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Environment Research Group

Environment Research Group. António Dinis Ferreira CERNAS Evaluation 24th January 2008. Who are we?. CERNAS’ Environment Research Group is composed by 27 researchers, 40.7% of which holding a Ph.D.. The number has increased steadily since 2003. Research Group’s Main Aims.

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Environment Research Group

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  1. Environment Research Group António Dinis Ferreira CERNAS Evaluation 24th January 2008

  2. Who are we? CERNAS’ Environment Research Group is composed by 27 researchers, 40.7% of which holding a Ph.D.. The number has increased steadily since 2003.

  3. Research Group’s Main Aims • The main objective is to provide answers to: • The overwhelming challenges posed by the exhaustion of several resources due to their unsustainable use. • The deleterious environmental impacts produced by pollution, and the negative implications for sustainable development. • The uses of and the threats to regional biodiversity.

  4. Specific Objectives • Develop new Environmental Management Systems and Tools solutions. • Monitoring and modelling environmental degradation processes and mitigation/recover strategies. • Optimised use of environmental services. • Development of new treatment technologies. • Improvement of cultivation techniques of regional plant diversity. • Development of biological invasions’ mitigation techniques.

  5. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS

  6. International Research Projects (2004-2006)

  7. National Research Projects (2004-2006)

  8. New Research Projects ( after 2006)

  9. Main publications (books)

  10. Main publications (papers) The research group has produced 96 pieces of science and technology, among which: 41 Presentations at international conferences 31 Papers published, more than 65% of which in refereed International Scientific Journal. These have been cited 85 times so far.

  11. Relevant Activities Organization of an international conference attained by 80 researchers from all over Europe and by EU officials on “The quest for Sustainability: The role of Environmental Management systems and tools” (27-29 September 2006). Organization of several open days where held to disseminate information, in the field of Environmental Management, to various target audiences.

  12. Prototypes build in the period 2004-2006 1 – Sub-urban catchment heavily instrumented with meteorological and hydrological sensors to monitor changes in flash flood risk as a result of urban sprawl. 2 – Micro, ultra filtration and reverse osmosis to study treatment solutions for dairy industry wastewaters. 3 – Pilot waste water treatment plants to test different treatment strategies and practices. 4 – A composting plant for organic waste treatment optimization 5 – A Soil Lysimeter field for pollutant leaching and fading experiments

  13. Prizes Energy Globe Award for Portugal in 2006

  14. International Cooperation Study areas Partner Research Teams

  15. THE FUTURE

  16. Where we stand • A sound experience in environment subjects, namely atmospheric pollution, waste and wastewater treatment, global change impacts and mitigation strategies, use of ecosystem environmental services, etc. • A relevant expertise in Environmental Management Systems and Tools. • A proactive strategy to make the region more sustainable development. • An increasingly proactive connection with regional key actors and stakeholders in the environmental field. • Multidisciplinary Team, searching for increasing integration. • Young and willing Team.

  17. What we face • Heavy teaching duties (up to twice University duties). • The Research Group has increased sharply in recent years and a speciall effort has to be placed in the integration and support to new members. • We are not allowed to offer PhD degrees at our institutions. • Difficult to provide a career structure insight to young researchers.

  18. What we want to do • As part of the only Research Centre in the Agriculture Domain in the Central region of Portugal, CERNAS, and the Environment Research Group has a special mission to investigate and disseminate new solutions for the sustainable development of the Portuguese Centre Region. • A major effort will be placed in the interaction with the relevant key actors and stakeholders to develop solutions in the various research domains covered by the Research Group. • This effort will be materialised by submitting viable proposals to the R&D programmes (i.e. QREN, INTERREG, LIFE, etc). • Foster research publication in books and international Scientific Journals. • Improve the management of the ongoing R&D projects, providing training experiences.

  19. New Developments (2008) Submissions in 2008: FireVOL – INTERREG IVc Participant (Workpackage responsible) – Submitted 15th January 2008. Flash Flood – FP7 – Participant/Coordinator – To be submitted at the end of February 2008 AfLamAfor - FP7 – Participant/Coordinator – To be submitted at the end of February 2008 AND A special effort has been made to meet the key actors and relevant stakeholders to define objectives and strategies to promote the sustainable development in specific fields related to the environment.

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