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Program

November, 20
Room
3.6 - 3rd floor of building
classes
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08:00H – Opening of the secretariat, registration and
delivery of documentation
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09:00H – Opening session
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09:30H – Eduardo Dias – The WETREST project
and main results
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10:00H – Lecture:
Harri Vasander - From the Azores to Spitzbergen and the Urals - new
European Sphagnum flora
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10:30H – Coffee break
Session 1: Characterization of RAMSAR site Planalto Central da Terceira (Furnas do Enxofre e Algar do Carvão)

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10:45H –
Lecture: José Aranha -
Stratification and classification use , and land use by remote
sensing
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11:15H –
Eduardo Dias, Ana Mendes & Diana Pereira - Vegetation
mapping of RAMSAR site of Pico Alto and Furnas of Terceira island
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11:30H –
Diana Pereira & Eduardo Dias - The endemic flora and
ecological optimum of struturing plants of ecosystem in RAMSAR area
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11:45H –
Eduardo Dias & Mauro Ponte – Ecology and distribution of Trichomanes
speciosum, a protected tropical fern, in the RAMSAR area
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12:00H –
Maria de Lurdes Dapkevicius
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Bacterial microbiota
of Algar do Carvão – a volcanic cavity of RAMSAR area in Terceira island
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12:15H - Lunch break

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Experimental field of Lagoa do Negro
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Furnas do Enxofre and restoration activities
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Cloud forests of Terra Brava
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Algar do Carvão
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Forest Nurseries of Indigenous Species
(Alternative in case of bad weather conditions)

November, 21
Anphitheatre Campus of Angra do Heroísmo
Session 2: Interpretative models and environmental enhancement

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09:00H –
Lecture: Antonio Cortízas - Peatlands as carbon reservoirs:
an example form NW Spain
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09:30H –
Dinis Pereira & Eduardo Dias
- Estimation of carbon stock of different Sphagnum peatlands, with
GPR methodologies
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09:45H –
Eduardo Dias - Extremophiles and special habitats of RAMSAR
area in Terceira island
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10:00H –
José Fontes, Eduardo Dias & Luís S.
Pereira - Contribution of mountain heathlands on water balance of
volcanic soils in Terceira island, Azores
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10:15H - Round table discussion:
Environmental enhancement and ecosystem services
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10:45H - Coffee break
Session 3: Environmental restoration: Theory and practice

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11:00H –
Lecture: Jorge Capelo -
Ecological
vegetation of continental european bog habitats:
scientific basis and characterization of typologies of EuroVeg
Checklist, EUNIS and Habitats Diretive
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11:30H –
Cândida Mendes & Eduardo Dias
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Study of secondary regenerative succession of Azorean mires, after
anthropogenic pressure, as an ecological restoration tool
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11:45H –
João Luís Pacheco
- Management strategy of
the forest perimeter and regional woods of the Azores: the case of
Nordeste county in S. Miguel island
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12:00H - Round table discussion:
Wetland restoration
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12:30H -
Lunch break
Session 4: Traditional uses evolution, sustainability and potential

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14:00H –
Francisco Maduro Dias - The traditional uses in the
highlands of Azores
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14:30H –
Eduardo Dias,
Ana Mendes, Diana Pereira & Cândida Mendes - Historical
evolution of land use in the RAMSAR area, using remote sensing
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14:45H –
Alfredo Borba,
Eduardo Dias, Cristiana Maduro-Dias & Cândida Mendes
- Nutritional value of plants present in pastured peatlands for
livestock requirements
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15:00H - Round table discussion:
Reinstatement models for sustainable
land use
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15:30H - Coffee break
Session 5: Conservation and management models applied to RAMSAR site of
Planalto Central of Terceira island

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15:45H –
Sónia Alves
(Representing Regional Environment Director) - The activity of
Natural Park in RAMSAR site of the Central Plateau of Terceira island
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16:15H –
Paulo Barcelos
- The management experience of Algar do Carvão
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16:30H – Dinis Pereira & Eduardo Dias - Evolutive scenarios for services
provided by Azores peatlands in carbon and water
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16:45H - Round table discussion: Conclusions of WETREST and management models of RAMSAR site of Planalto
Central da Terceira.
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17:30H - Closing session
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