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Renaturalization and Valorization of Peatland Biodiversity

This study arises from a context of defining restoration's strategies for Azores Ramsar areas. It's intended to create information for a strategic definition of proposals for restoration.

 

Team:

Coordination:

 

Prof. Dr. Eduardo Dias

 

Research

Team:

 

-Prof. Dr. Jorge Pinheiro

- Prof. Dr. José Fontes

- Mest. Cândida Mendes

- Mest. Dinis Pereira

- Mest. Diana Pereira

 

Advisorss:

 

- Prof. Dr. Eduardo Brito de Azevedo

- Prof. Dr. Luís Santos Pereira

- Line Rochefort (phD)

- Antonio Cortízas (phD)

 

 

 

 

 

LIBRARY of

KNOWLEDGE

 New specie of Sphagnum on Terceira island - Sphagnum recurvum P. Beauv.

 

- Azores Sphagnum

 

- Study of ecological succession regenerative promoters of the peatlands...

 

- Evaluation of the value of peatlands ecossystems of the Azores...

 

- The RAMSAR Convention Manual

 

 

Posters:

 

-Peatlands of Sphagnum: Wetlands of interior - GEVA.

 

 

 

 

- Workshop: "Wetland Processes and Dynamics: An approach to peatland restoration in Azores." (Click)

 soon....

- "Peatlands are slowly recovering in the Azores" - Professor Eduardo Dias on interview at Diário Insular (May 9, 2014). (Click)

- 1st Meeting of partners of the WETREST project in December 5, 2012. (see picture)

- The GEVA research group at Azores University has conducted peatland ecological and floristic studies since 1992. As a result of these studies a new record of Sphagnum for Europe is presented for Terceira island, Sphagnum recurvum P. Beauv.

DOI: 10.1179/174328209X458458

- II Meeting of Birdwatching in Azores - Ecological restoration plan for the Lagoa do Negro (31 de Outubro until 4 de Novembro)

 

- Decreto Regulamentar Regional Nº20/2012/A, de 5 de Novembro de 2012 - Regulates the legal regime on access and use of natural resources of the RAA for scientific purposes.

 

- SER (Society for Ecological Restoration) announces release:"Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas"

 

- 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (July 2012)

 

- The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

 

- Decreto Legislativo Regional Nº15/2012/A - Legal Regime of nature conservation and biodiversity protection. - Transposing into national law the Directive Regional Nº82/43/CEE, the council of 21 May 1992, on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and the Directive Nº2009/147/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds..

     
 
 
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bullet Workshop II: "Wetland processes and dynamics: an approach to peatland restoration in Azores". (Click) soon...
   
bullet D.R.Regional Nº20/2012/A - Regulates the legal regime on accessm and use of natural resources of the RAA for scientific purposes.
   
bullet SER announces release:"Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas"
   
bullet 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (July 2012)
   
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  • Presentation of 1st Technical and Financial Report in February 2012.

 

  • 1st  Meeting of partners of the WETREST project in December 5, 2012.

 

  • It was initiated in March 2012 the season of fieldwork (GPR) for structural characterization dtudies of Sphagnum peatland.

 

  • It was established a protocol with DRRF (Regional Direction of Forest Resources) for the disposal areas for the experimental studies on restoration processes in grazed peatland.

 

  • Acquisition of a terrestrial GPR, with the support of DRCT.

 

  • Acquisition of a Probe for measuring the relative humidity at diferent depths, with the support of DRCT.

 

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