On 8 October, ECO held a debate on the role of the economy in defending and valuing the forest, at the Belém Cultural Centre. The event, which was attended by the Secretary of State for Forests Rui Ladeira, also saw the presentation of the ECOFOR.PT study – Economic Valorisation of the Goods and Services of Portugal’s Forest Ecosystems, by UTAD university professor and CETRAD director Lívia Madureira.
AgroServ – Integrated SERVices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition (https://agroserv.eu/) The contribution of Social Sciences (SOC) to the AgroServ project (visit https://isia.cnrs.fr/catalog/service/list/agroserv) European scientific infrastructures are called for the Horizon research funding framework to accelerate agroecological transitions through the creation of novel knowledge and its delivery as services to a diversity of users, including researchers,…
In the 2024 edition, the jury of the Centre for Iberian Studies – Research, Innovation and Territory (CEI-IIT) award distinguished the project ‘Evaluation of the potential of the Zamorano-Portuguese Jacobean Way’, by Xerardo Pereiro (UTAD; CRIA), Luís Vale (Instituto Piaget) and Octávio Sacramento (CETRAD-UTAD). The award ceremony took place on 31 October 2024 at the…
The VIVEMAIS project has started!Its aim is to co-design innovative solutions for elderly and/or disabled people, based on Assistive Technologies (AT), and to promote the long-term commitment and participation of the main players in the territories. To achieve better results, we involve users of social and health support services, their families and carers, healthcare professionals,…
Livia Madurerira, director of CETRAD, was interviewed by the ECO newspaper in a special feature on Portuguese forests, highlighting the ECOFOR project of which CETRAD was a part. Livia Madureira warns of the need to invest in forest prevention and management in a sustainable and efficient way and emphasises the importance of solutions to guarantee…
CETRAD organised an open discussion with local stakeholders about the challenges and potential solutions of sustainable development in the low-density regions of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. The event took place on the 27th at UTAD, representing the different stakeholders in the quintuple-helix model: government, industry, university, civil society and the environment itself. The lively debate…
The Official Language School of Navalmoral de la Mata, in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura (Spain), is holding the exhibition The Douro contemplated in the tourist postcard, a documentary exhibition on the Douro landscape in tourist postcards of the Douro, issued by agents of the tourist system, from the early twentieth century to the present…
