Por Maria C. Caldeira (Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa).

Por Rafael Mendes (Instituto de Oceanografia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brasil).

Laurence Jones
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Bangor, Environment Centre Wales, North Wales, UK

There is increasing evidence of the effects that excess nitrogen has on semi-natural ecosystems globally, affecting vegetation, soils and ecosystem processes. Although coastal systems can be highly dynamic and in some cases receive inputs of nitrogen from marine sources, sand dune ecosystems have also been shown to be sensitive to nitrogen.

A two-week international training school on the multiple effects of atmospheric nitrogen in ecosystems. The school will provide training in a holistic approach of key aspects related to N issues under the WAGES concept (nitrogen threats to Water, Air, Greenhouse gases balance, Ecosystems and Soils), with a long-term perspective. This edition will focus on Air quality, Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

Sérgio Leandro
MARE-IPLeiria

Under the general framework of Global Change Ecology, the goal of this course is to provide the participants with the most recent and practical knowledge on the use of Functional Diversity. This includes the selection of functional traits and calculation of Functional Diversity Indexes. Examples of the application of this knowledge will be given regarding Ecological Indicators and Ecosystem Services.

The specific objectives are:

Lack of fertile land to feed the exponentially growing population, insufficient water availability and quality, changes in the flow of nutrients through the bio-geo-cycles (especially N and P) and climate and land use changes are impacting ecosystems and their capacity to deliver goods and services for humans. It is striking that all these issues interact around one common resource - SOIL and its biodiversity.

Este workshop surge do interesse e utilidade em divulgar o trabalho de investigação inovador que o Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (cE3c), da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), tem vindo a desenvolver, com o apoio da EDP Produção, no âmbito do Reforço de Potência do Aproveitamento de Salamonde - Salamonde II, envolvendo as albufeiras de Salamonde e Caniçada.

O projeto SOPHIA - Conhecimento para a Gestão do Ambiente Marinho, coordenado pela DGRM em parceria com a Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa e a Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, disponibiliza em 2016 um conjunto de ações de formação focado na literacia sobre o mar português e, em particular, no objetivo de se alcançar o Bom Estado das Águas, de acordo com os objetivos da Diretiva Quadro da Estratégia Marinha (DQEM).