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MED researcher was invited speaker at EGF 2024 & EGF2026 announcement in Évora
Helena Guimarães, MED researcher at the University of Évora, was one of the invited speakers at the latest edition of the General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, which took place in the Netherlands from 9 to 13 June. The invitation, which at first came...
HealthyW8 project met in Palma de Mallorca to train data collection protocols
On 3 and 4 June, the European project HealthyW8 - Empowering Healthy Lifestyle Behaviour held its second annual meeting. This time the meeting took place at the University of the Balearic Islands in Palma de Mallorca, followed by a training school on 5 and 6 June, to...
CHANGE: Challenges and priority activities discussed at the 1st Assembly of the Montado Living Lab
The 1st Assembly of the Montado Living Lab brought together 34 entities to discuss the challenges and priority activities of the Living Lab on June 3rd at Gandum Village, in Montemor-o-Novo, in an event organized in partnership with Consulai. The Living Lab for the...
CHANGE: Montado Living Lab Approved as a Member of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL)
The Montado Living Lab has now joined the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) following the recent approval of its application. This approval as a member of ENoLL serves primarily as a certification, as an international quality seal. The Montado Living Lab for the...
Examples of work developed by MED researchers presented at the 10th World Water Forum
Bali, in Indonesia, was the venue for the 10th edition of the World Water Forum, which took place in May. For 8 days, representatives of states and international organisations, government officials, experts, academics, businesspeople and economists from all over the...
MED researchers publish article on knowledge gaps to prevent soil erosion
Under the umbrella of Soils for Europe project, MED researchers recently published the article "𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻". This document thus serves as a platform to highlight the existing knowledge gaps that should be...
Relatórios não financeiros e Agricultura – Da Eficiência à Resiliência
Descubra como os conceitos de resiliência financeira e ambiental estão a redefinir a agricultura moderna, tornando a sustentabilidade uma prioridade estratégica para o setor. Saiba mais sobre a importância do Relatório não financeiro das empresas (ESG) e como este...
RESCHEDULE project discusses soil health in Italy
On 22 May, ALSIA[a] Institute in Italy hosted a workshop of the RESCHEDULE project, which focused on management options to improve soil health for a more resilient agricultural system in the Mediterranean, one of the European regions most affected by climate extremes....
OCT 7-9, 2024
Soil Health: Current Status and Future Needs Conference
The “Soil Health: Current Status and Future Needs” Conference will take place from October 7-9 in Crete, covering a wide range of topics related to the work MED is developing, mainly:
- Soil health: Knowledge Gaps and future challenges
- Soil monitoring and mapping
- Restoration of degraded soils
- Sustainable management of soils in a changing world
- Microbiota and soil health
- Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients
- Modelling soil processes and ecosystem services
- Soil carbon pricing and trading
- Science and Policy integration for Soil Heath
Under the RESCHEDULE project, Helena Guimarães (MED-UÉvora) integrates the scientific committee of the upcoming conference.
Abstract submissions are open until 31 July, 2024. For more information, visit https://healthsoil.org/
OUT 9-11, 2024
XIV FONCIMED Network International Seminar "Mediterranean farming systems and the climate crisis"
The next meeting of the FONCIMED network, of which MED is a partner, will take place in Baeza, Spain, from 9 to 11 October. The XIVth International Seminar of the FONCIMED Network will focus on “Mediterranean farming systems and the climate crisis: impacts, contradictions and adaptation challenges.” The deadline for submitting abstracts is 15 July (flexible until 22 July). [+ INFO]. All questions about submissions should be emailed to foncimed2024@gmail.com