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Program

November, 20

Room 3.6 - 3rd floor of building classes

  • 08:00H – Opening of the secretariat, registration and delivery of documentation

  • 09:00H – Opening session

  • 09:30H – Eduardo Dias – The WETREST project and main results

  • 10:00H – Lecture: Harri Vasander - From the Azores to Spitzbergen and the Urals - new European Sphagnum flora

  • 10:30H – Coffee break


 

Session 1: Characterization of RAMSAR site Planalto Central da Terceira (Furnas do Enxofre e Algar do Carvão)

  • 10:45H – Lecture: José Aranha - Stratification and classification use , and land use by remote sensing

  • 11:15H – Eduardo Dias, Ana Mendes & Diana Pereira - Vegetation mapping of RAMSAR site of Pico Alto and Furnas of Terceira island

  • 11:30H – Diana Pereira & Eduardo Dias - The endemic flora and ecological optimum of struturing plants of ecosystem in RAMSAR area

  • 11:45H – Eduardo Dias & Mauro PonteEcology and distribution of Trichomanes speciosum, a protected tropical fern, in the RAMSAR area

  • 12:00H – Maria de Lurdes Dapkevicius Bacterial microbiota of Algar do Carvão – a volcanic cavity of RAMSAR area in Terceira island

  • 12:15H - Lunch break

 

13:15H: Field trip

  • Experimental field of Lagoa do Negro

  • Furnas do Enxofre and restoration activities

  • Cloud forests of Terra Brava

  • Algar do Carvão

  • 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

  • 09:00H – Lecture: Antonio Cortízas - Peatlands as carbon reservoirs: an example form NW Spain

  • 09:30H – Dinis Pereira & Eduardo Dias - Estimation of carbon stock of different Sphagnum peatlands, with GPR methodologies

  • 09:45H – Eduardo Dias - Extremophiles and special habitats of RAMSAR area in Terceira island

  • 10:00H – José Fontes, Eduardo Dias & Luís S. Pereira - Contribution of mountain heathlands on water balance of volcanic soils in Terceira island, Azores

  • 10:15H - Round table discussion: Environmental enhancement and ecosystem services

  • 10:45H - Coffee break

 

 

Session 3: Environmental restoration: Theory and practice

  • 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

  • 11:30H – Cândida Mendes & Eduardo Dias - Study of secondary regenerative succession of Azorean mires, after anthropogenic pressure, as an ecological restoration tool

  • 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

  • 12:00H - Round table discussion: Wetland restoration

  • 12:30H - Lunch break

 

Session 4: Traditional uses evolution, sustainability and potential

  • 14:00H – Francisco Maduro Dias  - The traditional uses in the highlands of Azores

  • 14:30H – Eduardo Dias,  Ana Mendes, Diana Pereira & Cândida Mendes - Historical evolution of land use in the RAMSAR area, using remote sensing

  • 14:45H – Alfredo Borba, Eduardo Dias, Cristiana Maduro-Dias & Cândida Mendes  - Nutritional value of plants present in pastured peatlands for livestock requirements

  • 15:00H - Round table discussion: Reinstatement models for sustainable land use

  • 15:30H - Coffee break

 

Session 5: Conservation and management models applied to RAMSAR site of Planalto Central of Terceira island

  • 15:45H – Sónia Alves (Representing Regional Environment Director) - The activity of Natural Park in RAMSAR site of the Central Plateau of Terceira island

  • 16:15H – Paulo Barcelos - The management experience of Algar do Carvão

  • 16:30H – Dinis Pereira & Eduardo Dias - Evolutive scenarios for services provided by Azores peatlands in carbon and water

  • 16:45H - Round table discussion: Conclusions of WETREST and management models of RAMSAR site of Planalto Central da Terceira.

  • 17:30H - Closing session

Grupo de Ecologia Vegetal e Aplicada (GEVA)

Universidade dos Açores -  Departamento de Ciências Agrárias

Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, São Pedro

9700-042 Angra do Heroismo. Terceira - Açores

e-mail: geva@uac.pt

Tel.: 295 402 200