), where tools to boost business will be shared and topics such as Marketing and Finance for startups, Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies and Financing Opportunities will be addressed, and will end with a final event.
The 1st edition will focus on the areas of energy and sustainability, with the aim of contributing to the acceleration of innovative and disruptive startups/projects/ideas that are a fundamental asset for these industries.
One year after the launch of the "MiniForests for MegaLearning" Guide, FCULresta began to activate the networks and map the mini-forests, in what we call the Mini-Forest Network, which is now in 15.
REN Award - Applications until 30 April
The prize is awarded annually to the best master's theses in energy developed in Portuguese universities, and has a clear purpose: to contribute to the development of the energy sector in Portugal and to strengthen the interaction between REN and academia in Portugal.
FCULresta was selected and highlighted by the European Union as one of the projects with the greatest impact of the "EU DEAR: Development Education and Awareness Raising" program:https://capacity4dev.europa.eu/news/new-forests-town_en
After selecting some "stories of change" among the many projects funded by the 2018 call according to impact criteria (outcomes), FCULresta entered the "Institutions work sustainably" category.
Fifteen years of HortaFCUL
"It's been 15 years full of activities and events on sustainability, permaculture, composting, urban food production and gardening. And above all, it is 15 years of contacts, partnerships, friendships and cooperation between projects to help establish community-based initiatives in various urban and rural contexts, in particular in the Lisbon region, which were celebrated in the recently released report", writes António Vaz Pato, guardian of HortaFCUL and student of the master's degree in Conservation Biology, at Ciências ULisboa, in the article "Act local, think global: HortaFCUL at the service of the Science ecosystem".
The report "Living the sustainable development: a university permaculture project as an ecosystem service provider - The HortaFCUL case study (2009-2023)" signed by António Vaz Pato, Florian Ulm, Miguel Sousa, Annika Haag, Tiago Dias, Diogo Ribeiro, Gil Penha-Lopes, Renata Reynaud, Beatriz Vicente, Ivo Rosa and David Avelar presents the regenerative and transformative impact of HortaFCUL and aims to scientifically summarize the added value of a community garden in Portugal.
FCUL's CiclOficina helps bike users repair their bikes for free and create a culture of using bicycles as urban transport. CiclOficina is for everyone and aims to involve bicycle users in their repair, thus allowing progressive learning.
Every Wednesday from 18:00 to 20:00 in Building C3, floor 1, Science ULisboa.
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SOCLIMPACT (www.soclimpact.org) is a research and innovation project from Horizon 2020 that aims to model and assess the impacts of climate change and the ways of adapting to climate changes, for case studies covering 11 islands and European archipelagos. Ciências ULisboa, through FC.ID, was the Insular Focal Point for the Autonomous Region of the Azores and coordinated the work package for creating the Adaptation to Climate Change paths.