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CERTFOR: Effects of forest certification on the conservation of cork oak woodlands

Funding:  Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Duration: 1st of January 2019 to 31st December 2022. Reference:  PTDC/ASP-SIL/31253/2017

EDUFIRE TOOLKIT: Educational Project on wildfires  prevention and management

Funding: EU Erasmus + Programme

Reference: ERASMUS + - 2021-1-ES01-KA220-SCH-000029947

VALUE2PREVENT: Added value of forest biomass as a tool in fire risk management

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). Period: January 2021 to February 2025. Reference: PCIF/GVB/0057/2019

CorkinARCH: Cork facades: performance, environmental quality and public perception

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Period: September 2021 to September 2023. Reference: SIZA/ETM/0050/2019 

COMFOR: Integrated and intelligent information management of complex forests and mixed-species plantations in Southwest Europe.

Funding: Program INTERREG SUDOE, FEDER (UE). Period: November 2020 to Fevereiro 2023. Reference: COMFOR - SOE4/P1/E1012

Acquisition of technical and scientific assistance for the elaboration of the Almada municipal plan for afforestation - Evaluation of Ecosystem Services and support studies for tree regulation in the municipality

Funding: Almada Municipality (CMA), trought a protocol with ISA. Period: December 2019  to December 2020 (June 2021). Reference: AJ Nº AD02575S2019

Development of a population model and adaptive harvest mechanism for Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

Funding: EU, DG Environment;  Period: December 2019 to April 2021. Reference: ENV.D.3/SER /2019/0021

LX-Tree: Assessement of ecossistem services provided by street trees in Lisbon

Funding: Lisbon Municipality (CML) under a protocol with ISA. Period: December 2019 to June 2021.

FoCor: Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Assist Prescribed Fires and Detect Rekindles in Wildfire Management

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Period: November 2018 to March 2023. Reference: PCIF/MPG/0086/2017

Acacia4FirePrev: Acacia biomass exploitation: a tool to reduce wildfires risk in unmanaged forestlands

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Period: January 2020 to December 2022. Reference: PCIF/GVB/0145/2018

RECIPE: Reinforcing civil protection capabilities into multi-hazard risk assessment under climate change

Financing: EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Period: Janeiro 2020 to November 2021. Reference: RECIPE ID 874402 – UCPM-2019-PP-AG

PREVAIL - Prevention action increases large fire response preparedness

Funding: UNION CIVIL PROTECTION MECHANISM - Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). Period: 1 February 2019 to 31 January 2021. Reference: Grant Agreement No. 826400-PREVAIL-UCPM-2018-PP-AG

REMAS: Managing the risk of emissions of gases with greenhouse effect from wildfires

Funding: Program INTERREG SUDOE, FEDER (EU). Period: October 2019 to September 2022. Reference: REMAS – SOE3/P4/E0954

EXTREME: Influence of forests VOCS (volatile organic compounds) in extreme fire behaviour

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). Period: Janeiro de 2020 a Dezembro de 2021. Reference: PCIF/GFC/0175/2017

Trees in Cascais: Assessement of ecossistem services provided by street trees in Cascais

Funding: Câmara Municipal de Cascais (CMC). Period: November 2019 to September 2020.

WILDGUM II - Understanding the processes of naturalization of Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal through the use of remote sensing and genetic markers

Funding: Portugal 2020, Compete 2020. Period: October 2018 to October 2022. Reference: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030435.

Sustainable management of natural habitats in Protected Areas

Collaborative protocol. Period: September 2015 to September 2018.

Studies for the ecological restoration of the Peninha-Cresmina area covered by the 2018 wildfire

Funding: Cascais Ambiente, Câmara Municipal de Cascais. Period: November 2018 to October 2020.

ForestRege - Tree generation replacement in a European natural forest - unravelling the role of canopy gaps using a spatially explicit approach

Funding: MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS Individual Fellowships. Period: May 2016 to April 2018. Reference: H2020-MSCA-IF-2015:703119.

NoVOID - Ruins and vacant lands in the Portuguese cities: exploring hidden life in urban derelicts and alternative planning proposals for the perforated city

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Period: May 2016 to April 2019. Reference: PTDC/ATP-EUR/1180/2014.

BRIGAID - Bridges the Gap for Innovations in Disaster resilience

Funding: H2020. Period: May 2016 to April 2020. Reference: H2020-DRS-09-2015-700699.

ALTERFOR - Alternative models and robust decision: making for future forest management

Funding: Horizon 2020. Period: April 2016 to September 2020. Reference: 676754.

Provision of forest data and services in support to the European Forest Data Centre (EFDAC)

Funding: European Union /JRC. Period: March 2010 to May 2016. Framework contract references: 2007/S 194-235358 of 09/10/2007 and IES/B/2012/05/02/OC.

DIABOLO - Distributed, integrated and harmonised forest information for bioeconomy

HORIZON 2020 Funding. Period: March 2015 to February 2019. Reference: 633464.

Old-Field Recolonization in the Mediterranean Europe

Funding: FCT.  Period: July 2014 to June 2019. Reference: IF/00728/2013.

WILDGUM - A multi-scale approach to study the naturalization of blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) in Portugal

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Period: May 2013 to May 2015. Reference: PTDC/AGR-FOR/2471/2012.

EDGES - Ecologically Scaled Edge Responses: Patterns, Mechanisms and Predictive Modelling

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Period: April 2013 to September 2015. Reference: PTDC/BIA-BIC/2203/2012.

Soil Bioenginering project stabilizing slopes at Malveira junction, A21 highway (Portugal)

Funding: Estradas de Portugal, SA. Period: January 2013 to June 2015.

ENHANCE - Enhancing risk management partnerships for catastrophic natural disasters in Europe

Funding: UE/FP7-ENV-2012. Period: December 2012 to November 2016. Reference: 308438.

PERIURBAN - Peri-urban areas facing sustainability challenges: scenario development in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Period: March 2012 to February 2015. Reference: PTDC/AUR-AQI/117305/2010.

DROUGHT-R&SPI - Fostering European Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing

Funding: UE/FP7-ENV-2011. Period: October 2011 to March 2015. Reference: 282769.

Endemic pigeons of São Tomé: developing science-based conservation and sustainable use of African forest pigeons

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Period: April 2011 to April 2013. Reference: PTDC/BIA-BIC/115223/2009.

MATRIX - New Multi-Hazard and Multi-Risk Assessment Methods for Europe

Funding: EU/FP7-ENV-2010. Period: October 2010 to September 2013. Reference: 265138.

FIREREG - Factors affecting the post-fire natural regeneration variability in Pinus pinaster and Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal: implications for biodiversity and post-fire management

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Period: June 2010 to September 2013. Reference: PTDC/AGR-CFL/099420/2008.

FIRELAND - Wildfire effects on the vegetation dynamics at the landscape scale in Portugal

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT/MCTES/PIDDAC). Period: January 2010 to September 2013. Reference: PTDC/AGR-CFL/104651/2008.

LX GARDENS - Lisbon's Historic Gardens and Parks: study and landscape heritage inventory

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Period: 2010-2013. Reference: PTDC/EAT-EAT/110826/2009.

PAWS-MED Pedagogical Work in the Mediterranean Forest

Funding: Lifelong Learning Programme, Transfer of Innovation, Multilateral Projects, Leonardo Da Vinci. Period: September 2009 to November 2011. Reference: DE/09/LLP-ldV/TOI/147245.

Plants in European Historic Gardens

Funding: Centro Cultural Calouste Gulbenkian. Period: 2007-2009.

FIRE PARADOX - An Innovative Approach of Integrated Wildland Fire Management Regulating the Wildfire Problem by the Wise Use of Fire: Solving the Fire Paradox.

Funding: EU, 6th Framework Programme, Integrated Project - "Global Change and Ecosystems". Period: 2006-2010. Reference: IST - 018505.

Desertification - interaction of biotic and abiotic factors

Funding: Agência Nacional para a Cultura e Inovação. Period: March 2006 - May 2008.

PHOENIX - Forest conversion in burned areas

Funding: Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), POCI Program. Period: 2005-2008.

Development of fuels models for fire risk assessment in Portuguese forest areas

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), POCI Programme. Period: 2005-2008. Reference: POCI/AGR/61164/2004.

Effects of pasture on the nutrition of free-ranging Alentejano pigs

Funding: Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), POCTI Programme. Period: 2005-2007. Reference: POCTI/CVT/60411/2004.

Effects of deer on productivity and nutrient cycling of an oak woodland system

Funding: Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), POCTI Programme.Period: 2005-2007.Reference: POCTI/AGR/63322/2004.

Resistance of tree species to fire and cumulative effects of herbivory

Funding: Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), POCI Programme. Period: 2005-2007. Reference: POCI/AGR/61407/2004.

The Water

1999 - 2015.

EFORWOOD: Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry-Wood Chain

Funding: EU, 6th Framework Programme, Integrated Project - "Global Change and Ecosystems". Period: 2004-2009.

Burned Areas Recovey

Funding: Fundo Florestal Permanente. Period: 2004-2009. Reference: 2004090026297.

The Forest and the Fire

Funding: Banco Totta. Period: 2004-2008.

Vegetation management in cork oak forest landscapes of the Algarve uplands for fire hazards mitigation, socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation

Funding: Ministry of Agriculture, AGRO Program. Period: 2004-2006. Reference: AGRO 458, Medida 8, Acção 8.1.

Apply the ForestBiota system to monitor the biodiversity of Portuguese Forests

Funding: Forest Focus (Activity C2 Studies and Project Experimentation and Demonstration). Period: 2004-2006. Reference: 2004.PO.C2.07. 

The impacts of acorn dispersal and grazing on cork oak regeneration of a montado system

Funding: Ministry of Agriculture, AGRO Programme, AGRO 669, Medida 8, Acção 8.1. Period: 2004-2006.

Implementing an operational methodology for biodiversity monitoring in Portuguese forests

Funding: EU, Forest Focus Programme. Period: 2004-2006. Reference: Forest Focus 2004.PO.C2.06. 

Spatio-temporal patterns of fire in Portugal (1984-2003). Impacts, risk assessment and fuel dynamics

Funding: Science and Technology (FCT), POCTI Programme. Period: 2004-2006. Reference: POCTI/AGG/44942/2002.

Restoration of Mediterranean evergreen oak woodland: effects of herbaceous vegetation on tree establishmen

Funding: Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), POCTI Programme. Period: 2004-2006. Reference: POCTI/AGG/48704/2002.

FORSEE - Sustainable forest management: a pilot zones network for operational methodologies

Co-funding: UE, INTERRREG IIIB - Arco Atlântico Programme, 020 - FORSEE. Period: 2003-2006.

Birds monitoring in the Pedrógão region

Funding: EDIA. Period: 2003-2005.

Young scientific occupation of the 2003 holiday

Funding: Science and Technology Ministry, Life Science Program. Period: 2003.

Agricultural changes and avian nest predation in mediterranean arable farmland: the role of habitat edges and corridors

Funding: Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), POCTI Programme. Period: 2002-2005. Reference: POCTI/BSE/38601/2001.

Geographic variation in the abundance and reproductive biology of the turtledove (Streptopelia turtur (L.)). Implications for game management

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), POCTI Programme. Period: 2002-2005. Reference: POCTI/BSE/41067/2001.

Game crops in "Montado": demonstration of its effects on game management and on biodiversity

Funding: Ministry of Agriculture, AGRO Programme, AGRO 106, Medida 8, Acção 8.1. Period: 2002-2004.

Water and Forest: a sensory discovery

Funding: CELPA - Prémio Ford. Period: 2002-2003.

Monitoring forests at the management unit level for fire prevention and control (FIREGUARD)

Funding: EU, 5th Framework Programme, "Quality of life and Living Resources" Programme. Period: 2001-2005. Reference: QLK5-CT-2001-00784.

Leguminous rich biodiverse pastures: a sustainable alternative for marginal land use

Funding: Ministry of Agriculture, AGRO Programme, AGRO 87, Medida 8, Acção 8.1. Period: 2001-2004.

BIOASSESS - Biodiversity Assessment tools

Funding: EU, 6th Framework Programme, "Environment and Climate". Period: 2000-2003. Reference: EVK2-CT-1999-00041.

The feeding ecology of deer and its effects on the regeneration of trees

Funding: Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), POCTI Programme. Period: 2000-2003. Reference: POCTI/AGR/33929/99.

Steppe birds monitoring in the Alqueva region

Funding: EDIA. Period: 1999-2003.

Passerines monitoring in the Alqueva region

Funding: EDIA. Period: 1999-2003.

Effect of the hunting regime in terrestrial vertebrates

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), PRAXIS XXI Programme. Period: 1999-2000. Reference: PRAXIS/AGR/C/11062/98. 

Prescribed fire effect on populations of terrestrial vertebrates

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation(FCT), Specific Enviroment Program. Period: 1998-2000. Reference: PEAM/C/IF/004/97.

FIRE TORCH - Prescribed burning as a tool for the Mediterranean region: a management approach

Funding: EU, 6th Framework Programme, "Environment and Climate". Period: 1998-2000. Reference: ENV4-CT97-0715.

Honey

January 1998 - January 1999.

The Chicken or the Egg?

October 1997 - June 2000.

Control and management of vegetation in forest areas

Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), PRAXIS Programme. Period: 1997-1999. Reference: XXI.PRAXIS 3/3.2/FLOR/2108/95.

The Rural World and the Nature Conservation

Funding: UE, Operational Environment Programme. Period: 1996-2008. Reference: QCA/POA/03.01.006.

Restoration project of the Cerco Garden in Mafra

Funding: Municipality of Mafra. Period: 1996-1999.

The Tree and the Paper

March 1996 - June 1998.

The Bread

January 1996 - January 1997.

Ecology and management of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) for the valorization of the cork oak woodland "montado"

Funding: Ministry of Agriculture, PAMAF Programme. Period: 1995-1998. Reference: PAMAF 4030.

Restoration and pathways project of the Botanical Garden of Ajuda

Funding: Tourism Fund/UE. Period: 1994-1997.

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