NitroPortugal

		Closing NitroPortugal During November and December the NitroPortugal project presented its results: *The Ammonia Code, Press release,Workshop, Art Exhibition, Sculpture, Radio Interview, virtual reality, a national news*, smartphone game, video* and stamps.*

		Children book on Nitrogen Within NitroPortugal the English and Portugueseversion of the children book “Nitrogen, a goody or a baddy?” by Vanda Brotas and illustrations by Rui Sousa are now available to download.

		Guia de Boas Práticas Agrícolas para a Redução das Emissões de Amoníaco The portuguese version of a "Guide to Good Agricultural Practices for the Reduction of Ammonia Emissions" was lauched at GPP on February 21st. download

		Nitrogen-inspired Virtual Reality Within ArtFest, a VR device was used to create an immersive atmosphere to understand the implications of nitrogen in the environment. Check the video *here*.

		NITROSMASH - the game a game for smartphone with the goal to help remove nitrogen from the environment, hitting the incoming ammonia and nitrogen oxides *+info* \| other info \| photo1

		Disseminating NitroPortugal Portugal in the National mail A stamp series, for wide circulation and inspired by NitroPortugal, was launched at ISA, on January 24, 12:00. *stamp 1* \| *stamp 2* \| stamp 3 \| *stamp 4* \| stamp 5 \| invitation1 \| invitation2 \| *other photos*

		Art influenced by Nitrogen Maria do Resgate Almadanim built a pin based in nitrogen issue, from silver and recycled organic materials

		NitroPortugal in the news Publico, a reference journal in Portugal, published a news item around NitroPortugal results and about the nitrogen issues +info \| download* (Portuguese)*

		Children book “Azoto – bom em pequenino e mau em grande” Was presented on December 7, at Pavilhão do Conhecimento, by Cristina Branquinho (cE3c-FCUL), Rosalia Vargas (executive director of Ciência Viva), Vanda Brotas (MARE-FCUL), Maria Amélia Martins Loução ((cE3c-FCUL and President of SPECO) and Nuno Lacasta (president of APA) photos

		Disseminating Nitrogen issues to children A children book “Azoto – bom em pequenino e mau em grande” written by Vanda Brotas Gonçalves e illustrated by Rui Sousa” will be launched in Pavilhão do Conhecimento December 5, 18:00. Everyone’s is invited. invitation

		Video on the Nitrogen issues An animation was produced within NitoPortugal, to raise awareness on the nitrogen problem and propose solutions for a sustainable environment. The video is available in Portuguese and English. +info

		The New Art Fest 2018 – where art meets technology NitroPortugal took part in The New Art Fest 2018. +info \| photo1 \| photo2 \| photo3 \| *photo4* \| *photo5*

		Closing NitroPortugal – photos Find here some photos of the closing workshop that took place at ISA, 14-16 November 2018 *photo1* – *photo 2* - *invitation*

		Dissemination tool To assess the awareness of environmental nitrogen losses from the respective countries of each staff partners (UK, Denmark, Portugal) and for each WAGES topic, a powerful dissemination tool, Mentimeter, was created and tested, providing online surveys and immediate reporting from the participants. Our Nitrogen champion was Mark Sutton.

		National radio interview Cláudia Cordovil and Cristina Branquinho went to National Radio Antena 1 talk about NitroPortugal and nitrogen issues +info \| download

		Art with Nitrogen Work of art, created with inspiration in the nitrogen issue: "Contamination by nitrogen: less nitrogen - less dead seas" *+info*

		Press release A press release about the closing and results of NitroPortugal (Pt) here and *here*

		Disseminating NitroPortugal to the public The NitroPortugal image and problematics were disseminated all over the city of Lisbon during the week of the closing workshop

		Art & Environment Exhibition inspired by NitroPortugal, to increase the awareness on Nitrogen issue using Art. During the event multiple pieces of art were produced and sold. The money was given to ReFood, an association that redistribute excessive food, contributing to reduce our society nitrogen footprint. Mercado do Rato, Lisboa, Portugal \| 11:00-19:00 17 Nov 2018 *+info*

		Workshop NitroPortugal "Reforçar a investigação sobre azoto/nitrogénio em Portugal" Salão Nobre ISA, Portugal \| 15 Nov 2018 *+info*

		Strengthening Portuguese research and innovation capacities in the field of excess reactive nitrogen A NitroPortugal Workshop – Nitrogen in the Açores Islands - Agriculture S.Miguel & Terceira Island \| 17-21 Sep 2018 +info

		The impact of natural and anthropogenic pollution on ecosystems & human health: Which indicators should we use? Cristina Branquinho, Paula Matos & Pedro Pinho at the NitroPortugal Workshop Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada\| 17 Sep 2018

		TFRN-13 & Special Workshop on Ammonia This year’s meeting of the Task Force on Reactive Nitrogenwas hosted by Environment and Climate Change Canada, in partnership with NitroPortugal Ottawa, Canada \| 11 - 12 October 2018 *+info*

		Staff exchange with CEH Joana Marinheiro and Soraia Cruz visited the CEH for a staff exchange mission. The main focus was training on modelling and descriptive statistics towards the analysis of GHG emissions from crop residues.

		Nitrogen FootPrint "Study the Nitrogen footprint concept at the farm level in NEP" Poster at "Seminário Internacional Alimentação, Saúde e Ambiente Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal \| 10-12 October 2018 *+info*

		Summer School 2018: Integrated Nutrien Management. Soraia Cruz and João Serra joined, their main focus was the importance in Denmark of how to integrate farmers, scientists and stakeholders, in order to efficiently tackle nutrient pollution through nitrate leaching. Aarhus, Univeristy, Denmark \| 24 - 29 June 2018 +info \| flyer

		Paper on waste reduction A simple awareness campaign to promote food waste reduction in a University canteen Pinto RS, Pinto RMDS, Melo FFS, Campos SS, Cordovil CM. +info

		NecoSchool training videos (2) Matthew Jones \| Performance Methods at Whim Dimitrios Sarris Demonstration \| Tree Ring Analysis Graça Oliveira & Augusta Costa \| Cork-oaks Maria Caldeira \| N Manipulation Experiments Dimitrios Sarris \| Sampling Tree Rings

		NecoSchool training videos (1) Cristina Branquinho \| The effect of N in ecosystems in Portugal José Lima Santos \| Sustainable intensification of Agrculture in Portugal Margarida Santos-Reis \| The LTERmontado Mark Sutton \| *Nitrogen in the world, WAGES approach to Nitrogen* Pedro Pinho \| The atmospheric N in Portugal

		NitroPortugal at INMS Cláudia Cordovil, Rosário Cameira, João Serra, Helena Serrano and Pedro Pinho participated in a project that aims the Establishment of an International Nitrogen Management System . Edinburgh, Scotland \| 16-19 April 2018 +info

		Application of the article 9 of the NEC Directive More than 30 experts from Europe were toguether to discuss how to implement a monitoring system to identify negative impacts on air pollution on ecosystems, including acidification, eutrophication and ozone damage. FCUL, Portugal \| 4-6 April 2018 *+info*

		Nitrogen Cycle Workshop The Workshop will bring together experts in Nitrogen Fixation, Denitrification, as well as in Biotechnological Applications related with water treatment and the development of biosensors for nitrogen oxocompounds and also in the Environmental Impacts exerted by the excessive human use of reactive nitrogen compounds. FCT-UNL Caparica, Portugal \| March 28 2018 *+info*

		Video trailer Check here a small video produced during the NecoSchool: a Nitro Portugal Training school on the Long-term Effects of Nitrogen on Ecosystems in May 2017 *+info*

		Workshop –Nitrogen and ecology in the soil and water Strengthening Portuguese research and innovation capacities in the field of excess reactive nitrogen Aveiro, 29 November 2017 +info

		Open vacancy Within the NitroPortugal project, to advance in the study of nitrogen in the environment and agriculture, looking in particular to air, soil and water compartments. *+info*

		Workshop “Nitrogen in soil, water and GHG” Évora, Portugal \| 9 - 12 October 2017 *agenda* - *photo1* - *photo2*

		The NecoSchool, on the topic the Global and Long-term Effects of Nitrogen on Ecosystems was held from 15 to 16 May 2017. We joined 17 sutudents from from 7 countries (Portugal, Lithuania, Spain, Italy, Sweden, China and Luxembourg) during a 9 days course with teachers from 7 countries. During the course we had lectures, field and lab work and Group work, visited two LTER stations, Companhia das Lezírias and Herdade da Coitadinha. Check the course details, download here the agenda, some photos of the course, a small video, and check an interview to Mark Sutton on nitrogen issues. And check the videos here.

		International training school - NecoSchool Global and long-term effects of nitrogen on ecosystems. FCUL, Lisboa, Portugal \| 15 – 26 May 2017 *+info*

		Air & Ecosystems Thematic Workshop In the framework of NitroPortugal : Strengthening Portuguese research and innovation capacities in the field of excess reactive nitrogen Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa \| Portugal \| 14 May 2017 +info

		Demitarian dinner The workshop dinner was inspired by the demitarian approach towards a lower N footprint, in the El Bulo by the chef Chakall

		Workshop "Nitrogen in water and soil" The project team gathered for a workshop on the topic of Air and Soil. . 7-8 November 2016, ISA, Lisboa, Portugal. *+info*

		Visit to Aarhus University Beatriz Silva is visiting Viborg to train on nitrogen balance models, namely the Farm AC model. Guilherme Gonçalves is visiting Silkeborg studying the water monitoring methods. About FarmAC.

		iLTER Nitrogen Initiative Training Course NitroPortugal was presented in a training course on Long-term trends in nitrogen cycles in ecosystems: Field monitoring and global comparisons 16-24 June 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan +info

		International Nitrogen Initiative Conference The NitroPortugal project will be presented at the INI conference. 4-8 December 2016, Melbourne, Australia. +info

		IWA Conference The NItroPortugal project will be presented at the IWA Regional Conference on Diffuse Pollution and Catchment Management. 23-27 October 2016, Dublin, Ireland +info

		19th Nitrogen workshop Results presented at the 19th Nitrogen workshop - Efficient use of different sources in nitrogen in agriculture: from theory to practice. 27-29 June Skara, Sweden +info \| download poster

		ORBIT 2016 : Organic Resources and Biological Treatment Results presented at the 10th International Conference on Circular Economy and Organic Waste. 25-28 May, Crete, Greece +info \| download presentation \| download proceedings

		COST Workshop COST-EC Joint Exploratory Workshop: Pathways for Connecting Excellence by Twinning, Teaming, ERA-Chairs and COST Networking Actions. 24 May 2016, Brussels, Belgium download presentation

		Beatriz Silva and Guilherme Gonçalves visiting CEH They are currently on statistical analysis training, to analyse and compare the water quality data in Portugal and Denmark. A river basin SWAT analysis will be followed by modelling scenarios. The data on water quality monitoring will be integrated with soil topic. Sept to Dec 2016.

		Online training session By Aarhus University, about FarmAC model,from the AnimalChange project. It simulates the flows of carbon and nitrogen on arable and livestock farms, quantifying greenhouse gas emissions, soil C sequestration and N losses to the environment. It also simulates crop and livestock production. Nine members of the team will attend. On the 2nd June, 9h00 at ISA. About FarmAC.

		Eusebiu Stamate visiting CEH He is currently working on the project "Increasing the resolution of N emissions, atmospheric concentrations and deposition models in Portugal". 12-May to 12-August-2016.

		Laura Aguillaume visiting the CEH She is currently working on the project "Cross climate comparison of lichens responses to spatial and temporal variations of different N treatments". 28-April to 28-July 2016.

		LuWQ2017 conference This is an international and interdisciplinary conference on management and policy to minimise effects of agriculture and land use changes on the quality of groundwater and surface waters. +info

		Kickoff meeting The NitroPortugal kickoff meeting was held at 18-19th January 2016, in ISA (Instituto Superior de Agronomia), Universidade de Lisboa. agenda


NitroPortugal: Strengthening Portuguese research and innovation capacities in the field of excess reactive nitrogen NitroPortugal is H2020-TWINN-2015 Coordination & support action (nr 692331)